President Donald Trump is MAGA-fying the Kennedy Center, saying on his Truth Social that he intends to immediately fire the board of directors for the Kennedy Center and put someone friendly to the presidency in charge: himself. “At my direction, we are going to make the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C., GREAT AGAIN,” he wrote. “I have decided to immediately …
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THE HAGUE, Netherlands — The International Criminal Court on Friday called on its member states to stand up against sanctions imposed by President Donald Trump, saying the move was an attempt to “harm its independent and impartial judicial work.” The White House issued the executive order on Thursday in response to what it called “illegitimate and baseless actions targeting America …
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Following Donald Trump’s barrage of executive orders and takeover announcements in his first few weeks back in office, the White House says that there’s been “so much winning” that the media can’t even keep up with it all. But that idea baffled Seth Meyers on Thursday night. To kick off his “A Closer Look” segment, the NBC host ran through …
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If Paramount decides to settle with Donald Trump over his claim that “60 Minutes” doctored an interview with Kamala Harris, it would represent a “flag of surrender,” Jake Tapper said on Thursday. The CNN host said the president’s latest lawsuits against news media organizations “represents a dangerous escalation.” Last year, ABC settled with Trump over criticism from anchor George Stephanopoulos …
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The Trump administration presented a plan to dramatically cut staffing worldwide for US aid projects as part of its dismantling of the US Agency for International Development (USAID). The proposed plan would see thousands of workers lose their jobs, with fewer than 300 positions left in the American organisation to administer humanitarian aid programmes around the world. On Thursday night, …
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A federal judge in Seattle accused Donald Trump of ignoring the rule of law for political and personal gain as he declared an executive order that the US president signed seeking to curtail birthright citizenship to be unconstitutional.
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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an Executive Order imposing sanctions on the International Criminal Court over investigations of Israel, a close U.S. ally. Neither the U.S. nor Israel is a member of or recognizes the court, which has issued an arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for alleged war crimes over his military response in …
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Washington is punishing the Hague-based court for its charges against Israeli political leaders US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order imposing sanctions on the International Criminal Court (ICC) for investigating the US and its allies. Last November the Hague-based court issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former defense minister, Yoav Gallant, in a …
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Transgender girls and women will no longer compete in female events at most college sporting events in the United States after a governing body’s decision to bar athletes who were born male. The National Collegiate Athletic Association, the main governing body for college sport in the US, said on Thursday that it would limit competition in girls’ and women’s sport …
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US President Donald Trump said on Thursday Israel would hand over Gaza to the United States after fighting was over and the enclave’s population was already resettled elsewhere, which he said meant no US troops would be needed on the ground.
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