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The US administration’s ‘reassuring’ words, after deporting two German teens, show the border authorities will have a problem with anyone who doesn’t echo their politics, writes Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

Jordan Bardella declares ‘total loyalty’ to Le Pen after court finds her and RN officials guilty of embezzlement * Europe live – latest updates The president of France’s far-right National Rally (RN) party has described a court’s decision to ban Marine Le Pen from public office for five years, wrecking her hopes of becoming president in 2027, as “disproportionate, political and partisan”. Jordan Bardella said the punishment for Le Pen’s conviction for embezzling European Parliament funds would deprive millions of French voters of their democratic right to put her in the Elysée Palace. Continue reading...

Irish government also hits back at accusations by US that country is operating a ‘tax scam’ * Business live – latest updates The Irish government has warned that the country could lose up to 80,000 jobs if Donald Trump launches a trade war with the EU, and has hit back at accusations by the US that Ireland is operating a “tax scam”. The jobs estimate represents almost half the workforce in Ireland’s multinational sector, which the US president is expected to target as part of an effort to repatriate jobs and taxes. Continue reading...

Outgoing prime minister says Greenland can no longer trust Americans ahead of visit led by Usha Vance and Mike Waltz Donald Trump’s second administration has shown an “unprecedented degree of resistance” to adverse court rulings, experts say, part of a forceful attack on the American judiciary that threatens to undermine the rule of law, undercut a co-equal branch of government and weaken American democracy. The attacks, experts say, threaten one of the fundamental pillars of American government: that the judicial branch has the power to interpret the law and the other branches will abide by its rulings. Continue reading...

Trump was responding to Clooney’s call to defend press freedoms while promoting his new stage version of Good Night, and Good Luck Donald Trump has taken aim at the actor and prominent Democrat activist George Clooney, dismissing his interview on US TV news programme 60 Minutes as a “total puff piece”. The Oscar-winning star was the subject of Sunday’s show to promote his Broadway debut, in a stage version of the film Good Night, and Good Luck, in which he plays veteran journalist Edward R Murrow, who took part in a historic TV showdown with Senator Joseph McCarthy. Continue reading...

Outgoing prime minister says Greenland can no longer trust Americans ahead of visit led by Usha Vance and Mike Waltz Chuck Schumer defied calls to give up the top Democratic position in the Senate after he voted for Republicans’ funding bill to avoid a government shutdown, saying on Sunday: “I’m not stepping down.” Schumer has faced a wave of backlash from Democrats over his decision to support the Republican-led bill, with many Democrats alleging that the party leader isn’t doing enough to stand up to Donald Trump’s agenda. Continue reading...