
The Guardian - 56 min 44 sec ago
Democrat, in first interview since pre-dawn raid, denies immigration fraud and says I have a legal right to be a member of Congress' The Minnesota congresswoman Ilhan Omar denied allegations of immigration fraud in a Wednesday appearance on MS Now, her first interview since federal agents raided her residence last week. Those in Donald Trump's orbit cabinet officials and rightwing influencers alike have promoted baseless theories about the Democratic congresswoman, accusing Omar of being...

The Raw Story - 1 hour 18 min ago
A conservative editorial board threw cold water on one of President Donald Trump's latest diplomatic wins , warning his team was getting played. The Wall Street Journal's editorial board wrote Wednesday that there is "no cause to be grateful" to Russian President Vladimir Putin for freeing Stephen Hubbard, a retired American teacher jailed in Russia since 2022. Trump said Wednesday that Putin let Hubbard go after a personal plea from the president and asked for nothing in return...

TMZ - 1 hour 20 min ago
New Mexico's Attorney General says Donald Trump's administration has been blocking his investigation into Jeffrey Epstein, TMZ has learned. Attorney General Ra l Torrez sat down with Jakson for "TMZ In The Know" ... where he tells us Trump and…...

The Guardian - 1 hour 27 min ago
President was reportedly heckled at least nine times during campaign event for Darline Graham Multiple protesters were removed from Donald Trump's rally at South Carolina's Clemson University on Wednesday, including one who was apparently punched by a rally attender to the US president's delight. "That was great, man. Wow. Man, I loved that. I watched that," Trump said. "That was incredible. Wow. That was unbelievable. Is everybody OK? Continue reading...

NBC News - 2 hours 16 min ago
A Trump diplomat called Putin "a humanitarian," another in a recent flurry of overtures to the Russian leader. But it's unclear whether blandishments will entice him to strike a deal.

Variety - 2 hours 33 min ago
Nicko McBrain, the long-time drummer for heavy metal band Iron Maiden, recently admitted he'd been invited to play golf with Donald Trump, but turned down the offer because of his staunch anti-MAGA beliefs and that the president and his "bunch of cronies," in McBrain's words, "should be put in jail." Like Trump, McBrain resides […]...

The Raw Story - 4 hours 13 min ago
President Donald Trump lashed out at CNN's Kaitlan Collins on Wednesday, calling her a "dummy" and a "low-IQ person" during a tense exchange over his administration's handling of Russia. The confrontation erupted as Trump defended his decision not to impose additional sanctions on Moscow while his administration pursues negotiations over the war in Ukraine. "We are maybe close to a deal for the first time in a long time," Trump said. "When you're close to...

The Raw Story - 4 hours 17 min ago
A once-friendly world leader turned the tables on President Donald Trump by blasting his latest attempts to score political points off a crisis abroad. French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday blasted what he called "unacceptable" and "stupid" comments from foreign leaders about the turmoil in his country, and when a reporter asked if he meant Trump, he replied, "Among others," the Associated Press reported . France has been rocked by rioting and looting that grew out...

The Guardian - 4 hours 40 min ago
With ICE arrests and detentions at their highest levels, immigration remains a key issue for voters less than two weeks before election day Sign in or sign up to join the conversation From mass raids to quiet crackdown: a timeline of Trump's strategic ICE pivot It's our last US midterms live Q&A before election day on 3 November, and our reporters are answering your immigration questions. Since Donald Trump began his second term , ICE arrests have reached record levels , operations have...

New York Times - 5 hours 29 min ago
People protest the plans by President Donald Trump's administration to build a section of the border wall at the Big Bend National Park, in Study Butte, Texas, in August.

US Weekly - 5 hours 37 min ago
Natasha Lyonne is setting the record straight on her political affiliation after she reacted to a recent post from President Donald Trump about Elon Musk . "So is Natasha Lyonne MAGA now or am I misreading her posts?" a fan wrote via X on Wednesday, October 21. Lyonne, 47, responded , "Not MAGA." The confusion came after Lyonne reacted to Trump's recent post praising Musk, 55. "A BIG THANK YOU to our legendary friend, @ElonMusk, for his incredible generosity in giving SpaceX...

