3 h. ago Trump’s claims to Venezuelan oil are part of broader ‘resource imperialism’, experts say

Critics compare offensive to Iraq war, citing familiar mix of regime-change rhetoric, security pretexts and oil interestsDonald Trump’s recent claims that the US should keep Venezuelan oil from seized tankers are part of a broader belief in rightwing “resource imperialism”, experts say.In recent weeks, the Trump administration has escalated pressure on Venezuela, invoking drug-trafficking claims. This month, the US intercepted two tankers carrying Venezuelan oil and began pursuing a third, while intensifying its campaign against the country’s president, Nicolás Maduro. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Is Trump mentally OK? A look back at the president’s unusual behavior in 2025

Trump has shown erratic and bizarre behavior throughout the year, leading to questions about his mental acuityIn an address from the White House in December, Donald Trump claimed that, over the past 11 months, his administration had brought “more positive change” than any government in US history.“There has never been anything like it,” Trump added.America is respected again as a country. We were not respected with Biden. They looked at him falling down stairs every day. Every day, the guy’s falling down stairs.”I said: ‘It’s not our president. We can’t have it.’ I’m very careful, you know, when I walk downstairs for – like I’m on stairs, like these stairs, I’m very – I walk very slowly. Nobody has to set a record, just try not to fall because it doesn’t work out well. A few of our presidents have fallen and it became a part of their legacy.We don’t want that. Need to walk nice and easy. You not have – you don’t have to set any record. Be cool, be cool when you walk down, but don’t,...

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10 h. ago Donald Trump accused of raping woman in 'sensationalist' Epstein files claim

New documents from the Jeffrey Epstein estate include FBI files with rape allegations against Donald Trump, which the Department of Justice and White House have strongly denied as 'unfounded and false'

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20 h. ago US moves more troops and special ops aircraft to Caribbean as Trump ramps up pressure in region: report

Osprey aircraft included in latest force deployment to Caribbean, which Trump claimed Monday is largest armada ever assembled in the region

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20 h. ago Epstein ‘prison suicide postcard to paedophile Larry Nassar’ is fake, claims Donald Trump’s FBI

An email by ‘A’ from ‘Balmoral’ also asked Jeffrey Epstein’s associate Ghislaine Maxwell for ‘inappropriate friends’, new documents released by the US Department of Justice show

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24 h. ago DOJ rushes to give context for ‘sensationalist claims’ against Trump in Epstein docs. They haven’t done it for others

Department of Justice declares on social media that unspecified allegations in documents are ‘unfounded and false’ and would have been ‘weaponized’ previously ‘if they had a shred of credibility’

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24 h. ago Epstein's brother's wild claim that Trump authorized his murder is unearthed in DOJ files

A document in the cache of around 8,000 files released Tuesday included a tip that Epstein's brother Mark sent to the FBI in 2023, making the claim about his brother's death four years earlier.

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24 h. ago Newly released Epstein files include references to Donald Trump

Files also include details about Epstein’s relationship with Larry Summers and a letter apparently sent to Larry NassarUS politics live – latest updatesA newly released batch of the so-called Epstein files on Tuesday includes many references to Donald Trump, including a claim by a senior US attorney that the US president was on a flight in the 1990s with the now-deceased convicted child sex offender and a 20-year-old woman.There is no indication of whether the woman was a victim of any crime, and being included in the files does not indicate any criminal wrongdoing. Continue reading...

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25 h. ago Justice department says some Epstein files include ‘untrue and sensationalist’ claims against Trump – US politics live

DoJ issues rare defense of president, saying claims included in material mentioning him are ‘unfounded and false’In another released email exchange from November 2001, Ghislaine Maxwell appears to be organizing an instructor for Epstein who “has to be female youngish and attractive otherwise he will lose interest rapidly”.Maxwell emails someone called “Gibby”, saying: “JE is looking for an exercise instructor to work out with. He is looking for someone who can tone, flex and stretch.” “I am counting on you,” she adds.He likes, well you know what he likes. Continue reading...

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26 h. ago Justice department issues rare defense of president, saying some Epstein files include ‘untrue and sensationalist’ claims against Trump – US politics live

DoJ issues statement online accompanying latest release of documents, saying claims included in material mentioning president are ‘unfounded and false’In another released email exchange from November 2001, Ghislaine Maxwell appears to be organizing an instructor for Epstein who “has to be female youngish and attractive otherwise he will lose interest rapidly”.Maxwell emails someone called “Gibby”, saying: “JE is looking for an exercise instructor to work out with. He is looking for someone who can tone, flex and stretch.” “I am counting on you,” she adds.He likes, well you know what he likes. Continue reading...

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29 h. ago Trump 'travelled on Epstein jet 'many more times than reported' leaked email says

An email chain from newly released Epstein claims Trump 'is listed as a passenger on at least eight flights between 1993 and 1996'

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31 h. ago Trump claims people are ‘angry’ at Epstein files release, insists he never visited the island

Donald Trump has claimed that people are “angry” at the Jeffrey Epstein files being released, which he claimed are distracting from the success of the Republican party.

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35 h. ago Trump doubles down on claim that US must take over Greenland for national security: ‘We’ll have to work it all out’

The comments follow President Trump announcing a new special U.S. envoy to Greenland over the weekend

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54 h. ago Claims of Epstein files 'cover up' as Trump image removed from documents

The Trump administration has been accused of not being transparent about the Epstein files

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69 h. ago Epstein files live: Survivors in ‘shock’ over DOJ redactions as lawmakers vow to hold Bondi in contempt

Democrats claim DOJ have deleted photo appearing to feature Trump with a group of women from Epstein files

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3 d. ago Epstein files live: Trump administration defends decision to redact huge number of documents and photos

Democrats claim DOJ have deleted photo appearing to feature Trump with a group of women from Epstein files

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3 d. ago SNL mocks Trump over Epstein file redactions, cognitive tests and renaming Kennedy Center in scathing Christmas episode cold open

James Austin Johnson continued his streak as the president and ridiculed the Trump administration over its claim to be the ‘most transparent in history’

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3 d. ago US coastguard boards tanker carrying Venezuelan oil in Caribbean

The vessel is the second to be intercepted by American forces as Trump steps up pressure on Maduro

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3 d. ago Democrats claim DOJ has deleted Trump photo from Epstein files

The documents were removed by the Justice Department without explanation

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3 d. ago Epstein files live: Democrats cry cover up and claim DOJ has deleted photo of Trump released in tens of thousands of documents

Epstein pictured with a host of prominent figures, including Michael Jackson and Bill Clinton, in newly released files

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