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Latvia's defense minister says there's room for an even bigger NATO presence in his country. The remarks come as Russia resupplies and rebuilds its military bases in the Baltic region and NATO struggles with the question of how to reinforce the tiny nation in a crisis.
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It's been a little more than a week since Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office. Vice President JD Vance was in the meeting too. And Secretary of State Marco Rubio, the nation's top diplomat, sat on an Oval Office couch, mostly silent, as Trump and Vance berated the Ukrainian leader. ...
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Conservative influencer Ben Shapiro is a strong ally to Donald Trump, yet on Saturday Shapiro had some tough words for the President. Trump has recently threatened Canada with massive tariffs, including a 250% dairy toll. "Canada has been ripping us off for years on lumber and on dairy products," Trump said on Friday.ALSO READ: 'Absolutely...
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Protesters took to the streets across the world Saturday to mark International Women's Day, demanding equal pay, political representation and an end to gender-based violence while voicing fears of rising repression.In eastern Ukraine, scores of demonstrators held a minute's silence to honour women killed defending the country from Russia's...
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J.D. Vance on Saturday was accused of using his three-year-old daughter as a human shield. Vance over the weekend told a story about what he said was an incident during which he and his family were harassed by protesters. "Today while walking my 3 year old daughter a group of 'Slava Ukraini' protesters followed us around and shouted as my daughter...
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Donald Trump Saturday was on the defense as he downplayed reports of an "explosive" clash between his cabinet members and Elon Musk, who happens to be the richest man in the world. Raw Story recently reported on the news presented by New York Times, which included an anecdote of a furious Musk yelling at Trump appointee Marco Rubio. Trump later...
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A Fox News host on Saturday drew attention by "slamming" one of Donald Trump's latest moves against Ukraine. Trump recently moved to cut off Ukraine from certain intelligence, a move some say will give Russia the upper hand on its invasion of the U.S. ally. That decision is "terrible," according to pro-Trump Fox News host Brian Kilmeade over the...
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There's one thing Donald Trump has stated he intends to do, that many Republicans just can't get behind.While GOP lawmakers have consistently had Trump's back on various proposals, there is one priority that Wall Street lobbyists are trying to keep him from.That is the issue of carried interest, according to the New York Times' weekend...
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U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance over the weekend vented on social media about a purported incident involving Ukraine protesters and his daughter. Vance on Saturday took to X to complain about a political protest that he says scared his toddler. Vance has been in the news after he got aggressive with Ukraine's leader during an Oval Office meeting,...
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Donald Trump's Deputy Chief of Staff, Stephen Miller, has a legal group that became known for suing former President Joe Biden's administration, and those lawsuits have continued despite Trump being elected, although with a different goal in mind.Axios reported on Saturday that Miller "is setting policy from inside the White House" while the law...
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Labor polled much better than expected — and they were always tipped to win. Another disaster showing for the Liberals could trigger a fourth Labor term come 2029. But there's an undercurrent neither party expected, and which could shape WA's political landscape for years to come.
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A Thursday explosion by another one of Elon Musk's Starship rockets in the space of two months is raising eyebrows and doubts about his SpaceX venture which appears to be moving in reverse when it should be reaching for the stars.The explosion, or as SpaceX called it: "a rapid unscheduled disassembly," lit up the sky off Florida days ago,...
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Elon Musk's so-called DOGE group has been granted access to sensitive income data from the Department of Health and Human Services, according to a new report on Saturday.Musk, the richest man in the world and Donald Trump's right hand man, now has access to "a sensitive child support database with troves of income data," according to the Washington...
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Donald Trump broke his silence on Saturday afternoon with a plea to Republican lawmakers to pass a GOP-created continuing resolution to keep the government from shutting down.The hammered-together CR, which was announced on Saturday by House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), would keep the government up and running until September and the president...
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Donald Trump's latest honeymoon with Fox News may be coming to an end as the struggling economy is taking another hit due to his on-again, off-again tariff threats that have businesses paralyzed and investors watching their portfolios taking daily dives.According to New Republic analyst Greg Sargent, there were warning signs for the president this...
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Only a handful of media outlets have used the term, but America is under siege, in the throes of Trump's second coup attempt. So far, Trump's plan to subvert the rule of law and destroy the federal government has been administrative and largely nonviolent, but it's early days. By firing JAGS whose sole duty is to assert Constitutional guardrails,...
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US President Donald Trump's prized Turnberry golf resort in Scotland has been vandalised by protesters who sprayed "GAZA IS NOT 4 SALE" in huge white letters on the lawn.The activists also damaged greens and sprayed blood-red paint over the luxury resort's clubhouse overnight on Saturday.The Palestine Action group said it was a "direct response to...
