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Donald Trump has renewed his attacks on Jerome Powell, calling the US central bank chair a “numbskull” and accusing him of “making it difficult for people, especially the young, to buy a house”. The US president accused Powell of preventing the Federal Reserve from lowering interest rates to make housing more affordable. Recent figures have shown US house prices rising …

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The Trump administration revoked federal funding for California’s high-speed rail project on Wednesday, intensifying uncertainty about how the state will make good on its long-delayed promise of building a bullet train to shuttle riders between San Francisco and Los Angeles. The U.S. Transportation Department announced it was pulling back $4 billion in funding for the project, …

CNN  —  President Donald Trump has asked Attorney General Pam Bondi to unseal pertinent testimony related to accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, as he appeared to bow to pressure to release more material on the case. “Based on the ridiculous amount of publicity given to Jeffrey Epstein, I have asked Attorney General Pam Bondi to produce any and all pertinent …

Left-wing Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, commonly known as Lula, condemned US President Donald Trump’s tariff threats and criticism of the Brazilian judiciary in a televised address on Thursday.  Trump has threatened 50% tariffs on Brazilian goods starting from August 1. The US president has said the tariffs would stay in place until legal charges were dropped against former …

It was a friendship that spanned three different decades. To Donald Trump, Jeffrey Epstein was a “terrific guy”. Epstein believed himself to be Trump’s “closest friend”, and praised the future president as “charming”. The relationship would eventually break down, the men falling out over a bidding war on a property in Florida. And after Epstein was convicted of child sex …

WASHINGTON (AP) — If one theme has emerged in President Donald Trump’s second term, it’s this: He’s leveraged the power of his office for personal gain unlike anyone before in history. From crypto coins to bibles, overseas development deals to an upcoming line of cellphones, Trump family businesses have raked in hundreds of millions of dollars since his election, an …

Cole Palmer explains what Donald Trump said to him on stage – it raises some very interesting questions  chelsea.news Don’t blame Americans for calling football soccer  AP News Trump booed but unbowed at Club World Cup final as he crashes Chelsea’s trophy lift  The Guardian Empty seats and big delays mean the World Cup may trouble Trump’s USA  Australian Broadcasting Corporation Trump claims FIFA …

CBS cancels Stephen Colbert’s show days after Trump settlement criticism  Politico CBS is ending ‘The Late Show with Stephen Colbert’ next year  CNN Stephen Colbert Laments the Loss of ‘The Late Show’  The New York Times Schiff, Warren demand to know if CBS is ending Stephen Colbert’s ‘Late Show’ for ‘political reasons’  Fox News Democrats Criticize CBS Over Colbert’s Late Show Cancellation  Forbes Source link

Public broadcast station leaders are condemning Donald Trump’s latest victory after the Senate approved a bill on Wednesday that will cancel all federal funding for public broadcasting programs including PBS and NPR. Following the Senate’s decision to pass $9bn in spending cuts to public broadcasting as well as foreign aid, PBS president and CEO Paula Kerger saying that the Senate’s …

Trump denies report he wrote Epstein lewd birthday notepublished at 11:26 British Summer Time 11:26 BST These latest developments come shortly after Trump said he would sue the Wall Street Journal over an article alleging that a “bawdy” birthday greeting bearing his name was sent to Epstein in 2003, before the late financier was charged with sex crimes. The letter, …