
The Independent - 51 min 36 sec ago
Donald Trump's last-ditch midterms pitch to voters comes as Republican candidates are falling behind in polling red-purple states, writes John Bowden...

The Guardian - 1 hour 19 min ago
The man who shepherded the creation of the National Museum for African American History and Culture discusses his tenure and interference from the White House "For the last two years, everything has implied getting rid of me," Lonnie Bunch III, the Smithsonian Institution's secretary, said on Thursday. Following an unremitting pressure campaign from Donald Trump and his administration, Bunch, the founding director of the National Museum for African American History and Culture (NMAAHC)...

The Guardian - 1 hour 19 min ago
Host Jesse Watters says Trump's offer to Americans if Republicans retain Congress is an enticement', not a bribe I think I finally understand why Fox News pays Jesse Watters the big bucks. The network star, famous for hot takes like men shouldn't "eat soup in public", has an incredible talent for inserting misogyny into absolutely any news story. Take, for example, Donald Trump's ludicrous announcement on Wednesday night that he will give every American adult $5,000 if Republicans...

The Independent - 1 hour 27 min ago
Now the UK will have something to say about it ... but I think it would be a great thing'...

The Raw Story - 1 hour 47 min ago
President Donald Trump made a surprising admission about his golf game in Ireland on Saturday morning. The president was delivering remarks to the U.S. Embassy Personnel and Business Leaders in Dublin when his lengthy speech touched on one of his favorite subjects, by way of a joke about the Secret Service. "They don't give a damn about you," Trump told the laughing crowd. "You're all collateral damage." This led Trump to an anecdote about a golf game with "the head of...

Fox News - 2 hours 6 min ago
President Donald Trump advocated for the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland to unify while visiting Taoiseach Miche l Martin on Saturday...

The Guardian - 2 hours 19 min ago
Sacked after less than two weeks as Donald Trump's communications director, the financier and podcaster reflects on the mistakes he made in an exclusive extract from his new book Plus: What it's like to be fired by Trump, by four people who know 19 July 2017. My phone rings. White House operator: "Please hold for the president." I do. Of course. Continue reading...

The Guardian - 2 hours 19 min ago
What's it like to be shown the door by the US president? A former national security adviser, an Apprentice contestant and more share their stories Plus: The truth about my 11 days in the White House, by Anthony Scaramucci Gene Folkes, 62, based in Manhattan, was a contestant on season 10 of The Apprentice, which aired in 2010. A former air force recruiter until 1991, he retrained as an investment banker, then launched his own business before appearing on the reality show. He was fired by Trump...

Daily Signal - 2 hours 19 min ago
American manufacturing is on the rebound, and that good news could hardly come at a better time for President Donald Trump, as Republicans gird themselves for the midterm elections just two months from now. Not that manufacturing is the only sector that’s on a hiring spree businesses across the board added 162,000 new jobs in August....

NPR - 2 hours 24 min ago
U.S. President Donald Trump has held talks in Dublin with Irish President Catherine Connolly and Ireland's Prime Minister Miche l Martin during a weekend visit centered on a major golf tournament.

Fox News - 3 hours 15 min ago
Pennsylvania state Rep. David Maloney wants President Donald Trump to rename Lake Erie to "Lake Pennsylvania," following recent name changes to other bodies of water.

The Guardian - 3 hours 19 min ago
President the star of the show at two-day convention, but party's plan to treat November elections as referendum on Trump himself poses grave risks "We're going to have a good time listening to music," Donald Trump told thousands of supporters in downtown Dallas before handing the mic to an opera singer, "because I'm getting a little bit tired of politics now." Millions of Americans seem tired of politics after a decade dominated by Trump. So the US president's decision...

Sky News - 3 hours 22 min ago
Donald Trump has said he would "love to see" a reunified Ireland, claiming "it will happen eventually".

The Guardian - 4 hours 19 min ago
The World Cup and its aftermath made clear that Fifa needs independent oversight by governments and NGOs dedicated to preserving the people's game The 2026 World Cup was a whirling swirl of scintillating soccer that prompted much-needed conversations about the vitality of diaspora, the fortitude of the underdog, the power of sport. In a world fractured along myriad cultural axes floating in an entertainment system dominated by on-demand content, the tournament provided a moment, perhaps unlike...

New York Times - 4 hours 19 min ago
During the Republican Midterm Convention in Dallas this week, President Donald Trump returned again and again and again to baseless claims that Democrats were running as communists in the midterms.

The Guardian - 5 hours 15 min ago
US president will hold talks with Ireland's leftwing president Catherine Connolly, and play golf Donald Trump has touched down in Dublin this morning for a two-day visit to Ireland, where he will hold talks with the Irish president and prime minister, and play golf. The weekend visit coincides with the Irish Open, a major golf tournament taking place at the beachfront Doonberg golf course owned by the US president. Many in Ireland are rooting for Connolly to let rip at Trump for his policies...

ABC News - 7 hours 20 min ago
President Donald Trump has called on the Smithsonian to install a colossal statue of George Washington outside the National Museum of American History...

Sky News - 11 hours 13 min ago
Donald Trump is set to land in Ireland this morning amid what's being described as one of the biggest security operations ever implemented by the country's police.

Attack of the Fanboy - 13 hours 19 min ago
Donald Trump faced online criticism after cameras appeared to catch him nodding off during a ceremony at the Pentagon honoring victims of the September...

BBC - 14 hours 17 min ago
Donald Trump will arrive on Saturday morning at Dublin Airport ahead of a two-day visit to Ireland.

The Raw Story - 14 hours 29 min ago
Fareed Zakaria raked President Donald Trump over the coals in The Washington Post Friday for his "dangerous fantasy" that he can still negotiate rationally with Russia's Vladimir Putin. There is no placating Putin, said Zakaria; he only wants the destruction of America, and he has proven this time and time again. "It is worth recalling a lesson about Putin learned by another businessman turned government official Hank Paulson, former CEO of Goldman Sachs. As treasury secretary, Paulson...

Slate - 15 hours 29 min ago
Let the man paint, I guess.

The Guardian - 16 hours 49 min ago
Joe diGenova led investigation focused on intelligence assessment that Russia interfered in 2016 election A longtime ally of Donald Trump resigned from his post leading a Department of Justice investigation into whether former law enforcement and intelligence officials conspired against the Republican president. "Sometimes people want things done faster and that's all you can do," Joe diGenova told the Guardian on Thursday. He appeared to be referring to concerns among other Trump loyalists...

The Guardian - 16 hours 49 min ago
Atlantic Industrial Coatings was given $14.7m no-bid contract and its findings contradict president's claims of vandalism The company hired to renovate the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool has acknowledged that "human oversight" and flaws in the repair plan caused the newly installed blue liner to peel and tear, according to documents reviewed by the New York Times that challenge Donald Trump's repeated claims of vandalism. The president has repeatedly said vandals armed with knives...