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Ted Cruz compares threats to ABC by FCC chair to those of mob boss | Ted Cruz
Senator Ted Cruz, a Texas Republican, compared Federal Communications Commission chair Brendan Carr’s threats to revoke the broadcast licenses of ABC stations over late-night host Jimmy Kimmel’s commentary to “mafioso” tactics similar to those in Goodfellas, the 1990 mobster movie. “Look, Jimmy Kimmel has been canned. He has been suspended indefinitely. I think that it […]
Deal to transfer TikTok to US control unresolved despite Trump-Xi call | TikTok
Donald Trump’s attempts to broker a deal that would transfer TikTok from Chinese to US control remained unresolved on Friday despite a call between the US president and Xi Jinping. China and the US have been at loggerheads over trade negotiations and the future of TikTok, a Chinese-owned social media platform that faces a ban […]
Donald Trump suggests broadcasters could be punished over critical coverage amid Kimmel suspension – US politics live | Trump administration
Opening summary Hello and welcome to the US politics live blog. I’m Tom Ambrose and I will be bringing you the latest news lines over the next few hours. We start with news that Donald Trump suggested on Thursday that TV networks which cover him “negatively” could be punished by the government […]
Peter Mandelson unlikely to retain Labour whip if he returns to Lords, senior peer says – UK politics live | Politics
Mandelson not likely to retain Labour whip if he returns to Lords, senior peer suggests Peter Mandelson is not likely to remain a Labour peer if he returns to the House of Lords, a senior member of the party has predicted. Lord Foulkes, a former MP and minister who has been a member of the […]
Russia has shown ‘full extent of contempt for international law’, says von der Leyen, as EU proposes new Russian sanctions – Europe live | Europe
Russia ‘has shown full extent of contempt for diplomacy and law,’ EU’s von der Leyen says The European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen, said in her statement that Russia “has shown the full extent of its contempt for diplomacy and international law” over the last month, as she criticised the largest-scale drone and missile […]
Trump mega-donor privately mocked his claim to have upper hand with China | Donald Trump
A top donor to Donald Trump and other Maga Republicans has privately mocked the US president’s longtime position that he has an upper hand in trade negotiations with China, in a sign that even some loyal supporters have been uneasy with the White House strategy. Liz Uihlein, the billionaire businesswoman who co-founded office supply company […]
Late night hosts condemn Trump administration – as it happened | Trump administration
Jon Stewart airs Trump ‘approved’ Daily Show Jon Stewart has hosted the first edition of The Daily Show since his fellow late-night hosts, Jimmy Kimmel, was suspended by ABC. Marketing itself as the “all new government approved Daily Show”, Stewart appeared in a studio bedecked by gold trimming, in an apparent nod to […]
Friday briefing: Special relationships, unlikely ‘friendships’ – Trump’s state visit beyond the cliches | Donald Trump
Good morning. Donald Trump has gone home, no doubt so thrilled by the Red Arrows and the chance to have dinner with Nick Faldo that he will enter the Oval Office this morning a changed man. Admittedly, at his Chequers press conference with Keir Starmer yesterday afternoon, the transformation hadn’t entirely taken hold: Trump […]
Trump leaves U.K. with tech deal, little movement on tariffs and Ukraine – National
U.S. President Donald Trump said Thursday that he was “tremendously thankful” for the pageantry and splendor lavished on him during his second state visit to the United Kingdom as he wrapped up a trip that largely sidestepped major public disagreements over difficult trade and geopolitical issues. The mutual warmth, along with Trump’s abundance of kind words bestowed on the […]
Trump says U.S. struck 2nd ship allegedly carrying drugs from Venezuela – National
U.S. President Donald Trump said the U.S. military on Monday again targeted a boat allegedly carrying drugs from Venezuela, killing three aboard the vessel. “The Strike occurred while these confirmed narcoterrorists from Venezuela were in International Waters transporting illegal narcotics (A DEADLY WEAPON POISONING AMERICANS!) headed to the U.S.,” Trump said in a Truth Social […]