
NPR - 15 hours 55 min ago
President Donald Trump mused openly before the United Nations about whether he should annihilate Iran. It's a stark contrast to how his predecessors have spoken about wielding US military power.

Daily Signal - 15 hours 55 min ago
Behold the most ludicrous argument unfolding after President Donald Trump’s latest attempt to deny White House press passes to Trump-loathing reporters. Somehow, the liberal elitists shamelessly claim they represent the entire American people in the briefing room, and not just their own pink-haired audience. See National “Public” Radio White House reporter Tamara Keith, who told...

The Guardian - 16 hours 55 min ago
Third US president wrote in 1787 about importance of peace, paying off debt and supporting agriculture A remarkably prescient letter written by Thomas Jefferson, the third US president, advising how the newly created country could prosper, has been put up for sale by a private collector. The handwritten document from 1787 warns specifically against many of the missteps Donald Trump has taken to drag down his own second term of office. Written in Paris, where Jefferson was the fledgling government's...

The Guardian - 17 hours 55 min ago
The US's oil deal with Venezuela faces multiple legal and logistical problems, including questions about whether it can be implemented Donald Trump has long coveted the oilfields of other nations and declared an agreement with Venezuela to be "the biggest oil deal in world history". But the deal, reached after the US seized Venezuelan president Nicol s Maduro, is almost certainly doomed to collapse amid a wide array of legal and logistical issues, a Guardian investigation has found....

The Guardian - 18 hours 23 min ago
Tehran awaits official response to plan, but US president is said to expect renewed strikes after midterms Iran is awaiting an official US response to its proposal to reopen the strait of Hormuz and end fighting in the Middle East war as Donald Trump was reported to have rejected the deal. Iran raised the diplomatic initiative at the UN general assembly in New York, saying it had been transmitted to the Americans via Qatari mediators and could reopen the strategic waterway and put an end to hostilities...

The Guardian - 21 hours 55 min ago
The French president's resolve seems to have rubbed off on the leaders of other middle powers' On the first day of the United Nations general assembly this week, two world leaders outlined competing visions for the future. Donald Trump's speech was disturbingly familiar to those he's given before: a litany of false boasts and odd tangents, peppered with grim military threats against a variety of nation states. Discussing his seven-month war with Iran, he mused over whether to "annihilate...

The Guardian - 21 hours 55 min ago
Trump tries to dominate at the UN as his approval ratings plummet and even some Republicans stray from the script Donald Trump stood before the United Nations on Tuesday and threatened to "annihilate" Iran . Yet even as the most powerful man on the planet flexed his military muscles, he was powerless to keep the gravitational pull of domestic politics at bay. Heading into the UN building in New York , the US president was questioned by Kaitlan Collins , an anchor at CNN , which he had banned...

BBC - 22 hours 46 min ago
CNN was scheduled to fly with US President Donald Trump for his trip to Tennessee on Saturday.

The Guardian - 22 hours 55 min ago
From a difficult economic landscape to decisions on oil and gas drilling, welfare spending and the Chagos Islands, we look at what's on the horizon Andy Burnham is riding high ahead of the Labour party conference after a successful first meeting with Donald Trump, and with his party faithful excited by their uplift in the polls. He plans to bring a message of hope and optimism to the autumn gathering in Liverpool, and will benefit from goodwill among members as he makes his first speech as leader...

CNBC - 22 hours 55 min ago
In May, Chinese President Xi Jinping asked U.S. President Donald Trump whether the countries could avoid destructive rivalry. Now, it seems, he thinks they can...

NPR - 23 hours 13 min ago
The White House has signaled that CNN will be left off Air Force One for President Donald Trump's Saturday trip in the latest media restriction in an ongoing dispute with First Amendment implications.