2 h. ago ‘Music to my ears’: Trump welcomes Senate passage of his sweeping tax and spending bill – live updates

Vice-president JD Vance was in the chamber to break the tie after three Republicans voted against president’s sweeping tax and spending billWhat’s in Trump’s big, beautiful bill? Tax cuts, deportations and moreThe senate has adopted an amendment offered by Republican senator Joni Ernst – who represents Iowa - to prevent jobless millionaires from claiming unemployment compensation.Lawmakers voted 99-1 to strike the AI regulation ban from the bill by adopting an amendment offered by Republican senator Marsha Blackburn. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Trump threatens to throw 'bad' citizens 'the hell out' of the U.S. as his next major action

President Donald Trump warned American criminals they may be the next inhabitants of the 'Alligator Alcatraz' facility as he expressed his wish to have more built.

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4 h. ago ‘Music to my ears’: Trump welcomes Senate passage of ‘big, beautiful bill’ – live updates

Vice-president JD Vance was in the chamber to break the tie after three Republicans voted against president’s sweeping tax and spending billWhat’s in Trump’s big, beautiful bill? Tax cuts, deportations and moreThe senate has adopted an amendment offered by Republican senator Joni Ernst – who represents Iowa - to prevent jobless millionaires from claiming unemployment compensation.Lawmakers voted 99-1 to strike the AI regulation ban from the bill by adopting an amendment offered by Republican senator Marsha Blackburn. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago New Trump portrait hangs in Colorado capitol months after president’s outburst

New White House-approved painting was donated after Trump described the original as ‘purposefully distorted’Months after Donald Trump expressed strong negative opinions about a presidential portrait of him in the Colorado state capitol that he described as “purposefully distorted”, a White House-approved replacement now hangs in its place.The new portrait, which Trump reportedly demanded be printed with a golden border so it would catch the light and “glimmer”, bears a close resemblance to Trump’s official second-term photograph, which hangs in more than 1,600 federal buildings across the US and thousands more on a voluntary basis. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago Tesla stock drops as Trump and Musk reignite their feud and president suggests deporting tech mogul

Trump says ‘monster’ DOGE ‘might have to go back and eat Elon’

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6 h. ago Can Trump deport Elon Musk? US citizenship explained as Battle of the Billionaires hots up

US President Donald Trump has threatened to deport billionaire rival Elon Musk as their intense feud ramps up, but what are the chances of this happening?

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6 h. ago Dutch king now accused of 'power move' in Trump meeting after Queen denies she mocked his voice

A viral moment between King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands and US President Donald Trump has sparked heated debate online.

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6 h. ago Federal Reserve chair blames Trump’s tariffs for preventing interest rates cut

Jerome Powell says inflationary impact of the president’s trade policies needs to be assessed before borrowing costs can be reducedThe chair of the Federal Reserve, Jerome Powell, has blamed Donald Trump’s tariffs for preventing the immediate interest rate cuts the president has demanded.Trump has repeatedly urged Powell to reduce borrowing costs in the US economy. He posted a hand-scrawled note on his Truth Social platform on Monday, saying: “You have cost the USA a fortune – and continue to do so – you should lower the rate by a lot!” Continue reading...

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6 h. ago Federal Reserve chair blames Trump’s tariffs for preventing interest rate cuts

Jerome Powell says inflationary impact of the president’s trade policies needs to be assessed before borrowing costs can be reducedThe chair of the Federal Reserve, Jerome Powell, has blamed Donald Trump’s tariffs for preventing the immediate interest rate cuts the president has demanded.Trump has repeatedly urged Powell to reduce borrowing costs in the US economy, and on Monday posted a hand-scrawled note on his Truth Social platform saying: “You have cost the USA a fortune – and continue to do so – you should lower the rate by a lot!” Continue reading...

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6 h. ago Iranian hackers threaten to release treasure trove of White House emails

Same hacking group released troves of emails stolen from Trump’s presidential campaign to reporters last year

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7 h. ago Obama and Bush call Trump’s USAID closure a ‘travesty’ as report warns of 14 million extra deaths

Former presidents Barack Obama and George W Bush and singer Bono send emotional message to staff as organisation closesBarack Obama and George W Bush have criticised the closure of the US Agency for International Development (USAID), as a study warned it could result in “a staggering number” of avoidable deaths – more than 14 million over five years.The former US presidents made rare public criticisms of the Trump administration as they took part in a video farewell for USAID staffers on Monday on its last day as an independent organisation. Continue reading...

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7 h. ago Tesla shares in death spiral after Trump's ruthless claim about Elon Musk's companies

President Trump and Elon Musk are fighting again. Now, Trump has upped his threat.

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7 h. ago President Donald Trump to 'take a look at' potentially deporting Elon Musk

After Elon Musk vowed to unseat those who support Donald Trump's spending bill, the President said today he 'might have to put DOGE on Elon' when asked about possible deportation

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7 h. ago You too could smell like Donald Trump as the President launches his latest 'grift'

Unlike his hats and tee shirts, the proceeds from the sales of the products do not go to his political action fund - and are instead funnelled through an opaque web of shell companies

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8 h. ago Trump bill live: Senate struggles to unite on president’s ‘big, beautiful bill’ as marathon vote continues

The Independent has been on Capitol Hill overnight to bring you all the latest updates as senators vote on an unlimited series of amendments to the president’s tax and spending megabill

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8 h. ago Trump says he'll order the 'DOGE monster' to 'eat' Elon Musk and considers deporting him as their feud explodes

President Donald Trump said he is open to deporting Elon Musk and warned he may sick DOGE on the Tesla founder, saying it could 'eat Elon.'

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9 h. ago Trump says he'll order the 'DOGE monster' to 'eat' Elon Musk as he tries to tank his big spending bill

President Donald Trump said he is open to deporting Elon Musk and warned he may sick DOGE on the Tesla founder, saying it could 'eat Elon.'

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9 h. ago Trump says he'll order the 'DOGE monster' to 'eat' Elon Musk as he tries to tank Trump's big spending bill

President Donald Trump said he is open to deporting Elon Musk and warned he may sick DOGE on the Tesla founder, saying it could 'eat Elon.'

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9 h. ago Trump bill latest: President faces GOP holdout and Musk threat after record

The Independent has been on Capitol Hill overnight to bring you all the latest updates as senators vote on an unlimited series of amendments to the president’s tax and spending megabill

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10 h. ago I can’t believe I need to spell this out – but Trump is not your daddy | Arwa Mahdawi

From the Maga crowd to Nato’s secretary general, everyone is addressing the president of the US as if he was their actual father. Make it stop!Is your name Barron, Donald Jr, Eric, Ivanka or Tiffany Trump? No? Then I regret to inform you that President Donald John Trump is almost certainly not your daddy. I say “almost certainly” because narcissistic billionaires do have a nasty habit of spawning willy-nilly. Just look at Elon Musk and Pavel Durov – the latter is the Telegram founder, who has more than 100 children in 12 countries via sperm donation.Still, unless you are a very high-IQ individual, with an orange glow, an insatiable appetite for money-making schemes, and a weird belief that you invented the word “caravan”, I think it’s safe to say that you’re probably not Trump’s offspring. Continue reading...

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