8 h. ago Trump’s grand ballroom is going to be even bigger than expected

The White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt initially said the ballroom would have a capacity of 650

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43 h. ago Trump is no 'strongman' when it comes to Russia or Israel. If other democracies don’t step up, anarchy awaits | Simon Tisdall

Putin and Netanyahu are creating chaos in the vacuum left by a weak US president. But there are still ways to foil themIt is too easy to blame Donald Trump for everything that goes wrong in the world. The ability of any US president to fundamentally change or control the behaviour of other major powers is frequently overestimated. Yet by posing as a sort of uncrowned global monarch and grand arbiter of war and peace, Trump perpetuates fantasies of US hegemony, omnipotence and divine right. Intoxicated by such ego-inflating delusions, he pledged before taking office to swiftly end the Ukraine and Gaza conflicts. Perhaps, in his vanity and hubris, he truly believed he could.Eight months on, the exact opposite is happening. Both crises are expanding and escalating. The bubble has burst, his bluff has been called, the emperor has no clothes – and there is no denying that Trump, by alternately appeasing, excusing and encouraging the two foremost villains of these twin tragedies, is great...

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9 d. ago Sinner vs. Alcaraz showdown at the US Open is their third Slam final in a row. Trump plans to attend

Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz are the first two men to play each other in three consecutive Grand Slam finals in the same season

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1 week ago President Donald Trump to attend US Open men's singles final as a client guest

President Donald Trump is planning to attend the men's singles final at the U.S. Open on Sunday as a client guest and will watch the match from a suite, a spokesperson for the U.S. Tennis Association said Friday

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1 week ago Another defeat for Jeanine Pirro as DC grand jury again declines to bring charges amid Trump takeover

A grand jury declined to bring a federal indictment against an individual accused of making threats against the president

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2 w. ago Judges, defense lawyers and grand jurors poke holes in cases from Trump's DC federal intervention

A grand jury refused to indict a man who was captured on video hurling a sandwich at a federal agent

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3 w. ago Judge shoots down Trump DOJ bid to unseal Epstein grand jury notes as ‘diversion’ from releasing unseen files

The content of those materials ‘pales in comparison’ to documents the Justice Department already has and could publicly release, Judge Richard Berman says

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3 w. ago Judge rejects Trump administration’s request to unseal Epstein grand jury transcripts

Ruling by Richard Berman comes after judge presiding over case against Ghislaine Maxwell also turned down requestA federal judge in New York who presided over the sex-trafficking case against the late financier Jeffrey Epstein has rejected the government’s request to unseal grand jury transcripts.The ruling on Wednesday by federal judge Richard Berman in Manhattan came after the judge presiding over the case against British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell also turned down the government’s request. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Ghislaine Maxwell’s grand jury transcripts are likely a dud, but other documents could reveal much

The din might have died down for now, but the Epstein imbroglio might rear its head again when Congress returnsWhen Donald Trump’s Department of Justice requested the release of grand jury transcripts in criminal proceedings against sex-traffickers Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, the move did little to quiet an ever-growing chorus of critics frustrated by the US president’s backtracking over disclosing investigative files.Indeed, the justice department’s filings in this request revealed that only two law enforcement officers testified during grand jury proceedings in New York, undermining notions that unsealing them would reveal numerous truths. Continue reading...

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