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Human rights organizations are warning the Trump administration's massive cuts in international aid relief could imperil millions living in global crisis zones. David Miliband, president and CEO of the International Rescue Committee, joins to discuss.
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According to Harvard Law Professor Mark Tushnet, it is not outside the realm of possibility that Donald Trump could view his success at getting a compliant Republican-dominated Senate to rubber-stamp his controversial appointees as an opportunity to make another controversial nomination.In an interview with the Guardian's Martin Pengelly, Tushnet,...
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A deadly Russian missile attack in the hometown of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was a gruesome, real-time example of why European leaders gathered for another emergency meeting, fearing that without strong U.S. support, Russia's aggression could land at their door. Imtiaz Tyab has the latest.
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Donald Trump's new FBI director is breaking down the wall that is supposed to exist between his department and the Oval Office with a series of requests that would have been unthinkable during previous administrations.According to a report from the Wall Street Journal, Kash Patel, a longtime ally of the president who was confirmed by the narrowest...
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Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are scrambling for answers over who is exactly in charge of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) department after Donald Trump's appointee from December was demoted with great fanfare after weeks on the job but still appears to be running the show.According to a report from the Washington Post, the...
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Staffing cuts made by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) at the Social Security Administration could lead to more than 73 million retirees facing delayed payments or worse and a "system collapse" according to a former commissioner.With senior officials at the agency being dumped by Donald Trump's administration as part of its government...
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Billionaire Elon Musk's decreasing popularity, both personally and as head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), has Republicans sweating and Democrats gleeful, reports the New York Times.With Musk and his staffers running roughshod over the U.S. government as they gut popular programs and fire tens of thousands of federal workers,...
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President Trump paused Mexico and Canada tariffs until April 2, but Doug Ford, premier of Ontario, Canada, isn't satisfied. He spoke to Ed O'Keefe about the trade war and his threats to increase tariffs on Canadian energy to several U.S. states, telling Americans to blame Mr. Trump for their higher electric bills.
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Imagine that the NFL made a rule change that allowed every team to have an extra three men on the field during the game — but half of the NFL teams, protesting the new rule as "wrong” and "too much of a deviation from fairness and norms” refused to add the three players to their own lineups.Who'd be winning almost every game? Who'd be going...
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President Donald Trump's purge of so-called woke initiatives as one of his first orders of business after returning to the White House in January has already filtered through hundreds of federal government websites, according to a New York Times analysis.The Times on Friday revealed a list of banned words that came with that order – from phrases...
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Pope Francis was doing physiotherapy Saturday after passing a quiet night, the Vatican said, as the 88-year-old head of the global Catholic Church battles pneumonia.Francis "is going on with treatment and physiotherapy this morning", the Vatican said, having earlier issued a briefing which simply said his night had been "calm".The pontiff, who had...
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mpeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol was released from detention on Saturday after a court voided his arrest on procedural grounds -- but he remains under investigation over his declaration of martial law.The suspended president, who was detained in a dawn raid in January on insurrection charges over his December 3 attempt to subvert...
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Donald Trump allies burdened by criminal convictions are getting in line for what could be a new wave of pardons during his second term after his White House "sidelined" the office where recommendations were traditionally made.According to a report from the New York Times' Kenneth Vogel, lawyers and lobbyists, many collecting massive fees, are...
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A recent X post by Ivan Raiklin, a retired Army lieutenant general who bills calls the "secretary of retribution,” prompted a flurry of comments endorsing violence and vigilantism directed at four mayors who testified before Congress on Wednesday.Raiklin, who last year circulated a so-called "Deep State Target List” against President Trump's...
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his U.S. counterpart spoke by phone Wednesday about the ongoing trade war and their senior officials have been in constant contact throughout the day as both sides discuss a deal to temporarily lift all tariffs or possibly negotiate carve-outs for certain sectors.
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Columbia University officials warned late Friday that the Trump administration's cancellation of $400 million in federal grants and contracts to the institution will certainly impact its students, faculty, staff and even patients.The university has faced a tumultuous several months, with campus protests and encampments last year sparked by Israel's...
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by Pierre-Henry Deshayes with Camille Bas-Wohlert in CopenhagenGreenland votes Tuesday in legislative elections following a campaign largely focused on when -- not if -- to cut ties with Denmark without falling into the clutches of the United States.President Donald Trump's at-times threatening remarks about seizing Greenland have lent fresh...
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by Charlotte CAUSITScientists rallied in cities across the United States on Friday to denounce efforts by the administration of US President Donald Trump to eliminate key staff across multiple agencies and curb life-saving research.Since Trump returned to the White House, his government has cut federal research funding, withdrawn from the World...
