92 m. ago Bill Maher stuns with savage Hunter Biden barb after Melania Trump threatens $1 billion lawsuit for Epstein remarks

The comedian took aim at Hunter Biden after he landed in hot water with the presidential couple for repeating a false claim about how they met.

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17 h. ago When Trump tariffs hit French barrels and corks, California’s winemakers feel the squeeze

Small California producers say Trump’s EU levies are driving up costs and threatening family businessesKory Burke, a small producer of high-quality wines in central California, never believed that tariffs on imports from France or Italy could help boost his business. But he knew for sure they would be a big hindrance as soon as Donald Trump announced late last month that he was slapping a 15% levy on all goods from the European Union.“The first email I received was from my cork provider,” Burke recalled. “He said he’d take on 2% of the additional cost of importing corks from Europe, but I would have to absorb the other 13%. Then my barrel supplier got in touch, pushing me to put in my orders as fast as possible because every new French barrel coming across the Atlantic after the tariffs was going to come with a $100 or $150 fee.” Continue reading...

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44 h. ago Melania Trump threatens Hunter Biden with $1bn lawsuit over Jeffrey Epstein claim

First lady’s lawyer issues letter to former president’s son demanding he retract comments he made in a recent interview regarding the disgraced financier and issue an apology

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47 h. ago Melania Trump threatens Hunter Biden with $1bn lawsuit over Epstein claim

A letter from the first lady's lawyers demanded he retract the claim and apologise

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55 h. ago Melania Trump makes bombshell $1 billion threat against Hunter Biden after 'inflammatory' Epstein comments

First lady Melania Trump is threatening to sue Hunter Biden for $1 billion over false and defamatory claims that she was introduced to President Donald Trump by serial pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.

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61 h. ago Trump threatens ‘very severe consequences’ if Putin refuses to end Ukraine war

US president allays European concerns with focus on ceasefire as Alaska talks near

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5 d. ago Donald Trump fury at ‘lawless’ DC as he orders homeless out and threatens gang crackdowns

Donald Trump has warned the homeless to leave Washington D.C. "immediately" after vowing to make the nation's capital "safer and more beautiful" by getting rid of the homeless population

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6 d. ago Trump administration threatens to strip Harvard University of lucrative patents

White House escalates offensive on Ivy League university by calling for review of federally funded researchThe latest phase of the Trump administration’s offensive against Harvard University is a comprehensive review of the university’s federally funded research programs, and the threat to strip the school’s lucrative portfolio of patents.In a letter to the Harvard president, Alan Garber, posted online on Friday, Donald Trump’s commerce secretary, Howard Lutnick, accused Harvard of breaching its legal and contractual requirements tied to federally funded research programs and patents. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Why Trump's tariffs could be a disaster for Brazil's acai industry and American consumers

Prices of acai smoothies and bowls look certain to go up in the U.S. as President Donald Trump imposed 50% tariffs on Brazilian exports in July and threatened the delicate balance of supply and demand that holds the industry

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7 d. ago Trump ally accused of threatening to detonate revenge porn after he was dumped by much

A Florida beauty pageant winner claims her relationship with Republican Cory Mills went awry and that he has since intimidated her and threatened to release her nude videos.

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8 d. ago Trump orders federal law enforcement to patrol DC after Stephen Miller claims crime in capital ‘more violent than Baghdad’

Trump has been threatening to federalize the capital all week following an attack on a former Department of Government Efficiency staffer

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8 d. ago Democrats respond to FBI agreement to locate Texas lawmakers: ‘We will not be intimidated’ – live updates

House minority leader Hakeem Jeffries accuses Trump administration of attempting to ‘weaponize law enforcement to target political adversaries’Vance urges Republicans in Indiana to redraw map to help tighten House gripDonald Trump on Wednesday celebrated a commitment by Apple to increase its investments in US manufacturing by an additional $100bn over the next four years.Apple’s plan to up its domestic investment comes as it seeks to avoid Trump’s threatened tariffs, which would increase the tech giant’s costs as it relies on a complex international supply chain to produce its iPhones. Apple’s CEO, Tim Cook, warned during an earnings call in May that the tariffs could cost the company up to $900m that fiscal quarter alone. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Trump wants National Guard to tackle crime in DC after violent attack on 'Big Balls'

President Trump is threatening to federalize Washington DC and deploy the National Guard after a brutal assault on Edward 'Big Balls' Coristine, a young member of his DOGE team.

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9 d. ago Trump threatens India with 50% tariffs for buying Russian oil

An Indian government source said it needs to gradually repair ties with the U.S. and engage more with the BRICS bloc

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9 d. ago UCLA says Trump administration has frozen $584 million in grants, threatening research

The Trump administration has suspended $584 million in federal grants for the University of California, Los Angeles

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9 d. ago Trump to announce Apple’s plan to invest $100bn in US manufacturing

Tech giant’s plan to up domestic investment over next four years comes as it seeks to avoid Trump’s threatened tariffsDonald Trump on Wednesday is expected to celebrate a commitment by Apple to increase its investments in US manufacturing by an additional $100bn over the next four years.“Today’s announcement with Apple is another win for our manufacturing industry that will simultaneously help reshore the production of critical components to protect America’s economic and national security,” a White House spokesperson, Taylor Rogers, said. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Trump threatens to take ‘federal control’ of DC after Doge staffer attack – US politics live updates

President claims on social media that DC is ‘totally out of control’ and if the city doesn’t ‘get it’s act together’ he will have ‘no choice but to take Federal control’After taking six months to conclude that Vladimir Putin may not be a kindred transactional authoritarian leader but an ideological nationalist seeking the return of what “belongs to Russia”, the deadline Donald Trump set for the Russian president to agree a Ukraine ceasefire or face US sanctions on oil exports arrives on Friday.What Trump – who some had claimed was a Russian asset – does next to punish Putin could define his presidency. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Donald Trump will 'go ballistic' if Vladimir Putin leaves him empty handed

Vladimir Putin has just a few more days before Donald Trump's threatened new sanctions take hold - with one insider warning he could be driven 'ballistic' without progress

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9 d. ago Attack on former DOGE staffer known as ‘Big Balls’ prompts Trump to threaten to federalize DC

President shares photo of bloodied federal employee on Truth Social and claims crime ‘out of control’ in Washington, D.C.

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1 week ago Trump threatens to ‘federalize DC’ but violent crime dropped 35 percent there in 2024, police say

Figures from the Metropolitan Police Department found that crime in the capital was down 35 percent in 2024 compared to 2023—a 30-year low

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