33 h. ago US senator says margaritas in photo with wrongly deported man planted by El Salvador – live

Chris Van Hollen of Maryland says drinks placed on table created hoax and neither he nor Kilmar Ábrego García touched themThe US is optimistic that it can end “the very brutal war” between Russia and Ukraine, Vice-President JD Vance said before a bilateral meeting with the Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni in Rome on Friday.The meeting comes less than 24 hours after the pair met in Washington. Vance said:I want to update the prime minister on some of the negotiations between Russia and Ukraine even in the past 24 hours, we think we have some interesting things to report on.Since there are the negotiations I won’t prejudge them, but we do feel optimistic that we can hopefully bring this war, this very brutal war, to a close. Continue reading...

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36 h. ago US senator says margaritas in photo with wrongly deported man planted by El Salvador

Chris Van Hollen of Maryland says drinks placed on table created hoax and neither he nor Kilmar Ábrego García touched themThe US is optimistic that it can end “the very brutal war” between Russia and Ukraine, Vice-President JD Vance said before a bilateral meeting with the Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni in Rome on Friday.The meeting comes less than 24 hours after the pair met in Washington. Vance said:I want to update the prime minister on some of the negotiations between Russia and Ukraine even in the past 24 hours, we think we have some interesting things to report on.Since there are the negotiations I won’t prejudge them, but we do feel optimistic that we can hopefully bring this war, this very brutal war, to a close. Continue reading...

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41 h. ago Trump says US will ‘take a pass’ on Ukraine peace deal ‘if parties make it difficult’ – live

US president tells reporters he needs to see ‘enthusiasm’ from both sides to end the war in UkraineThe US is optimistic that it can end “the very brutal war” between Russia and Ukraine, Vice-President JD Vance said before a bilateral meeting with the Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni in Rome on Friday.The meeting comes less than 24 hours after the pair met in Washington. Vance said:I want to update the prime minister on some of the negotiations between Russia and Ukraine even in the past 24 hours, we think we have some interesting things to report on.Since there are the negotiations I won’t prejudge them, but we do feel optimistic that we can hopefully bring this war, this very brutal war, to a close. Continue reading...

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44 h. ago Trump says Maryland senator ‘looked like a fool’ in El Salvador while meeting Ábrego García as legal battles continue – live

Trump administration insists it cannot do anything to free Ábrego García; senator’s visit comes amid court battles over returning Maryland man to the USThe US is optimistic that it can end “the very brutal war” between Russia and Ukraine, Vice-President JD Vance said before a bilateral meeting with the Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni in Rome on Friday.The meeting comes less than 24 hours after the pair met in Washington. Vance said:I want to update the prime minister on some of the negotiations between Russia and Ukraine even in the past 24 hours, we think we have some interesting things to report on.Since there are the negotiations I won’t prejudge them, but we do feel optimistic that we can hopefully bring this war, this very brutal war, to a close. Continue reading...

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46 h. ago Senate Democrat meets Ábrego García in El Salvador as legal battles continue – US politics live

Visit by Maryland’s Chris Van Hollen comes as a federal appeals court rules against the Trump’s administration’s efforts to block return to the USThe Democratic senator from New Jersey, Cory Booker, plans to travel to El Salvador, a source familiar with his itinerary said, as Democrats seek to pressure the Trump administration to return Kilmar Ábrego García, the wrongly deported Maryland resident.Booker’s trip to the Central American country would come after the Maryland senator Chris Van Hollen traveled there this week to meet with his constituent.The Supreme Court was clear: the Trump administration must act to facilitate the return of Kilmar Ábrego García to the United States. There is no room for debate – yet Trump is refusing, in defiance of a lawful court order.Every member of Congress should be standing up for the Constitution and demanding that the administration act to return Mr. Ábrego García to the U.S. and to his family.” Continue reading...

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67 h. ago Trump live updates: President says Fed Chair Powell’s ‘termination cannot come fast enough’ after tariff comments

President lashes out at Fed chair as European Central Bank moves to cut interest rates, saying he’s ‘always too late and wrong’

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68 h. ago Global economic growth will slow amid Trump tariffs, IMF warns – business live

Live, rolling coverage of business, economics and financial markets as ECB reduces main interest rate from 2.5% to 2.25%, the seventh cut in a yearTrump attacks Fed chair Jerome Powell for not lowering interest ratesECB cuts rates for third time this year as Europe braces for Trump tariffsDonald Trump is awake. And he has strongly criticised monetary policy by the Federal Reserve, saying the end of Jerome Powell’s tenure as chair “cannot come fast enough”.In a post on Truth Social, the social network he owns, Trump said that Powell had been too slow to cut interest rates – contrasting its hesistance because of perceived inflationary pressures with the European Central Bank (ECB).The ECB is expected to cut interest rates for the 7th time, and yet, “Too Late” Jerome Powell of the Fed, who is always TOO LATE AND WRONG, yesterday issued a report which was another, and typical, complete “mess!” Oil prices are down, groceries (even eggs!) are down, and the USA is getting RICH ON TARIFFS. ...