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by Elodie SOINARDThe anti-abortion movement in the United States has set its sights on a new target: doctors sending pills across state lines to help women end unwanted pregnancies.Since the US Supreme Court's decision to overturn the federal protection of the right to an abortion, states like Texas and Louisiana have adopted tough anti-abortion...
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by Beiyi SEOWUS President Donald Trump imposed vast tariffs this week on key partners Canada and Mexico, roiling cross-border ties before offering temporary relief to manufacturers -- but with more levies kicking in next week, the respite may be fleeting.US companies faced a series of duties starting Monday, with Trump doubling an additional levy...
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President Donald Trump's real estate company is now alleging that one of the biggest banks in the United States closed its accounts for political retribution after the deadly January 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol, according to a new lawsuit.NBC News reported Friday night that the Trump Organization is suing Capital One bank in the Eleventh...
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MSNBC's Rachel Maddow let the insults spew Friday night as she sounded off on President Donald Trump and his Republican allies in Congress over the wild – and false – claim that the government supposedly spent millions to make "mice transgender.” The network host opened her primetime show by ripping into Trump's whopper of a claim during his...
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President Donald Trump lashed out at an NBC News reporter during a Friday afternoon Q&A in the Oval Office, refusing to answer questions about Elon Musk, who serves as a Senior Advisor to the President. Musk has been widely regarded as leading the controversial Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), which President Trump has also...
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President Donald Trump defended his latest controversial round of tariffs in an evening post to his Truth Social platform on Friday.The new tariffs in question, which hit Canada with new duties on lumber and dairy that could reach up to 250 percent, have already sparked a fresh wave of outrage and uncertainty from observers."Canada is cheating the...
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by Jesse CoburnProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox.The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development is considering taking a first step to using cryptocurrency, according to a meeting recording and other materials reviewed by ProPublica...
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Sam Bankman-Fried, founder of the now-defunct cryptocurrency exchange FTX who's serving prison time for fraud, was tossed into solitary confinement after a jailhouse interview aired between him and former Fox News host Tucker Carlson.Bankman-Fried is serving a 25-year sentence in a Brooklyn detention center. He recently answered questions from...
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A vulnerable House Republican in a New York swing district was met with anger and heckling when he met with a crowd of roughly 3,000 constituents for the "Rally in the Valley" at Clover Stadium in Rockland County, according to a report.Constituents expressed fury over his vote to ratify a GOP budget resolution that directs "savings" that ostensibly...
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President Donald Trump has named two Fox News hosts — both of whom have promoted right-wing conspiracies — to join the board of the John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts. Trump wrested control of the Kennedy Center on the banks of the Potomac River, resulting in spiraling ticket sales and artists canceling performances in...
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Donald Trump's eyebrow-raising executive order authorizing the United States to establish a strategic reserve of cryptocurrency is the "ultimate celebrity endorsement” that sent Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman into a stinging rebuke of the president's "scam.""It's truly amazing because, again, nobody has any idea what you do with, you...
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According to New York Times reporters Jonathan Swan and Maggie Haberman, Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk had a heated argument with Secretary of State Marco Rubio during a Thursday, March 6 meeting in the White House that President Donald Trump attended. Musk, who is the unofficial head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), chastised...
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President Donald Trump had "very little” to say during an explosive Oval Office meeting Wednesday, instead choosing to watch the sparring match unfold between DOGE head Elon Musk and Secretary of State Marco Rubio "like it was some kind of sporting event.”That's according to the New York Times' Maggie Haberman, who revealed new details about...
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Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced in a post to X on Friday evening that she has identified two "leakers" within the agency — and vowed there would be swift criminal prosecution."We have identified criminal leakers within @DHSgov and are preparing to refer these perpetrators to the @TheJusticeDept for felony prosecutions," wrote...
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by Haitham EL-TABEIThe Organisation of Islamic Cooperation on Friday endorsed an Arab League counter-proposal to US President Donald Trump's controversial plan to take over Gaza and displace its residents, two ministers told AFP.The decision by the 57-member grouping came at an emergency meeting in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, three days after the Arab...
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President Donald Trump's administration is now making possibly its biggest assertion yet of sweeping executive powers no previous president has exercised.The U.S. African Development Foundation (USADF) — a small agency with a $40 million budget and a staff of roughly 30 people — has been in an intense battle with the administration as it seeks...
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The Wall Street Journal's conservative editorial board pounced on new Republican efforts to impeach judges who dare to issue rulings unfavorable to President Donald Trump – a move the group of editors boiled down to "an Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez-style stunt.”In an opinion piece published Friday, the Journal's editorial board went after Rep. Andy...
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