4 h. ago ‘Uncertainty is rising’: Financial analysts warn that market shows worrisome signs with Trump in office

Share values and cryptocurrency prices have been buoyant since Trump’s election, but some on Wall Street believe the party could be over soon

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6 h. ago Macron the ‘Trump whisperer’ works his magic but US and Europe remain an ocean apart

Mixing flattery and firmness, the French president sought to heal the transatlantic schism over Ukraine, giving Keir Starmer a tough act to followIt was a delicate balancing act for the man once considered Europe’s “Trump whisperer”.Emmanuel Macron, the French president, was seated in the Oval Office gently trying to factcheck Donald Trump in real time as the US president pushed a narrative that Ukraine had taken advantage of US support during its defense against Russia’s full-scale invasion. Now, said Trump, it is time to get paid back. Continue reading...

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11 h. ago Judge rejects immediately restoring AP's access to White House but urges government to reconsider

A federal judge has refused to immediately order the White House to restore The Associated Press’ access to presidential events, saying the news organization had not shown it had suffered irreparable harm in the matter

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14 h. ago Federal workers return to offices amid threat from Elon Musk

Many federal employees across the country are back at agency offices under President Donald Trump's return-to-office mandate

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17 h. ago Donald Trump puts French President Emmanuel Macron in two embarrassing positions on his visit to Washington DC

Emmanuel Macron became the second European leader to meet Donald Trump at the White House today, as the continent rallies its arguments in defense of Ukraine.

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17 h. ago Donald Trump refuses to call war criminal Vladimir Putin a dictator despite branding Zelensky same

Asked in the Oval Office if he would characterise Vladimir Putin as a 'dictator', Donald Trump said: 'I don't use those words lightly' - despite branding President Volodymyr Zelensky the same

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19 h. ago US imposes more sanctions on Iranian oil trade after Trump calls to drive exports 'to zero'

The U.S. on Monday imposed sanctions on dozens of people and oil tankers across China, the United Arab Emirates, India and other jurisdictions for allegedly helping to finance Iran and its support for militant groups that launch attacks against the U.S. and its allies

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21 h. ago Apple announces $500 billion US investment including huge AI factory

Official announcement comes after Donald Trump and Tim Cook were rumoured to have met – and ahead of potentially substantial tariffs on Apple’s products

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40 h. ago Kamala Harris takes swipe at Trump and Musk in first speech since leaving office

The speech marked former VP’s first major public appearance since Joe Biden left White House

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43 h. ago Defense secretary defends Pentagon firings, says more dismals may come

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is defending President Donald Trump’s firing of the nation’s senior military officer and a wave of top dismals at the Pentagon, insisting that they weren’t unusual despite accusations that the new administration is injecting politics into the military

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53 h. ago Why world needs Keir Starmer to play role of 'Trump whisperer', however distasteful it is

The challenge for Keir Starmer and other democratic world leaders is to keep the US within the global family of liberal democracies until Donald Trump leaves office

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54 h. ago States threaten fines and jail time for local officials who resist Trump's immigration crackdown

Republican lawmakers in some states are threatening local officials with lawsuits, fines and jail time if they resist President Donald Trump's crackdown on illegal immigration

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58 h. ago Trump expected to invite Prince William to visit Washington during Starmer meet later this week

President Trump is expected to officially invite Prince William to visit Washington when he meets Sir Keir Starmer later this week, The Mail on Sunday can reveal.

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64 h. ago CPAC: Donald Trump fantatics demand he be allowed to run for unprecedented third term

The fringes of the conference were abuzz with support for Trump to be allowed to serve a third term in office - something the President has repeatedly joked about

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64 h. ago CPAC: Donald Trump fanatics demand he be allowed to run for unprecedented third term

The fringes of the conference were abuzz with support for Trump to be allowed to serve a third term in office - something the President has repeatedly joked about

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68 h. ago US supreme court temporarily blocks firing of head of federal whistleblower protection office

Trump administration is seeking to oust Hampton Dellinger, head of the office of special counselThe US supreme court on Friday temporarily kept on the job the head of the federal agency that protects government whistleblowers, in its first word on the many legal fights over the agenda of Donald Trump’s second presidency.The justices said in an unsigned order that Hampton Dellinger, head of the office of special counsel, could remain in his job at least until Wednesday. That’s when a lower-court order temporarily protecting him expires. Continue reading...

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69 h. ago All the president’s friends, from Natalie Harp and Daniel Penny to Andrew Tate

There are three tried-and-tested strategies for getting into Donald Trump’s inner circle, from adoration to misogynyThere are three tried-and-tested strategies for getting into Donald Trump’s inner circle. No 1: be young, blond and so obsessed with the president that even the Secret Service think it’s kinda weird. That strategy certainly seems to have worked out well for Natalie Harp, a former far-right cable host who is now an official aide to Trump. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Donald Trump sued by AP for banning journalists from White House and Mar

The Associated Press sued three Trump administration officials on Friday after the organisation's journalists were banned from Mar-a-Lago, Air Force One and even the White House for refusing to refer to the Gulf of Mexico as the 'Gulf of America.'

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3 d. ago Pentagon purge begins: Trump fires America's highest ranking military officer

Donald Trump has fired chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff CQ Brown, a part of his plan to rid the military of so-called 'woke generals.'

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3 d. ago Trump removes Ice chief amid apparent frustration over rate of deportations

Caleb Vitello reassigned as administration reportedly unhappy at slow rate of arrests and deportationsDonald Trump’s presidential administration has reassigned its top official at US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) after the agency’s arrests and deportations have been slower than expected, Reuters reported, citing a senior administration official and two other sources familiar with the matter.The official, Caleb Vitello, was in the role in an acting capacity and had been grappling with pressure to step up enforcement after other top Ice officials were reassigned days earlier. Continue reading...

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