27 m. ago Trump’s tariffs are now being passed on to American consumers, businesses warn

‘Cost pressures due to tariffs were a consistent theme across all Districts,’ the Federal Reserve said

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30 m. ago US forces seize another oil tanker in Carribean Sea – Kristi Noem says has ties to Venezuela

The Veronica marks the sixth tanker seized by US forces as part of the administration of Donald Trump’s drive to control Venezuela’s oil products

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31 m. ago The 'smoking gun' that made Badenoch take out Robert Jenrick: Tory leader's allies 'found defection speech and media plan'... but will Reform welcome him now?

Kemi Badenoch announced that she had seen 'irrefutable evidence' that shadow justice secretary Robert Jenrick was intending to betray her.

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37 m. ago Depressed Brits using black market to buy drugs as doctors issue urgent warning

Anti anxiety pills are now the most common type of medication to be sourced on the black market with more than a third of all Brits admitting to doing it

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41 m. ago 'Donald Trump blaming latest ICE shooting on cancer patient Biden is pathetic'

'A tragic death, another shooting, and chaos have all hit Minneapolis - but instead of helping locals, Trump and his yes men fuelled political divide in a series of cheap blows'

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43 m. ago Dramatic moment US forces storm oil tanker as Trump plays kingmaker in Venezuela

Video posted on X showed troops rappelling from a helicopter onto the deck of The Veronica in a pre-dawn seizure in the Caribbean on Thursday.

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98 m. ago ‘Those are the people who keep you alive:’ Nurses push back after Trump admin excludes them from ‘professional’ status

As a strike rages in NYC, nurses on opposite sides of the country tell Rhian Lubin how the Education Department’s plan to cap federal loans for graduate nursing degrees poses a grave threat to the future of healthcare

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99 m. ago Donald Trump makes chilling threat to use military against US citizens protesting against ICE

The Insurrection Act allows the President to deploy the military inside the United States to suppress rebellion or violence. Using troops would be a dramatic line to cross for Trump's administration

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1 hour ago Prince William mucks in: Royal goes rural as he helps out on the farm to highlight importance of mental health support to nation's agricultural workers

The heir to the throne met with farmers John and Laura Bowler near Bromyard, Hertfordshire, where he spoke with them about the importance of mental health.

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1 hour ago Trump threatens to invoke Insurrection Act over protests in Minneapolis – US politics live

US president says he will use law that allows military to be deployed domestically if protests in Minneapolis do not stopDonald Trump is in Washington today. He’s due to meet with Mariá Corina Machado – Venezuela’s opposition leader – at 12:3opm ET. At the moment that’s closed to the press but we’ll let you know if that changes and bring you the latest.Later, Trump is set to host the champions of the 2025 Stanley Cup, the Florida Panthers, at the White House. We’ll be watching to get his reaction to the news of the day. Continue reading...

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1 hour ago Cypriot broccoli cooking method using 2 ingredients 'gives it more flavour'

A woman who loves cooking has shared a simple Mediterranean trick to make broccoli taste delicious, and it only requires two additional ingredients after you boil it

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1 hour ago Trump threatens to use the Insurrection Act if Minnesota doesn’t stop ‘attacking ICE agents’

Insurrection Act is a rarely-used federal law allowing the president to deploy military in U.S. cities

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1 hour ago Trump threatens to invoke Insurrection Act in Minnesota as protests continue after shooting by another ICE agent: Live updates

Thursday afternoon, Trump is expected to meet with Venezuela’s opposition leader for the first time since the US captured Maduro

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1 hour ago Trump imposes 25% tariff on Nvidia AI chips and others, citing national security

The order follows a nine-month investigation and includes broad exemptions for data centers and consumersDonald Trump on Wednesday imposed a 25% tariff on certain AI chips, such as the Nvidia H200 AI processor and a similar semiconductor from AMD called the MI325X, under a new national security order released by the White House.The proclamation follows a nine-month investigation under section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 and targets a number of high-end semiconductors meeting certain performance benchmarks and devices containing them for import duties. The action is part of a broader effort to create incentives for chipmakers to produce more semiconductors in the US and decrease reliance on chip manufacturers in places like Taiwan. Continue reading...

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1 hour ago NASA commits to nuclear reactor on the moon by 2030 after Trump admin pushed for expedited timeline

The reactor would be a major tool for future moon and Mars missions

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2 h. ago Do not let US use Scottish airports to launch Greenland attack, Swinney urged

It comes after the American military used Wick Airport in an operation to seize a Venezuelan-linked oil tanker in the North Atlantic.

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2 h. ago Was Robert Jenrick a Traitor all along? Internet explodes with hilarious memes after Kemi Badenoch sacks him over 'defection' plan

The Liberal Democrats broke out Photoshop to reimagine Jenrick, who had been shadow justice secretary, as a Traitor on the hit BBC show.

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2 h. ago 'The end of the world as we know it': Poland warns of 'disaster' if NATO nations turn on each other over Trump's bid to claim Greenland as Danish troops arrive in the region

Poland's Prime Minister said that his country would not send soldiers to Greenland, making clear that any aggression between NATO allies would shatter global security.

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2 h. ago Donald Trump sent defiant message as first NATO troops touch down in Greenland

Donald Trump's worrying threats against Greenland have been met with a strong message and warning as the first deployment of NATO troops land on the vulnerable island territory

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2 h. ago The FBI’s raid of journalist’s home was the product of decades of backsliding | Seth Stern and Chip Gibbons

The trend of invading newsrooms, in violation of federal law, has now spread to the highest levels of the federal governmentThe raid of a journalist’s home, along with the jailing of their alleged source, are shocking acts of authoritarianism. And they are in line with Trump’s willingness to use the national security state as a weapon against the press, which is a serious threat to our democracy. But those weapons were not invented by Trump nor did he pioneer their use against free press.The raid of Hannah Natanson, is a shocking escalation, not a rupture. The United States has been backsliding to this point – at both the federal and local levels – for quite some time.Seth Stern is the Director of Advocacy at Freedom of the Press Foundation and a first amendment lawyerChip Gibbons is the policy director of Defending Rights & Dissent. A journalist and researcher focusing on the US national security state, Gibbons is currently working on The Imperial Bureau, forthcoming from Verso...

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