Mother Jones - 6 hours 24 min ago
After President Donald Trump snapped at a reporter multiple times during a Tuesday press conference, questioning whether he was "a sick person," an official White House social media account posted a slur used against people with Down syndrome to describe the reporter. "What's wrong with you? Are you a sick person?" Trump pointedly asked Andrew […]...

NY Post - 8 hours 12 min ago
A content creator was allegedly choked, punched and stabbed by protesters at an anti-Donald Trump "No Kings" demonstration in downtown Los Angeles.

The Guardian - 8 hours 16 min ago
Jury had found Meta misled consumers after Trump's 2016 presidential campaign obtained user data without consent A judge in New Mexico ordered Meta Platforms to pay $25bn on Wednesday after a jury found the company had misled consumers in a case arising from allegations that a political consulting firm involved in Donald Trump 's 2016 presidential campaign obtained data from millions of Facebook users without their consent. "Facebook's wrongdoing over the course of years and systematically...

Advocate - 8 hours 18 min ago
Hello and Happy Wednesday folks, Audience Editor Edgar Ramirez here, back in your inbox with a question: Could a disgraced gay former congressman convicted of wire fraud and aggravated identity theft become President Donald Trump's new press secretary?...

The Guardian - 8 hours 44 min ago
Vladimir Putin ordered the release of former teacher Stephen Hubbard, who had spent more than four years in Russian jails on charges of fighting as a mercenary for Ukraine. This came as Donald Trump's envoy Steve Witkoff met with the Russian president in St Petersburg for fresh talks on ending the war in Ukraine, amid increasingly close relations between Moscow and Washington. Putin orders release of jailed American as he meets Trump envoy for Ukraine talks Continue reading...

The Guardian - 8 hours 56 min ago
As prices keep rising, more of the president's supporters are asking what happened to the economic good times he promised It is no great revelation that Donald Trump is enriching himself as president. He raked in $2.2bn in 2025, with his position and his personal interests frequently overlapping. Yet this week's poll finding that 34% of Republicans (and 66% of all American voters) think that he is using his position to make himself rich merits attention . Separately, voters in a Fox News...

The Guardian - 9 hours 25 min ago
Decision stands in contrast to recent trans rights actions from court that often sides with Trump administration The US supreme court went against Donald Trump 's administration on Wednesday, refusing to allow the immediate enforcement of sweeping restrictions on gender-affirming care for transgender individuals held in prisons and federal facilities. The decision marks an unusual victory for transgender rights before the nation's highest court, which has largely sided with the administration...

The Guardian - 9 hours 44 min ago
Cameras reportedly set up near site for Trump's proposed arch, Arlington Memorial Bridge and reflecting pool The US Park Police are spending $343,000 to lease mobile surveillance cameras from a company that also supplies Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) , federal contract records show. The deal comes as Donald Trump has insisted that vandals damaged the reflecting pool, one of Washington's best-known landmarks charges that have since been dismissed. The Department of the Interior...

Advocate - 9 hours 53 min ago
Could a disgraced gay former congressman convicted of wire fraud and aggravated identity theft become President Donald Trump's new press secretary? George Santos wants to give it a shot.

TMZ - 10 hours 2 min ago
Donald Trump's personal attorney, Alina Habba, is denying a report she had a role in securing a pardon for Venezuelan billionaire Julio Herrera Velutini. Alina fired back on X, writing, "If the New York Times simply went back and looked at their…...

The Guardian - 10 hours 15 min ago
Jaden J Read was arrested after federal authorities say he posted threats online before president's Wichita rally A 24-year-old Kansas man has been arrested for allegedly threatening to shoot Donald Trump . Authorities arrested Jaden J Read, of Clearwater, Kansas, last Saturday after he allegedly posted threats to kill the US president at his rally in the Wichita area on Monday, according to the justice department. Continue reading...

The Guardian - 10 hours 18 min ago
Katie Zacharia | From Aberfan to Jackdaw | EU re-referendum | Other lives and Wikipedia As a trained physicist, I am delighted that we have a new unit of time. A " Scaramucci " was the unit of time derived from the 11-day career of the White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci. But we now have an even shorter career unit of five days, the "Zacharia", for Donald Trump's press secretary Katie Zacharia ( Report, 16 October ). In the final stages of Trump's presidency...

BBC - 10 hours 21 min ago
The announcement came after Russian President Vladimir Putin met US President Donald Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff in St Petersburg.