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The Daily BeastTrudeau Caught on Hot Mic Revealing Trump’s Plans for Canada
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told business leaders that U.S. President Donald Trump’s interest in annexing Canada was a very real plan aimed at controlling the country’s vast mineral resources. Trudeau was caught on a hot mic giving his assessment of Trump’s threat to take control of America’s northern neighbor. “I suggest that not only does the Trump administration know how many critical minerals we have but that may be even why they keep talking about absorbing us and making us the 5
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Lawmaker Quits DOGE Caucus Live On TV With ‘Dynamite’ Slam Of Elon Musk
Democratic Rep. Val Hoyle condemned Donald Trump's billionaire buddy with an explosive metaphor.
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Trump Fires Head of Federal Election Panel, But She Won’t Leave
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Nigel Farage Reform UK storms to hat-trick of election wins as it gains ground in England's town halls
Chairman of Reform UK, Zia Yusuf, makes bold claim party could win ‘350 to 400 MPs’ at general election
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Trump ‘immediately’ revokes Biden’s security clearance and daily briefing in act of revenge against predecessor
Former presidents do not have security clearances because elected officials — including presidents, vice presidents and members of the House and Senate — do not need them
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Trump Supporters Shared How He Could Lose Their Support, And There's One Issue That's Verrrrry Important To Them
"We didn't vote for my husband to lose his government career and benefits."
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Senator Says They Are Getting ‘1,600 Calls a Minute’ Amid Trump-Musk Chaos
A Republican senator has revealed that the Senate is being slammed with “1,600 calls a minute” rather than the typical 40 amid the chaos of Donald Trump’s first three weeks in office. The onslaught has been so great that the Senate phone system hasn’t been able to handle it, Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski said in an X post on Wednesday. “The U.S. Senate phone system has been receiving around 1,600 calls each minute, compared to the 40 calls per minute we usually receive, which has disrupted our call
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National Prayer Event Devolves Into Ungodly Partisan Brawl
Thursday’s bipartisan National Prayer Breakfast, where President Donald Trump affirmed he now “much more strongly” believes in God, went off the rails once lawmakers closed their Bibles and opened their social media accounts. Republicans are hammering Rep. Jared Huffman, a Democrat from California’s North Coast, over his accusation that Speaker Mike Johnson eroded the separation of church and state by moving the mostly Christian gathering to the Capitol. “Speaker Johnson’s National Prayer Breakf
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Trump Administration’s Defense Of Elon Musk Leaves Critics In Disbelief
Many critics issued the same response.
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Trump says he will announce reciprocal tariffs on many countries next week
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump said on Friday he plans to announce reciprocal tariffs on many countries by Monday or Tuesday of next week, a major escalation of his offensive to tear up and reshape global trade relationships in the U.S.' favor. Trump did not identify which countries would be hit but suggested it would be a broad effort that could also help solve U.S. budget problems. "I'll be announcing that, next week, reciprocal trade, so that we're treated evenly with other countries," Trump said.
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'Daily Show' Cooks Up The Most Stomach-Turning Description Of Trump You'll Ever Hear
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Musk Torches Bannon to Rekindle MAGA Civil War
Elon Musk torched Steve Bannon Thursday, rekindling a MAGA civil war from Donald Trump’s transition period. The world’s richest man refused to stay quiet on X after he learned his podcaster foe had lightly criticized the Department of Government Efficiency’s priorities. “Bannon is a great talker, but not a great doer,” Musk wrote. “What did he get done this week? Nothing.”
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Trump Locks Rowdy GOP Lawmakers Away: ‘Sit Here Until You Figure It Out’
Donald Trump employed a strongman’s strong-arm tactic on Thursday when he beckoned House Republicans to the White House, shut them in a room, and said: “Sit here until you figure it out.” After nearly five hours of shouting at each other over how to legislate the president’s campaign promises, they emerged. But not exactly on the same page.
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‘Labour reported me for racial hatred after Southport – a court cleared me in less than 20 minutes’
As a young Royal Marine, Jamie Michael served in the Iraq War and two tours as a peacekeeper in Sierra Leone.
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Voices: Should Rachel Reeves pay for her mishandling of the economy?
COMMENT: Despite her audacious tax raids, an absence of ‘growth, growth, growth’ and, now, the prospect of stagflation, the chancellor cannot be blamed for everything that’s going wrong with Britain’s finances, says Sean O’Grady
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New US ambassador Peter Mandelson’s foul-mouthed rant when pushed about Epstein friendship
New Labour grandee said he regretted being introduced to Epstein by his partner Ghislaine Maxwell
- The Telegraph
Rupert Lowe: ‘The young are turning to Reform because baby boomers have had it so good’
Not many MPs would cite the man behind the only execution of an English king as their hero, let alone one accused of genocide, but Rupert Lowe believes the nation owes a huge debt to Oliver Cromwell.
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Trump Reveals Melania’s Reaction to Musk’s ‘Straight Man’ Love Confession
Donald Trump suggested the First Lady was willing to share him after Elon Musk declared his “straight man” love for the president on Friday. While apparently taking a break from his bid to remake the federal government, the tech billionaire confessed on X, “I love @realDonaldTrump as much as a straight man can love another man.” The amorous outburst has been viewed more than 35 million times (and counting).
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Putin's Army Has Just Had Two of The 'Most Costly' Months Of War, UK Says
Russian troops have endured more than 50,000 casualties in the first six weeks of 2025.
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Angela Rayner was 'escorted out of Grenfell meeting' amid shock and anger at demolition announcement
Families of victims have criticised Government decision - but feelings about the move in the wider community are more mixed