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22Jan By AdminsNo Comments

Wall Street cashes in as Donald Trump ‘chickens out’ on Greenland

Donald Trump has retreated on his ambitions for Greenland, instead announcing an unspecified "framework of a future deal" for the island. The US president went into few details about the agreement he had struck with NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte. "This solution, if consummated, will be a great one for the United States of America, and all NATO Nations," Trump wrote on his social media platform Truth Social. 'Trump always chickens out' is a common expression on Wall Street. (AP) "Based upon this understanding, I will not be imposing the Tariffs that were scheduled to go into effect on February 1st." The president's apparent retreat is the latest example of what his critics refer to as TACO Trump. The unflattering acronym is short for Trump Always ...
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15Jan By AdminsNo Comments

Donors give hundreds of thousands to Trump heckler suspended by Ford

Donors have raised close to half a million dollars for a factory worker who was suspended for heckling Donald Trump. Ford worker TJ Sabula called the president a "paedophile protector" when he visited the plant in Detroit yesterday. Trump gave Sabula the middle finger and appeared to twice say "f— you". Donald Trump pointed at and appeared to swear at a factory worker who called him a "paedophile protector". (Supplied) Ford responded by suspending Sabula without pay. But the father of two young children said he had "definitely no regrets whatsoever". "I don't feel as though fate looks upon you often, and when it does, you better be ready to seize the opportunity," Sabula told the Washington Post. TJ Sabula said he had no regrets after heckling Don...
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15Jan By AdminsNo Comments

Clintons to face contempt proceedings after refusing Epstein investigation subpoenas

A senior congressman will begin contempt proceedings against Bill and Hillary Clinton after the couple refused to comply with a subpoena for an investigation into Jeffrey Epstein. House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer threatened the contempt proceedings after the pair did not show up for a scheduled deposition. "Epstein's survivors deserve justice and answers," Comer wrote on X. Bill and Hillary Clinton have refused to testify in the Epstein probe. (Bruce Glikas/Getty Images) "Refusing to comply with a bipartisan, duly authorised congressional subpoena in our Epstein investigation is unacceptable. "No one is above the law." Comer's post on X included several photos of Mr Clinton which were released in the first batch of the Epstein files in December....
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26Nov By AdminsNo Comments

‘Big, fat slob’: Feathers fly as Trump pardons Thanksgiving turkeys

US President Donald Trump has pardoned two Thanksgiving turkeys at the White House in characteristic style, slipping in digs at his political rivals such as predecessor Joe Biden. This year's turkey pardon, a presidential tradition dating back decades and which has been de rigeur since 1989, saw Trump wield his clemency powers to spare the lives of Waddle and Gobble and save them from the Thanksgiving table. Only Gobble was present for the ceremony itself, though Waddle made an earlier appearance in the White House briefing room alongside press secretary Karoline Leavitt. President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump, stand next to national Thanksgiving turkey Gobble. (AP) "Waddle, want to give us a gobble?" Leavitt asked. The turkey obliged. "Very on mes...
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26Nov By AdminsNo Comments

Judge throws out cases against two of Trump’s political enemies

A US federal judge has dismissed the indictments against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James. The judge found that President Donald Trump's appointment of interim US Attorney Lindsey Halligan in Alexandria, Virginia, was invalid. Trump handpicked Halligan for the role amid increasing pressure to bring criminal cases against his political enemies, including Comey and James. Former FBI director James Comey. (AP) "The Attorney General's attempt to install Ms Halligan as Interim US Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia was invalid," Judge Cameron McGowan Currie wrote in her Monday order. According to Currie, "all actions flowing from Ms Halligan's defective appointment" including the indictments against Comey and Jame...
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19Nov By AdminsNo Comments

The Epstein files: What can we expect to learn once they are released?

US President Donald Trump called the Epstein files a "Democratic hoax" for months, but now his Justice Department has been ordered to publicly release them - and it's just his signature that stands in the way. But what does that actually mean, and what comes next in the Jeffrey Epstein saga? The US House of Representatives voted 427-1 in favour of publicly releasing all Justice Department investigative files into the convicted sex offender on Tuesday (US time). US President Donald Trump's Justice Department has been ordered to release the so-called Epstein Files. (CNN) Just hours later, the Senate unanimously agreed to pass the bill. Trump, who railed against releasing the Epstein files before suddenly changing his tune this week, said he would sign the bill if...
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