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You know the pressure is getting to him when he has to tell the TRUTH.
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ICE victim wasn't a 'would-be assassin', Trump says

Trump adviser Stephen Miller said the 37-year-old ICU nurse Alex Pretti, who was shot dead over the weekend, was a "would-be assassin". Mr Trump disagreed.

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January 28, 2026 at 7:52 AM

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Not a chance! They'd get massacred.
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ICE agents to have role at Winter Olympics - as crackdown's 'public face' to leave Minneapolis

There has been a change in tone from the White House regarding the situation in Minneapolis, including from Donald Trump himself, amid mounting public backlash.

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January 27, 2026 at 12:23 PM

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Stay safe! Stay strong!
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Minneapolis latest: Clinton and Obama call on Americans to 'stand up' and 'speak out' as Trump 'weighs up' Insurrection Act

The deadly shooting of Alex Pretti, an ICU nurse, by a federal officer in the city of Minneapolis has sparked protests across the US over the Trump administration's immigration crackdown. Follow the l...

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January 26, 2026 at 9:03 AM

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Alex Honnold has balls of steel. Watching him free climb that Skyscraper is just mental. Not a comfortable watch - the anxiety is real, I gasped more than once. What an achievement!

January 25, 2026 at 5:46 PM

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Get the truth out!!!!!

January 25, 2026 at 7:56 AM

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Rep's Tom Suozzi (NYC). Henry Cuellar (TX). Don Davis (NC). Laura Gillen (NYC). Jared Golden (ME). Vincente Gonzalez (TX). Marie Glusenkamp Perez (WA).

Democrats who voted in favour of ICE funding.

January 24, 2026 at 4:39 AM

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Tiktok's updated terms under new ownership are something else. Deletion time.

January 23, 2026 at 4:32 PM

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Our MP's are a bit pisssed off.

January 23, 2026 at 11:18 AM

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This has pissed off alot of people. Public support for anything to do with the US is pretty much eroded. NATO and the UN are already over - it's just not been rattified.
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Trump under fire for claiming NATO allies avoided Afghanistan frontline

In an interview with Fox News, the US president repeated his criticism of NATO, saying he was not "sure" the alliance would "be there if we ever needed them". America is the only country to have invok...

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January 23, 2026 at 4:27 AM

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If this happened over here there would be blood in the streets.
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ICE officers snatch five-year-old from car and use him as 'bait' to lure dad, school claims

Liam Conejo Ramos was told to knock on the door and lure his dad out, officials claim. The pair are now in a holding facility in Texas.

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January 23, 2026 at 3:48 AM

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Peace my arse. It was battered so it could be used by Billionaire's as a play ground. Sick to my stomach.

January 22, 2026 at 11:18 AM

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Alot of damage in one day. Interesting read and shows the changing attitudes toward Trump and his silly demands. He's been told 'No' and he doesn't know what to do with that. He has and will get nothing.
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The truth behind Trump's Greenland 'deal'

Donald Trump's team will act like he has achieved something with an apparent "framework of a deal" on Greenland. But be in no doubt, that's nonsense - and the US president has inflicted serious damage...

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January 22, 2026 at 4:24 AM

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Here we go again.
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Exclusive: EU lawmakers freeze EU-US trade deal

The move will intensify tensions between Brussels and Washington ahead of a summit where EU leaders are set to weigh their response to Trump's escalating threats. #EuropeNews

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January 21, 2026 at 5:19 PM

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Just so we're clear - America wanted this deal. The UK did not want to give up the land. Trump pushed for it.
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U.S. Support for UK and Mauritius Agreement on Chagos Archipelago - United States Department of State

Today, the United States welcomed the historic agreement between the United Kingdom and the Republic of Mauritius on the future of the British Indian Ocean Territory—specifically, the Chagos Archipela...

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January 20, 2026 at 11:01 AM

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This is like the fake letters kids forge to try and get out of physical exercise - signed by their 'Mother'.

January 19, 2026 at 3:15 PM

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Inviting a fucking Dictator to sit on a Peace Council is disgusting. There is no reason WHAT-SO-EVER for Putin to be involved other than money between him and Trump. He'll have access to US comms through this.
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Putin invited to join 'Peace Council' for Gaza, Kremlin says

Vladimir Putin has received an invitation to join a US-led "Peace Council" for Gaza, the Kremlin has said.

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January 19, 2026 at 10:17 AM

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North Carolina Congressional Candate Austin Ayers. What an arsehole.

January 19, 2026 at 4:05 AM

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The interview is insane. Find it through reddit, search results are being hidden in US.

January 18, 2026 at 4:28 PM

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He's monetized Gaza.....I'm almost speechless. This fucking dementia riddled peadophile has put a price on the head of the 2.4 million people who will be used, abused and their lands stripped of anything of value. This should sicken EVERYONE.
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Trump ‘to ask countries in Gaza Board of Peace to pay $1bn to keep membership’

Netanyahu rejected the terms of the board after its first members were announced

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January 18, 2026 at 1:24 PM

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Slapping European countries with a tariff cause you can't buy land for your impossible dome is the start of the end. They aren't going to back down, so expect food prices to shoot up with reciprocal tariffs next Monday.
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Trump threatens UK and seven other European countries with tariffs unless deal on purchase of Greenland reached

Donald Trump has set out his plan to impose rising tariffs on eight European countries until the US is allowed to purchase Greenland. Under the measures, an initial 10% levy will rise to 25% in June. ...

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January 17, 2026 at 4:59 PM

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The Gestapo were also well funded.

January 17, 2026 at 11:09 AM

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No shit Sherlock.
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Trump claim linking paracetamol use during pregnancy to autism debunked by review

The US president warned pregnant women to "tough it out" and avoid paracetamol last year, highlighting a "meteoric rise" in cases of autism.

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January 17, 2026 at 8:19 AM

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No-one is going to roll over on this. EU have had enough, China couldn't give a shit, Canada will be fine, the UK has already made it's position clear. The only thing this will do is raise prices in the US even higher.
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