6 h. ago I worked in Trump’s first administration. Here’s why his team is using Signal | Kevin Carroll

Using the platform was dangerous and wrong – but officials appeared to prioritize shielding themselves from litigationNo senior US government official in the now-infamous “Houthi PC Small Group” Signal chat seemed new to that kind of group, nor surprised by the sensitivity of the subject discussed in that insecure forum, not even when the defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, chimed in with details of a coming airstrike. No one objected – not the director of national intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, who was abroad and using her personal cellphone to discuss pending military operations; not even the presidential envoy Steve Witkoff, who was in Moscow at the time. Yet most of these officials enjoy the luxury of access to secure government communications systems 24/7/365.Reasonable conclusions may be drawn from these facts. First, Trump’s national security cabinet commonly discusses secret information on insecure personal devices. Second, sophisticated adversaries such as Russia and China inter...

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15 h. ago Trump fires scientist team studying STD outbreaks as 10,000 workers laid off

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's labs have been dismantled by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as thousands of workers are laid off

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23 h. ago Trump team reportedly lays off some staff working on bird flu response even as disease spreads

Democrats are calling for information about how Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., will address the bird flu. outbreak

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25 h. ago Trump’s team touted 72 ICE arrests of violent criminals – half were already in prison, report says

Overall, Trump administration has removed fewer people on average than during last year of Biden administration

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28 h. ago ‘Fertilization president’ has gutted fed’s IVF team, report says

‘I’ll be known as the fertilization president’ said Trump weeks before he axed the IVF department

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29 h. ago Trump fires staff of 'idiot' adviser embroiled in Signal scandal after urging by controversial MAGA influencer

President Donald Trump has fired several members of his National Security Council team, Axios reported Thursday.

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34 h. ago Police carry out raids and arrest three Manchester United fans days before derby

Three men, aged 24, 30 and 39, have been arrested on suspicion of violent disorder

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35 h. ago Who is in Donald Trump's top team? Could Elon Musk be on the way out?

The US President suggested Musk could be leaving the government soon

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39 h. ago Vilified, arrested, held incommunicado: that's the price of protest in Britain today | George Monbiot

It seems to me that whatever the charges facing the activists at the Quaker meeting house raid, their fundamental crime is dissentThe faces are different, but it’s the same authoritarianism. Keir Starmer’s team might not look or sound like Donald Trump’s, but its policies on protest and dissent are chillingly similar. So is the reason: coordinated global lobbying by the rich and powerful, fronted by rightwing junktanks.Last week, six young women were having tea and biscuits in the Quaker meeting house in Westminster. Twenty police officers forced open the door and arrested them on conspiracy charges. Had the police discovered a plot to blow up parliament or to poison the water supply? No. It was an openly advertised, routine meeting of a protest group called Youth Demand, discussing climate breakdown and the assault on Gaza.George Monbiot is a Guardian columnistThe Invisible Doctrine: The Secret History of Neoliberalism, by George Monbiot and Peter Hutchison, was published in paperb...

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48 h. ago Mike Waltz’s team set up at least 20 Signal chats for national security work – report

National security adviser and team shared ‘sensitive information’ in group chats on app, sources tell PoliticoUS politics live – latest updatesDonald Trump’s national security adviser, Mike Waltz, and his team have created at least 20 different group chats on the encrypted messaging app Signal to coordinate sensitive national security work, sources tell Politico.The revelation, which cites four people with direct knowledge of the practice, follows heightened scrutiny of the administration’s handling of sensitive information after the Atlantic recently published messages from a chat that included the defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, sharing operational details of deadly strikes against Houthi rebels in Yemen. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Musk’s Doge to fire all local workers and US diplomats from USAID, sources say

Unofficial Trump adviser’s cost-cutting team to finalize shuttering the foreign aid agency on which millions dependUS politics live – latest updatesElon Musk’s cost-cutting team is finalizing the dismantlement of the US Agency for International Development, ordering the firings of thousands of local workers and US diplomats and civil servants assigned to the agency overseas, two former top USAID officials and a source with knowledge of the situation said on Tuesday.On Friday, Congress was notified that almost all of USAID’s own employees were being fired by September, all of its overseas offices shut, and some functions absorbed into the state department. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Trump aides draft proposal for 20% tariffs on ‘most imports’ to US as Liberation Day deadline looms: Live

Trump’s team says it is still weighing options as the president prepares to announce a sweeping round of reciprocal tariffs that threatens to trigger U.S. recession and a global trade war

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4 d. ago Prosecutor makes offers to 10 New York prison guards charged in inmate's death

A special prosecutor says he made offers to resolve criminal cases against 10 New York prison guards indicted in the beating death of a handcuffed man

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4 d. ago Trump and his team keep referencing a third term in 2028. But could he actually run again?

The 22nd amendment bars presidents from a third term in office. Is it enough to stop Trump?

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4 d. ago Trump reportedly pushes his team to be more ‘aggressive’ with tariffs

The president has called Wednesday, when massive tariffs are due to kick in, ‘Liberation Day’

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4 d. ago Trump says he’s ‘not joking’ as his team looks into ‘methods’ to secure a third term: Live updates

President makes most extensive comments yet on his desire for a third term and says he is ‘very angry’ with Vladimir Putin during an NBC interview

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4 d. ago Trump considers extraordinary 20% global tariff on ALL IMPORTS sparking fears of worldwide market bloodbath

Trump has pushed his team in recent days to 'be more aggressive' as they hammer out the finer details of the tariffs.

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5 d. ago 'We feel like we have to walk on egg shells': Tory MPs bemoan Kemi Badenoch's near ban on criticising Trump

Tory MPs are complaining about Kemi Badenoch 's 'controlling' approach and her effective ban on criticising the Trump team.

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5 d. ago Quakers condemn Met Police raid as six arrested in Westminster meeting house

Youth Demand said their members were planning non-violent protests in April when they were arrested in a Quaker meeting house

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6 d. ago 7 unhinged things Donald Trump's team did in 24 hours as JD Vance doesn't rule out an invasion

Donald Trump sent JD Vance to Greenland to insult them - and he wouldn't rule out using the military to take the island by force - and he didn't even wear a tie

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