Botched briefing operation was proof to many that PM is leading an ineffectual No 10. How did it go so wrong? If there’s one thing the Labour party can agree on this week, it is that efforts by Keir Starmer’s allies to shore up his position backfired spectacularly. By briefing journalists that he would face … Read more
The truce broke down this week after a Thai soldier lost a leg to a landmine blast, prompting Thailand’s PM to say the peace deal was ‘now over’ One person has been killed by gunfire along the Thai-Cambodia border as conflict heats up between the two nations days after a Trump-backed ceasefire agreement has broken … Read more
Authoritarian leader calls for US to make peace amid military buildup and strikes against alleged drug smugglers Venezuela’s authoritarian president, Nicolás Maduro, has urged Donald Trump not to lead the US into an Afghanistan-style “forever war”, as the American military buildup in the region intensified and Trump’s defence secretary, Pete Hegseth, vowed to purge the … Read more
Jonathan Jarvis, who led the agency from 2009 to 2017, laid out the dire consequences of not closing parks in shutdown Americans should “raise hell” to protect US national parks through the “nightmare” of Donald Trump’s presidency, according to a former National Park Service director, amid alarm over the impact of the federal government shutdown. … Read more
Text messages released by US House show convicted sex offender coaching Maga influencer on political messaging The convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein apparently served as a behind-the-scenes adviser to the former Trump official and Maga influencer Steve Bannon during an August 2018 media campaign to defend Trump and his agenda, and to promote Bannon’s media … Read more
Pete Skandalakis appointed himself to take over 2020 election interference case from district attorney Fani Willis The only remaining criminal case against Donald Trump has been revived after the head of Georgia’s prosecutor’s council appointed himself to replace Fani Willis, the Fulton county district attorney, who was removed from the election interference case in September. … Read more
The 6-0 decision comes just days after Trump pardoned dozens of allies — including these defendants — for any potential federal crimes related to the 2020 election. A unanimous Nevada Supreme Court on Thursday revived the criminal case against six prominent allies of President Donald Trump who falsely claimed to be legitimate presidential electors amid … Read more
Administration allies say they are fed up with the Defense Department’s third-most senior leader and his foreign policy surprises. Pentagon policy chief Elbridge Colby has succeeded in the rarest of feats: uniting a dysfunctional Washington against him. Some of President Donald Trump’s strongest supporters are accusing him of icing them out of the Pentagon’s most … Read more
A large-scale military exercise on Europe’s eastern flank aimed to deter Russian aggression. CINCU, Romania — Move over, Dracula. Transylvania has a new villain. In the rugged, forested mountains of central Romania, 5,000 NATO troops gathered to fight off a make-believe enemy. In what the alliance billed as a “show of force,” two French Puma … Read more
The election conspiracy case has been languishing for months after an appeals court disqualified Fani Willis from prosecuting Trump. The head of an association representing state prosecutors in Georgia announced Friday that he will take over a criminal case charging President Donald Trump with conspiring to overturn his 2020 election loss in the state. The … Read more