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Beijing attacks JD Vance’s ‘Chinese peasants’ remark in tariffs interview
Chinese foreign ministry calls comments by US vice-president ‘ignorant and disrespectful’
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April 8, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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I was a British tourist trying to leave America. Then I was detained, shackled and sent to an immigration detention centre
Graphic artist Rebecca Burke was on the trip of a lifetime. But as she tried to leave the US she was stopped, interrogated and branded an illegal alien by ICE. Now back home, she tells others thinking...
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April 6, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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‘0 to 1939 in 3 seconds’: Why Anti-Elon Musk Satire Is Flourishing in Britain
Humor and art have been used to mock the powerful in Britain for centuries. Now Elon Musk is on the receiving end.
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April 6, 2025 at 10:56 AM
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Opinion | Elise Stefanik Is the First Casualty of the Great Trump Disillusionment
Republicans may seem oblivious to voter discomfort with the administration’s excesses, but Elise Stefanik’s pulled nomination shows they see trouble ahead.
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March 28, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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Avoid U.S. stocks while 'chaos monkeys' run the show, economist says
Trump's "radical" policies are putting American prosperity at risk, David McWilliams said
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March 21, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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Black Medal of Honor recipient removed from US Department of Defense website
Page honoring Charles C Rogers for his Vietnam war service is now defunct with letters ‘DEI’ added to website address
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March 16, 2025 at 10:57 PM
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Majority of western Europeans think Trump is threat to peace, survey finds
Most respondents in Germany, France, Spain, Italy and UK also say Kyiv’s exclusion from peace talks is unacceptable
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March 6, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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Elon Musk is a proven danger to good science, but the Royal Society won’t say so. That’s why I resigned | Kit Yates
It is vital to act, and I urge colleagues to do so. How can we stand by and laud this man while he undermines scientific integrity? asks academic and author Kit Yates
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March 4, 2025 at 10:34 PM
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“Everyone knows Donald Trump prefers his leaders shirtless and on a horse.” — JIMMY KIMMEL
March 4, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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Creo que hay pocos políticos europeos que me den tanto asco como Rutte.
efe.com EFE Noticias @efe.com · Mar 1
El jefe de la OTAN pide a Zelenski que "respete" lo que Trump ha hecho por Ucrania.

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March 1, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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Mark Rutte shame on you
March 1, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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Colbert Has Little Sympathy for Trump Voters With Buyers’ Remorse
“The Late Show” host Stephen Colbert said that Trump voters keep coming back for the same unappetizing thing they’ve been served time and again.
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March 2, 2025 at 9:07 AM
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British pharma company GSK pauses diversity work citing Trump orders
London-based FTSE 100 firm reviewing its policies, saying it is obliged to comply because US is its No 1 market
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March 1, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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"the free world needs a new leader"- Kaja Kallas
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European leaders throw support behind Zelenskyy after heated Trump meeting
The EU foreign policy chief, Kaja Kallas, said ‘the free world needs a new leader’ and that it was up to Europeans to take this challenge
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February 28, 2025 at 11:38 PM
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DISGUSTING
February 28, 2025 at 10:39 PM
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Washington Post Cancels Ad From Groups Calling for Trump to Fire Musk
The newspaper told Common Cause, an advocacy group, that it was pulling its special ad, which would have covered the front and back pages of some Tuesday editions.
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February 18, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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Danes offer to buy California to spite Trump’s Greenland aims: ‘We’ll bring hygge to Hollywood’
Satirical petition from Denmark, which owns Greenland, racks up 200,000 signatures as Trump eyes Arctic island
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February 11, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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Maria Teresa Horta, the Last of Portugal’s ‘Three Marias,’ Dies at 87 www.nytimes.com/2025/02/11/w...
Maria Teresa Horta, the Last of Portugal’s ‘Three Marias,’ Dies at 87
The book on which she collaborated with two fellow feminists drew global attention to the repression of women under their country’s dictatorship.
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February 11, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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Another convicted January 6 US Capitol attacker rejects Trump’s pardon
Jason Riddle says he rejected pardon because ‘it happened. I did those things, and they weren’t pardonable’
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January 26, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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Trump Pardoned Her for Storming the Capitol. ‘Absolutely Not,’ She Said. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/22/u...
Jan. 6 Defendant Shuns Trump’s Pardon, Likening ‘Stop the Steal’ to a ‘Cult’
Pamela Hemphill, 71, of Boise, Idaho, who served 60 days in prison, said it would be “an insult to the Capitol Police” if she accepted the pardon.
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January 24, 2025 at 12:05 AM
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Musk Expresses Support for Far-Right Party in Germany’s Election
It was not the first online intervention by Elon Musk, the entrepreneur and adviser to Donald Trump, on behalf of once-fringe anti-immigrant parties in Europe.
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December 20, 2024 at 6:58 PM
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Tesla Owners Use Bumper Stickers to Express Feelings About Elon Musk
As Elon Musk has become a key player in President-elect Donald J. Trump’s world, Tesla owners are marking their cars to signify where they stand — for or against.
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December 12, 2024 at 7:39 PM
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Tesla owners turn against Musk: ‘I’m embarrassed driving this car around’
The electric car brand was once a liberal favourite – but the CEO’s embrace of Trump has led to an angry backlash
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November 30, 2024 at 12:43 AM
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Merkel: I mistook Trump for ‘someone completely normal’
Memoir of former German chancellor recalls US president’s soft spot for tyrants and apparent fascination with Putin
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November 21, 2024 at 10:29 PM