8 h. ago Trump turns attention to Spain with 'punishment' threat after doing well 'off our backs'

Donald Trump has taken a brief pause on his tariff threats to Russia to focus on his latest country of interest – Spain – and says he's 'not happy' with the NATO nation

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5 d. ago More Americans like how Trump’s second term is going compared to the first

Trump’s ‘flood the zone’ tactic appears to be getting attention from Americans — but that doesn’t mean they like it

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7 d. ago Bondi expected to be grilled about use of justice department to investigate Trump’s political enemies – live

Trump’s attorney general testifies to Senate judiciary committee and is expected to face ire from Democrats about the direction of the justice department under her tenurePam Bondi to testify before Senate amid Trump’s troop deploymentsBefore we turn our attention to Capitol Hill, we’re also keeping an eye on Illinois today. On Monday, a federal judge did not immediately block the president’s move to deploy national guard troops, including hundreds from Texas, to Chicago.Instead, the judge set a hearing for Thursday, leaving room for the military to make their way to the windy city as soon as today. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Supreme court rejects appeal from Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell – US politics live

Justices declines to take up case that would have renewed attention on case after Trump administration faced criticism for refusing to release Epstein filesThe supreme court has rejected Ghislaine Maxwell’s challenge of her criminal conviction for recruiting and grooming minors, who were sexually abused by her former boyfriend and companion Jeffrey Epstein – the disgraced financier who died in a New York prison in 2019.Maxwell is currently serving a 20-year-sentence for her crimes. She was recently moved to a minimum-security prison in Texas. Continue reading...

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1 week ago 'I snubbed Donald Trump at Ryder Cup – I was more interested in who was next to him'

Donald Trump briefly became the centre of attention at the Ryder Cup as the US President arrived to cheer on Team USA, but it was another famous face who caught Gianfranco Zola's eye

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1 week ago Judge denies Kilmar Ábrego García’s bid for asylum in the US

Salvadorian man, who was deported to El Salvador in March before being returned to the US, has 30 days to appeal rulingAn immigration judge in Baltimore has denied Kilmar Ábrego García’s bid for asylum on Thursday, but he has 30 days to appeal.Ábrego’s case has drawn national attention since the 30-year-old was wrongfully deported by the Trump administration to El Salvador in March. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Democrats race to embrace swearing and angry comebacks – but will it work?

Democrats are abandoning their careful messaging in favor of gut-level rhetoric that’s unapologetically more profane as the party faces an authenticity problemDemocrats want your attention, and they’re done asking politely.Several months into Donald Trump’s second term, presidential aspirants, members of Congress and party officials are abandoning carefully calibrated messaging in favor of gut-level rhetoric that is angrier, rawer and unapologetically more profane. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago ‘Pay no attention’: global health agencies dismiss false Trump claim on everyday painkillers

Medical experts and regulators say US president should not be questioning established scienceGlobal health agencies and regulators have dismissed unscientific advice from Donald Trump that made an unproven link between autism and the use of everyday painkillers and vaccines.In a sign of how worried foreign governments are about the US president’s comments, the health secretary of the UK, which is one the US’s closest allies, told the British public they should not “pay any attention whatsoever to what Donald Trump says about medicine”. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Health secretary hits out at Trump autism claims: ‘Don’t pay attention whatsoever’

The health secretary has it out at Donald Trump’s unproven claims that taking paracetamol whilst pregnant is linked to a rise in autism, urging people not to “pay any attention whatsoever” to him.

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3 w. ago Streeting: Pay no attention to Trump’s claims on paracetamol link to autism

Health Secretary Wes Streeting said expectant mothers should not listen to US President Donald Trump on medical matters.

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3 w. ago 'I went to UK's first MAGA pub where Trump is God and should be our PM'

EXCLUSIVE: Daily Star man Dan Grennan wet his whistle and soaked up the atmosphere in the boozer that's attracted attention across the globe for voicing their support of Donald Trump

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3 w. ago Melania Trump's 'optical illusion' dress sparks huge online debate over unusual colour

At the state banquet at Windsor Castle last night, President Trump was welcomed to the UK by the King and Queen - but the internet's attention has been on Melania Trump's divisive gown

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