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On 24 January, Alex Pretti was killed by federal agents while he was helping another civilian in Minneapolis who had been knocked to the ground – just weeks after an ICE agent killed Renee Good. In response to this second killing of a Minnesotan, demonstrations spread across the United States to protest the Trump administration […]

Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the War in Ukraine myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Elon Musk said on Sunday that SpaceX had successfully thwarted the “unauthorised use” by Russia’s military of his company’s Starlink satellite system to attack Ukraine. “Looks like the steps we took to stop the

Backlash In Britain, Starmer — usually deliberately careful in his dealings with the Trump — called the comments “insulting and frankly appalling,” saying he was not surprised they had caused “such hurt to the loved ones of those who were killed or injured.” Prince Harry, who served two tours in Afghanistan, said the sacrifices of

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has made no secret of his robot-powered fantasies for the future. Within the next couple of decades, work will be optional due to the widespread proliferation of AI and automation, he has predicted. Gone will be the need for retirement savings, as money will be irrelevant. Instead, Musk sees a world

Democrat Taylor Rehmet won a special election for the Texas state Senate on Saturday, flipping a reliably Republican district that President Donald Trump won by 17 points in 2024. Rehmet, a labor union leader and veteran, easily defeated Republican Leigh Wambsganss, a conservative activist, in the Fort Worth-area district. With almost all votes counted, Rehmet

An early sketch in the latest Saturday Night Live featured cast member Ashley Padilla playing a suburban mom with something “shocking” to tell her family. Her big reveal, which she repeatedly urges her family not to “react” to, is that she might be starting to regret how she voted in 2024. “I may have changed

Keir Starmer’s tentative pivot to the Dragon Throne has played well in Beijing, though not in Trumpland. That’s partly because, like other needy western leaders, Britain’s prime minister did not dwell on awkward subjects such as human rights abuses, the Jimmy Lai travesty, spying and Taiwan. But in talks with President Xi Jinping, one vital

Democrats notched another victory Saturday in special elections during President Donald Trump’s second term, flipping a seat in the Texas Senate that Trump won by 17 points in 2024. Taylor Rehmet, a union president and Air Force veteran, will defeat Trump-backed Leigh Wambsganss in a runoff for the Fort Worth-area 9th District, according to a

President Donald Trump joked that he might sue his newly selected Federal Reserve chair nominee, Kevin Warsh, over lowering interest rates in a speech to an elite group of Washington’s power set on Saturday night, according to a person who attended the dinner. The speech, delivered to an audience that included a bipartisan mix of

Political groups tied to the cryptocurrency and artificial intelligence industries have raked in tens of millions of dollars, according to new campaign finance reports, as they look to become major players in this year’s midterm elections. The most prominent pro-crypto groups ended 2025 with nearly $194 million to spend, almost all of that with Fairshake,

Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what Trump’s second term means for Washington, business and the world Elon Musk donated $10mn last month to help elect Republicans in the forthcoming US midterm elections, as the world’s richest man repaired his relationship with President Donald Trump and backed away from his

After months of speculation, US President Donald Trump confirmed he will be nominating Kevin Warsh as the next chair of the US Federal Reserve. The appointment has been closely watched in the context of Trump’s ongoing conflict with the Fed and its current chairman Jerome Powell. The immediate reaction to the announcement was a significant

EUGENE, Ore. (KATU) — As police in Eugene declared a riot on Friday evening, President Donald Trump made a post on social media mentioning the incident and stating the federal government will not intervene. The Eugene Police Department declared a protest at the Federal Building on 211 East 7th Avenue a riot Friday evening, urging

Trump: Need help with protesters? Say “please!” President Donald Trump put out a lengthy statement on Saturday afternoon, stating “I have instructed Secretary of Homeland Security, Kristi Noem, that under no circumstances are we going to participate in various poorly run Democrat Cities with regard to their Protests and/or Riots unless, and until, they ask

Chinese leader Xi Jinping has unleashed yet another seismic purge in the People’s Liberation Army, removing two of its highest-ranking commanders: Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission Gen. Zhang Youxia and CMC member Gen. Liu Zhenli. Announced in late January 2026, this move has reduced the once seven-member CMC—China’s supreme military authority—to just two:

This is what we get for putting up with all those subject-approved portraits of famous people. Photo: Amazon We did this to ourselves. Not the second Trump presidency, though our representative democracy, however flawed, would hold that that’s on us as well. It’s Melania I’m talking about, the film about Slovenian-American fashion model turned First

Donald Trump reportedly wants the arch he is planning to build in Washington DC to dwarf the Lincoln Memorial. The US president envision the planned arch to be a height of 250ft, or significantly taller than the 100ft-tall Lincoln Memorial, the Washington Post reported on Saturday. It would also be significantly taller than Paris’s 164ft-tall

Catherine O’Hara’s Death: Celebrity Reactions People everywhere are devastated by the news that Canadian actor Catherine O’Hara has died at 71, leaving behind a legacy of comedic, award-winning roles. From her early work as the original cast of SCTV alongside John Candy, Harold Ramis, Martin Short, Joe Flaherty, Dave Thomas, Andrea Martin, and Eugene Levy

NEW YORK (AP) — The Justice Department on Friday released many more records from its investigative files on Jeffrey Epstein, resuming disclosures under a law intended to reveal what the government knew about the millionaire financier’s sexual abuse of young girls and his interactions with rich and powerful people such as Donald Trump and Bill Clinton.

When Donald Trump announced that he would pardon the former Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernández, only the second world leader to be convicted of drug trafficking, Anna*, an environmental defender, was shocked. In 2022, Hernández, also known as JOH, was extradited to the US and later convicted, along with his brother, on drug trafficking and