12 h. ago Former FBI and CIA directors under investigation by Trump’s Justice Department

The reported investigation comes after the CIA released a review criticizing officials’ handling of allegations Russia attempted to aid Trump’s 2016 campaign

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16 h. ago The damning evidence that blows a hole in FBI's claims that Jeffrey Epstein didn't blackmail powerful friends

Dozens of CDs, binders, and mystery hard drives found at Jeffrey Epstein's New York mansion have cast doubt on the Trump administration's controversial memo about their review.

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4 d. ago Butler by Salena Zito review – how Trump won America’s heartland

From the site of the failed assassination comes a sharp-eyed account of Trump’s political gains – and Democrats’ failings The Democrats’ famed blue wall is more the stuff of nostalgia than reality. On election day 2024, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin voted for Donald Trump for the second time in three elections. Barack Obama’s upstairs-downstairs coalition lies in ruins, as Democrats struggle to connect with working-class voters across racial and ethnic lines.Last November, Trump came within just three points of winning a majority of Latino voters. Such Americans walked away from their presumed political home – in droves. A Trump endorsement by Roberto Clemente Jr, son of the late Pittsburgh Pirates baseball star, was a harbinger. Likewise, Trump posted double-digit gains among Catholics and Jews, once core constituencies in the Democratic party of FDR.Butler is published in the US by Hachette Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Billions in grants for summer school, English instruction delayed during Trump administration review

The Trump administration is withholding more than $6 billion in federal grants for afterschool and summer programs, English language instruction, adult literacy and more

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9 d. ago Trump suggests Doge should review subsidies to Musk’s companies

Rift deepens between the two men over US president’s flagship tax and spending bill

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9 d. ago Trump suggests US government review subsidies to Musk’s companies

Rift between two men deepens as Musk criticises White House flagship tax bill

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2 w. ago Not My Type by E Jean Carroll review – memoir takes a hatchet to Trump

The writer’s account of the Trump trials is packed with revenge and barbed wit. She has little to hideAt his wedding to Marla Maples in December 1993, two months after the birth of their daughter, Tiffany, Donald Trump got talking to Howard Stern. According to the shock jock, Trump allegedly opined, charmingly: “Vagina is expensive.” Trump and Maples split in 1997. Nearly 30 years later, E Jean Carroll, an adjudicated victim of Trump’s verbal and sexual abuse, might at least in one way concur with his crude and sexist analysis.Carroll was assaulted by Trump in a changing room at Bergdorf Goodman, the New York department store. Thanks to court cases arising from that encounter, Trump owes her “slightly over $100m”, Carroll writes.Not My Type: One Woman vs a President is published in the US by Macmillan Continue reading...

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2 w. ago JD Vance bolts from DC to review the troops deployed by Trump in LA over ICE raid protests

Los Angeles remains a focus of the Trump administration’s effort to punish Democratic-led cities by subjecting their populations to stepped-up immigration enforcement

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3 w. ago Starmer confident Trump will back Aukus pact after US launches review

The trilateral Aukus partnership involves building a new fleet of nuclear-powered attack submarines and co-operating in other areas of defence.

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4 w. ago Trump to review Aukus nuclear submarine pact with Australia and UK

Aukus is a trilateral strategic security partnership aimed primarily at countering China

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4 w. ago UK government downplays ‘understandable’ US review of Aukus submarine deal

The reported review has raised fears Trump's administration could pull out if the deal did not meet its "America first" agenda.

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4 w. ago Smithsonian to review content at all 21 museums to see which is in violation of Trump’s orders

The Smithsonian will conduct a content review across its 21 museums and zoo following an excutive order from President Donald Trump.

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