58 h. ago Trump dumps Kristi Noem as he orders longtime rival to lead ICE in Minneapolis amid shooting scandal

Homan and Noem have feuded over control of Trump's deportation agenda since the start of the president's second-term.

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62 h. ago Man could face trial in summer accused of murdering woman in Bolton

James Morton is charged with the murder of Gloria De Lazzari

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6 d. ago Trump to start flying in $400M Qatari jet at center of corruption accusations this summer: report

Aircraft described as ‘stain on the administration’ could form part of country’s 250th anniversary celebrations

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7 d. ago Karoline Leavitt jokes that Trump’s gifted Qatari jet was sounding ‘much better’ after Air Force One scare

The White House accepted the $400m Qatari Boeing 747 in May despite ethics concerns

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7 d. ago Karoline Leavitt jokes that Trump’s gifted Qatari jet was sounding ‘much better’ after scare on AF1

The White House accepted the $400m Qatari Boeing 747 in May despite ethics concerns

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7 d. ago Olympics chief admits she has not spoken to US president Trump about LA 2028 Games

Kirsty Coventry steers clear of global politics in buildupOrganisers will meet with vice-president JD VanceThe International Olympic Committee has yet to establish formal communications with the US president Donald Trump on preparations for the Los Angeles Games in 2028, the IOC president, Kirsty Coventry, has confirmed.Trump has been speaking in Davos in Switzerland after a turbulent start to 2026 during which he has suggested he will invade Greenland, threatened a trade war with Europe and ousted the Venezuela president Nicolás Maduro. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Democrat says Trump is ‘stealing’ from taxpayers and could be impeached if Republicans lose control of Congress

Murphy points to crypto scheme and Qatari jet as evidence of Trump’s self-dealing

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2 w. ago Trump warns Ayatollah ‘we will start shooting if you do’ as Iran rocked by another night of protests

US president says he has ‘put Iran on notice’ not to target protesters after demonstrations were held across the country

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2 w. ago Trump promises the US will soon start attacking drug cartels on land

In an interview with Fox, the president claimed drug cartels were “running” Mexico and hinted the country could be his next target

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3 w. ago Dithering EU leaders start squabbling among themselves as Trump unleashes chaos: European officials left floundering by Maduro capture and growing threat of Greenland invasion

Blind-sided European leaders have been left floundering by Donald Trump following his capture of Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro and the re-emerging threat of an invasion of Greenland. 

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3 w. ago Today, Trump’s target was Caracas. What tomorrow? | Stephen Wertheim

He took office promising to annex Greenland and take back the Panama Canal. Now that he has ousted Maduro, other countries could be next“This is genius,” Donald Trump enthused. It was February 22, 2022. Vladimir Putin had just declared parts of eastern Ukraine to be independent and sent in Russian troops to serve as so-called peacekeepers. The once and future American president was impressed, even inspired. “We could use that on our southern border,” Trump mused.Trump didn’t know then that he was speaking at the start of a full-scale invasion that has lasted nearly four years and inflicted upwards of 1.5 million casualties and counting. And Trump doesn’t know now what he has unleashed in Venezuela. The South American country is not Ukraine, nor, for that matter, is it Afghanistan, Iraq, or Libya. But by ordering military strikes to seize dictator Nicolás Maduro, Trump has thrown a country of around 28 million people into uncertainty and tossed aside the most obvious, hard-won lesson...

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3 w. ago Donald Trump's unhinged start to 2026: his aspirin habit and wild McDonalds order

New year, same old Donald Trump - beefing with foreign leaders on social, chickening out on tariffs - only this time we know about his prodigious aspirin habit

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3 w. ago Maduro urges Trump to abandon ‘illegal warmongering’ and start ‘serious talks’

Venezuelan president warns of a ‘forever war’ similar to Iraq after US counterpart claims first land strike on dockThe Venezuelan leader, Nicolás Maduro, has urged Donald Trump to abandon his “illegal warmongering” and begin “serious talks” with his administration as mystery continued to surround a purported pre-Christmas CIA airstrike on the South American country.Speaking during an hour-long TV interview, Maduro declined to confirm reports of the apparent US attack, which would be the first on Venezuelan soil since Trump began his five-month campaign of military pressure in August. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Trump says construction on his Triumphal Arch in DC will start in the ‘next two months’

Construction on the monument could begin as the U.S. celebrates its 250th anniversary in 2026

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last month Americans are waking up. A grand reckoning awaits us | Robert Reich

I’d like to believe that the horrific darkness of this past year is a necessary prelude to a brighter and saner futureAbout a year ago, at the start of the Trump 2.0 regime, a woman was about to pass me on the sidewalk and then stopped, turned toward me and almost shouted: “It’s a fucking nightmare!”It has been a “fucking nightmare”. Continue reading...

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