3 h. ago Trump threatens to withhold SNAP food benefits until the shutdown ends

The White House says it is ‘fully complying’ with a court order to continue funding SNAP food benefits

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4 h. ago Trump threatens ‘legal and criminal review’ of voting if Newsom’s Democratic redistricting measure wins in California

The president’s threats portend further actions down the line, potentially to overturn 2026 midterm election results if Republicans lose control of Congress

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7 h. ago Trump threatened military action in Nigeria after Fox News wondered if he should ‘step up’ over treatment of Christians

‘Does this president need to step up and do more?’ Fox News’ John Roberts wondered on Friday, less than an hour before the president began posting about Nigeria on Truth Social.

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10 h. ago Anxious Democrats await key Election Day results in NYC, NJ and Virginia in first big test of Trump’s second term: Live updates

Trump threatened to send only the ‘minimum’ federal funds to New York City if Democratic socialist candidate Zohran Mamdani wins

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20 h. ago Illinois man charged over claims he threatened Trump and others in Instagram video

The suspect allegedly posted a video threatening to kill Trump 18 times over the course of a week in October

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21 h. ago Trump backs Cuomo for NYC Mayor as Mamdani says president ‘threatened’ by his campaign: Live updates

Mamdani says Trump is threatened by his campaign because ‘we're actually going to deliver’ on lowering the cost of living in New York City

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22 h. ago Illinois man charged with threatening to execute Trump during chilling Instagram video

Trent Schneider, 57, was arrested at his home in Winthrop Harbor on Monday by a local SWAT team.

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24 h. ago Mamdani says Trump is ‘threatened’ by his campaign as president backs Cuomo for NYC Mayor: Live updates

Mamdani says Trump is threatened by his campaign because ‘we're actually going to deliver’ on lowering the cost of living in New York City

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25 h. ago Trump threatens to cut funds if ‘communist’ Mamdani wins mayoral election

President backs Cuomo in election eve Truth Social post and says he does not want to send ‘good money after bad’On the eve of New York’s well-watched mayoral election, President Donald Trump issued a threat to its voters: stop Zohran Mamdani or pay.“If Communist Candidate Zohran Mamdani wins the Election for Mayor of New York City, it is highly unlikely that I will be contributing Federal Funds, other than the very minimum as required, to my beloved first home,” Trump said in a post on Truth Social. “I don’t want to send, as President, good money after bad.” Continue reading...

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26 h. ago Trump threatens federal funds for NYC if Mamdani wins mayoral race and backs Cuomo: ‘You must vote for him’: Live

Trump called Zohran Mamani a ‘communist’ before throwing his support behind Cuomo

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26 h. ago Pornography depicting strangulation to become criminal offence in the UK

Legal requirement to be placed on tech platforms to prevent users from seeing such ‘choking’ materialPorn featuring strangulation or suffocation – often referred to as “choking” – is due to be criminalised, with a legal requirement placed on tech platforms to prevent UK users from seeing such material.Possessing or publishing porn featuring choking will become a criminal offence under amendments to the Crime and Policing bill tabled in parliament on Monday. Continue reading...

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31 h. ago Trump threatens to walk out on Norah O'Donnell as 60 Minutes EDITS OUT astonishing meltdown

The president sat down with CBS News for an exclusive interview aired on Sunday where he faced intense questioning from anchor Norah O'Donnell.

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32 h. ago Why is Donald Trump threatening military intervention in Nigeria?

US president’s remarks about alleged persecution of Christians seemingly in response to pressure from his evangelical baseDonald Trump has threatened to launch a “guns-a-blazing” US military intervention in Nigeria, claiming that the west African country’s government has failed to prevent attacks on Christians.Here’s what we know so far about the unfolding situation. Continue reading...

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34 h. ago Trump threatens to withhold federal funds from New York if Mamdani wins mayor’s race: Live updates

New York City mayoral election is one of several closely-watched races that will provide insight into how voters are responding to Trump’s agenda

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37 h. ago Trump ramps up filibuster pressure on Republicans as shutdown threatens to become longest ever: Live updates

President Donald Trump reiterates demand for solution to government shutdown ahead of crucial Tuesday elections in many states that will provide telling early verdict on his policy agenda

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37 h. ago Nicki Minaj thanks Trump for threatening military action against Nigeria over ‘slaughter’ of Christians

Rapper Nicki Minaj has praised President Donald Trump after he threatened military action against Nigeria for the “slaughter” of Christians

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57 h. ago California set to approve Prop 50 as voters signal displeasure with Trump

Voters set to accept new maps to help Democrats counter Republican gerrymandering – and check president’s powerCalifornia’s Proposition 50 began as a warning from the nation’s largest blue state to its largest red one: don’t poke the bear. But when Texas moved ahead with a rare, mid-decade gerrymander, pushed by Donald Trump as Republicans seek to shore up their fragile House majority in the midterm elections, California made good on its threat.Now, California voters appear poised to approve a redistricting measure placed on the ballot in August by Democrats and the state’s governor, Gavin Newsom, who have cast it as a chance to check Trump’s power. Continue reading...

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62 h. ago ‘Criminals get legal help – but I alone had to fight for my daughter’

Sarah was a single mother fighting to keep her daughter safe when her abusive ex took her to family court. She told Nicole Wootton-Cane she felt ‘too poor’ to protect her child after being refused access to legal aid

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66 h. ago MIKEY SMITH: 8 unhinged Donald Trump moments as he threatens to invade Nigeria

For a man so obsessed with how things look, Donald Trump is very bad at optics - he held a very crass Halloween party at the same time as hundreds of thousands of Americans are losing their food stamps - and now he's threatening to invade Nigeria

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67 h. ago President JD Vance or Marco Rubio? We’re seeing the first signs of the battle over Trump's succession | Simon Tisdall

It’s currently a two-horse race – and the next US leader is guaranteed to be a careerist who knows nothing of statesmanshipMillions of Americans yearn for 7 November 2028, the scheduled date of the next presidential election. That’s the day the Trump era effectively ends. Probably. That’s the day the Democrats will atone for Kamala Harris’s calamitous 2024 failure. Possibly. That’s the day US democracy is reborn. Hopefully. Succession talk is tantalising Washington. Gavin Newsom, California’s governor, has given the clearest sign yet that he’ll run and glossing over past blunders, Harris reckons she deserves a second chance.Yet most attention is focused on the Republicans, after Trump, 79, again threatened to defy the constitution and seek a third term. “I would love to do it,” he said this week. He rowed back later, albeit unconvincingly. “We’ll see what happens,” he teased. This undignified narcissist’s electoral fan dance will drag on interminably. Of greater practical interest a...

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