2 h. ago Private numbers of Australian PM and Donald Trump Jr made public on US website

Anthony Albanese’s office says it is aware of the situation

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3 h. ago Private numbers of Australia PM and Donald Trump Jr made public on US website

Anthony Albanese's office says aware of situation

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7 h. ago Indonesia’s president heard on hot mic asking Trump if he can meet son Eric

The request from Prabowo Subianto at the Gaza peace summit in Egypt comes as the Trump Organisation is set to open new properties in IndonesiaIndonesian president Prabowo Subianto has been heard on a hot mic asking Donald Trump if he can meet with the president’s son Eric, as the leaders gathered in Egypt for a summit aimed at securing a lasting peace in Gaza.Prabowo appeared to be unaware that a live microphone was recording his conversation as he spoke to the president and referenced a region that is “not safe, security-wise”. He then asks Trump: “Can I meet Eric?” Continue reading...

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9 h. ago Trump’s private conversation with Indonesian president about son Eric caught on mic

It was not clear in the audio whether the two were referencing the Trump Organization or any business deals involving the president or his family.

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10 h. ago Donald Trump's private war of words with Emmanuel Macron exposed amid handshake

Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron were captured engaging in a tense, jerking handshake on stage in Egypt amid the end of the Israel-Hamas conflict

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46 h. ago Trump officials reportedly consider selling student loan debt to private investors

Experts say the move could eliminate the federal government’s power to cancel educational loansOfficials in the Trump administration are reportedly weighing the possibility of selling portions of the federal government’s $1.6tn student loan portfolio to private investors, which experts say could carry risks for both taxpayers and borrowers – potentially reshaping the student loan landscape in unpredictable ways.Senior officials at the education and treasury departments have been engaged in internal conversations about offloading select, high-performing segments of the government’s student debt holdings, according to a Politico report this week. These loans are part of the larger portfolio owed by roughly 45 million borrowers nationwide. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago History shows war against immigrants will backfire on all Americans

Deportations are likely to cause employers to let go of US workers, and reduce the labor forceThe government shutdown may have prevented the publication of September’s job report, but we can be reasonably confident that when the numbers are known, they will further underscore the Trump administration’s policy incoherence and remind us of all of the damage he is prepared to inflict on the American economy.The president will most likely be apoplectic over data confirming that the economy is generating very few new jobs (the payroll processor ADP estimated a loss of 32,000 private sector jobs in September). Trump fired the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, which produces the jobs numbers, after a lackluster report published in August. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Donald Trump poised to give Gaza peace deal update as private note spotted at White House

The President was attending a roundtable of far-right online personalities when Secretary of State Marco Rubio passed him a handwritten note

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1 week ago It’s the art of the dodgy deal, Middle East edition: author Donald Trump, updated by Jared Kushner | Marina Hyde

Does the Donald know that there’s a new master negotiator in town? Of course he does, he taught the apprentice everything he knowsAny dramatist seeking a character through whom to distil the sold-out madness of the present times could do a lot worse than President Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner. Yesterday exposed Jared’s starring role in not one but two current deals. 1. History’s biggest-ever leveraged buyout, of video game giant Electronic Arts (EA), which Kushner’s firm is taking private and effectively into Saudi ownership. And 2. “Eternal peace in the Middle East”, as per what has been widely referred to as “the Kushner-Blair plan” for Gaza. Busy week for Jared! He’s popping up at so many seismic moments – just call him Forrest Trump.Quick refresher on our boy: he is married to Donald Trump’s daughter Ivanka, and previously served as a senior adviser in his father-in-law’s first administration, taking the opportunity of Trump’s election loss/unfortunate insurrection-fostering...

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1 week ago Trump pressure tactics in Comey case ‘chilling’ – but they could backfire, experts say

Former prosecutors condemn ‘takeover of the DoJ’ but say chance of success could be tainted by president’s commentsDonald Trump’s public and private push to have ex-FBI director James Comey indicted on criminal charges is a strong sign of the US slipping into authoritarianism, but it could also taint the case’s chances of success because it is evidence of a selective and biased political prosecution, ex-prosecutors and scholars say.Trump’s retribution drive against an old foe he blames for legal and political problems notched a big win when Comey was indicted last week on two criminal counts in Virginia. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Donald Trump's private text message to Rory McIlroy in dressing room after Ryder Cup

Rory McIlroy received a text from Donald Trump after Team Europe trolled the US President by chanting his name in the dressing room following their Ryder Cup victory

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2 w. ago Donald Trump's massive son closes down entire floor of Trump Towers for a date

Barron Trump, the son of former US President Donald Trump and Melania, has been worth $150 million thanks to his family's negotiations and is now a ladies' man in college

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2 w. ago Video game maker Electronic Arts to be taken private in record $55bn mega

Deal with The Sims and Madden NFL maker is biggest leveraged buyout attempt, another key move for Silver LakeElectronic Arts, maker of video games such as Madden NFL, Battlefield, and The Sims, is being acquired for $55bn, the biggest leveraged buyout attempt in history.Under the terms of the deal announced on Monday, the private equity firm Silver Lake Partners, Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund PIF and Affinity Partners will pay EA’s stockholders $210 per share. Affinity Partners is a private equity firm run by Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Elon Musk named in Epstein files after X owner demanded Trump impeachment for links to paedophile

Elon Musk was reportedly listed as a potential visitor to the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein's private island, Little St James - after he mocked Donald Trump for his association with the paedophile

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2 w. ago Trump wags his finger at Melania during private conversation on board Marine One

Donald and Melania Trump were caught having a frank discussion on board Marine One, the president’s helicop

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2 w. ago Eric Trump claims he was in the Oval Office watching his father end wars, raising national security concerns

President’s son says father deserves his head adding to Mount Rushmore and the Nobel Peace Prize

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2 w. ago The old Etonian, his president father and his imprisonment and brutal torture in an African jail

In the first of an exclusive three-part series, Noureddin Bongo tells Claudia Cockerell about his hell after his family were ousted in a coup in Gabon

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3 w. ago ‘CEO whisperer’ says US business leaders are privately anxious about democracy and state of economy under Trump

Famed Yale business guru Jeffrey Sonnenfeld said America’s top tycoons are freaked out by Trump’s ‘Maoist’ MAGA movement — despite some executives’ ‘Dear Leader’ praise in public

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3 w. ago Kate Middleton's secret mission with Melania Trump revealed as pair set for private meet

Following a successful banquet last night, President Trump and the First Lady will continue their state visit to the UK today as Melania is set for a one-on-one with Princess Kate

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3 w. ago Kate Middleton update as Kensington Palace issues statement on Donald Trump visit

Kensington Palace issued an update to reveal that the Prince and Princess of Wales had a short private meeting with Donald Trump and First Lady Melania at Windsor Castle today

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