Trump declares 'emergency' one day before deadline to reveal his finances in court

President Donald Trump declared an 'emergency' to block the release of his financial records to the BBC one day before a court-ordered deadline.The BBC sought the financial information after Trump sue...

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'Ripe for accidents': Families fume at Trump as ship doctor warns sailors may go insane

Families of sailors and Marines aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln are raising urgent concerns about deteriorating conditions on the aircraft carrier, which has now spent nine months at sea and five conse...

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Exclusive: US military asks troops for ‘creative and unconventional’ ideas to punish Iran | CNN Politics

The request from a senior officer at the US military command carrying out President Donald Trump’s war with Iran came in an email: We need ideas.

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Todd Blanche Tosses Jeanine Pirro Under the Bus When Asked About Trump Possibly Firing Her: ‘He’s Allowed to Do That’

“Hypothetically, if the president chose to fire a United States attorney, it turns out he's allowed to do that," Blanche insisted

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Military Families Rage at Trump Over Gross Conditions for Troops

Relatives of the crew aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln say exhaustion on the carrier could get someone killed.

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Politician Finally Dares to Ask If Missing Mitch Is Dead

It’s what nobody dare ask, but now our must-read D.C. gossip sheet can name the Kentucky politician who finally went there.

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Let’s call Trump’s approach to Iran what it is: kindergarten diplomacy | Moustafa Bayoumi

Amid stop-and-start threats and with a divided staff, it’s clear Trump has no idea how to end a war that shouldn’t have begun

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Europe’s rivers are running dry, and the knock-on effects are disastrous | Yiannis Baboulias

Droughts that were once a century now happen every year, and the impact on wildlife, industrial output and culture itself is catastrophic, says Yiannis Baboulias, a Greek writer based in London

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Video Shows Trump’s Latest Golf Win Doesn’t Quite Add Up

The president recorded a score many professional golfers would struggle to achieve.

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The Reflecting Pool story is about Trump's grip on reality, but the press corps won’t go there

Journalists are treating his ‘vandalism’ claim as if it were a normal, disputable argument. But it’s completely delusional.

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An Angry Trump Struggles to Understand Iran’s Defiant Leaders

Iran’s leaders have perplexed several American presidents, perhaps none more than President Trump.

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Talks With Iran to Reopen Strait of Hormuz Make Progress, Officials Say

Qatar said that draft language of a deal was being circulated, while the U.S. Treasury secretary suggested an agreement may be imminent.

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Todd Blanche’s attorney general nomination will advance to full US Senate vote

Blanche, one of Trump’s most trusted legal aides, had confirmed in writing that $1.8bn slush fund for president’s allies was dead

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Trump accuses oil companies of ‘making too much money’ from his war on Iran

US president hits out at ExxonMobil and Chevron, saying they should ‘give some of that back to the public’

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Trump’s Staggering Missile Crisis Revealed

The president’s war has the Pentagon running out of money, ideas, and now even the weapons he would need to defend the U.S. from attack.

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Trump Has Discussed Ousting Jeanine Pirro After Reflecting Pool U-Turn

The U.S. attorney in D.C. and longtime ally of the president had dropped criminal charges over damage to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.

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Republicans Let Trump Keep Unparalleled Benefit: I.R.S. Immunity

The rebellion against Todd Blanche’s nomination to be attorney general, now seemingly contained, at no point fundamentally questioned President Trump’s new protections from the I.R.S.

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Republicans Let Trump Keep Unparalleled Benefit: I.R.S. Immunity

The rebellion against Todd Blanche’s nomination to be attorney general, now seemingly contained, at no point fundamentally questioned President Trump’s new protections from the I.R.S.

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Furious Trump is considering removing Pirro over Reflecting Pool filing, sources say | CNN Politics

President Donald Trump is considering removing Jeanine Pirro, the US attorney for the District of Columbia, over a Justice Department filing on the Reflecting Pool, two people familiar with his thinki...

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Trump Gets To Keep Tax Immunity Under DOJ Deal With Republican Senators

The “Anti-Weaponization Fund” might be dead, but President Donald Trump still gets out of paying any back taxes he might have owed.

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Republican holdouts say they will back Todd Blanche for attorney general

Move comes after Blanche gives senators written assurance he will drop Trump’s $1.8bn anti-weaponization fund

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For Iran, Trump’s Reversal on Escalation Shows Who Has the Upper Hand

By expanding the arena of fighting in the region, experts say, Tehran sent a warning about the dangers of a widening war.

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Lawmakers push for a more robust Epstein Files Transparency Act – but would Trump sign it?

After the justice department botched file rollout under the original act, lawmakers now want legislation with teeth

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‘Stark example of brutality’: Trump’s ICE used court orders in plan to force-feed at least 10 hunger strikers in detention

Exclusive: court records reviewed by the Guardian show that procedures included force-feeding, intravenous forced hydration and involuntary blood draws

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US officials focus on identification and rapid action as measles cases rise

Authorities in Delaware tackle cluster with vaccination and contract tracing – but field has been weakened by cuts

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Trump climbs down on Iran strikes in expectation of ‘rapidly’ reaching a deal

US president claims delay is also in response to requests from Iran and other countries in the region

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Trump offering early access to online posts in move seen as corruption

Truth Social, where Trump’s account is by far the largest, to offer users early access for up to $100,000 per month

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Trump Unravels in Alarming Fashion After Reflecting Pool Humiliation

The president has slammed his own appointee, saying, “I don’t know what she was thinking?”

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Top General Warns White House of Major Red Flag

Iran has depleted resources to the point that a general warns the U.S. homeland may soon be at risk.

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Trump Calls for $1.8 Billion Fund Over Blanche Attorney General Fight

The president vowed to push for the payout fund if Senate Republicans fail to confirm Todd Blanche as attorney general, reigniting a dispute over the settlement.

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