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2 d. ago Trump approval rating knocked by poll showing Americans trust Democrats with economy more than Republicans: Live

Gold prices begin to slip after reaching a new record amid ongoing uncertainty over Donald Trump’s erratic tariff strategy

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2 d. ago Trump approval rating knocked as poll shows Americans trust Democrats with economy more than Republicans: Live

Gold prices begin to slip after reaching a new record amid ongoing uncertainty over Donald Trump’s tariff strategy

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3 d. ago Trump live: Gold prices begin to slip after hitting record highs due to tariff inflation fears

The Trump administration has also hit out at a Democratic senator trying to return Kilmar Abrego Garcia to the U.S

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3 d. ago Trump says Harvard should no longer receive federal funds as university pushes back – US politics live

President doubles down on cutting public funding for leading US university in fresh social media rantDonald Trump has gone on yet another rant about Harvard University on his social media platform Truth Social this morning.It comes as the US education department said it was freezing about $2.3bn in federal funds to the Ivy League school.Everyone knows that Harvard has “lost its way.” They hired, from New York (Bill D) and Chicago (Lori L), at ridiculously high salaries/fees, two of the WORST and MOST INCOMPETENT mayors in the history of our Country, to “teach” municipal management and government.These two Radical Left fools left behind two cities that will take years to recover from their incompetence and evil. Harvard has been hiring almost all woke, Radical Left, idiots and “birdbrains” who are only capable of teaching FAILURE to students and so-called “future leaders.” Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Trump live updates: President exploring legality of deporting U.S. citizens to Central American prisons

White House says, ‘It’s a legal question that the president is looking into’

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4 d. ago Trump live updates: President threatens Harvard tax status after Obama calls funding freeze ‘ham

White House freezes more than $2.2 billion in grants and $60 million in contracts for Ivy League school after it refuses to comply with long list of ideological demands

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5 d. ago Trump tariffs live updates: Vance says good chance of UK trade deal and praises ‘cultural affinity’ with Britain

The UK has welcomed J.D. Vance’s statements, saying Britain was in a “good position” to negotiate

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5 d. ago Trump tariffs live updates: Vance says good chance of UK trade deal as China warns of ‘unilateral bullying’

Trump says he can be ‘very flexible’ with tariffs

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5 d. ago Trump tariffs live updates: President says he’s ‘flexible’ on tariffs — but won’t change his mind over electronic duties

President says he will detail new tariffs on semiconductor chips soon, as his commerce secretary warns that exemptions for electronic goods will likely be short-lived

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5 d. ago Trump aides and El Salvador president say wrongly deported man won’t return to US: ‘No version of this ends with him living here’ – live

Nayib Bukele says he won’t return Kilmar Abrego Garcia while Stephen Miller says he would be deported again if he did come back to the USDonald Trump will meet this morning with El Salvador’s president, Nayib Bukele, at 11am ET at the White House.Referring to the cost of imprisoning the detainees in El Salvador, Trump told reporters on Sunday about Bukele:I think he’s doing a fantastic job, and he’s taking care of a lot of problems that we have that we really wouldn’t be able to take care of from a cost standpoint.He’s been amazing. We have some very bad people in that prison. People that should have never have been allowed into our country. People that murdered, drug dealers, some of the worst people on earth are in that prison. And he’s able to do that. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Trump and El Salvador’s president speak at White House amid backlash over deportations – US politics live

Nayib Bukele visits US amid questions over return of man wrongly deported to El Salvador; US deported 10 more people to the country at the weekendDonald Trump will meet this morning with El Salvador’s president, Nayib Bukele, at 11am ET at the White House.Referring to the cost of imprisoning the detainees in El Salvador, Trump told reporters on Sunday about Bukele:I think he’s doing a fantastic job, and he’s taking care of a lot of problems that we have that we really wouldn’t be able to take care of from a cost standpoint.He’s been amazing. We have some very bad people in that prison. People that should have never have been allowed into our country. People that murdered, drug dealers, some of the worst people on earth are in that prison. And he’s able to do that. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Trump tariffs live: President suggests he can predict the future while markets react to tech duty pause

President says he will detail new tariffs on semiconductor chips soon, as his commerce secretary warns that exemptions for electronic goods will likely be short-lived

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5 d. ago Trump hints at new tariffs for major industry that could send Wall Street reeling as he rips into China

DAILYMAIL.COM LIVE BLOG: President Donald Trump is hinting that new tariffs on a massive industry that could soon go into effect as he rips into China.

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