On the back of hailing US strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities as a “victory for everybody”, president Trump has claimed success at theNatosummit in The Hague, praising the commitment by Nato allies to boost defence spending to 5% of GDP.
The US president described the summit as “a very historic milestone”. It was, he said, “something that no one really thought possible. And they said: ‘You did it, sir, you did it’. Well, I don’t know if I did it … but I think I did.”
The US president also received sycophantic praise from Nato secretary general Mark Rutte who, referring to Trump’s foul mouthed outburst about Iran and Israel a day earlier, said rather remarkably: “Daddy sometimes has to use strong language”.
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A relaxedDonald Trumpsaid Nato’s decision to increase defence spending to 5% of GDP was a “big win” for western civilisation in a digressive press conference at a summit in The Hague where he reaffirmed the US’s commitment to the military alliance.
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Donald Trump and the US defence secretary, Pete Hegseth, have admitted to some doubt over the scale of the damage inflicted on Iran’s nuclear sites bythe US bombing at the weekend, after a leaked Pentagon assessment saidthe Iranian programme had been set back by only a few months.
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Voice of America (VOA) may have been used to broadcastDonald Trump’s message to Iranians in Farsi during weekend military strikes, the president’s senior adviser toldCongresson Wednesday, revealing how the crumbling, traditionally independent news service is possibly functioning as a conduit for presidential messaging.
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The attorney general,Pam Bondi, professed ignorance of reports of immigration officials hiding their faces with masks during round-ups of undocumented people, despite widespread video evidence and reports that they are instilling pervasive fear and panic.
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A court inCosta Ricahas ordered authorities to release foreign migrants who were locked up in a shelter after being deported by the US. About 200 people from Afghanistan, Iran, Russia as well as from Africa and some other Asian countries, including 80 children, were brought to the Central American nation in Februaryunder an agreement with the US administration of Donald Trump, a move criticized by human rights organizations.
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Plans to open a massive federal immigration processing center in aCaliforniadesert community has sparked outrage among advocacy groups who argue it will come at a “long-term cost” and “fuel harm”.
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The first meeting of a critical federal vaccine panel was a high-profile display of how the US health secretary and vaccine skepticRobert F Kennedy Jrhas injected chaos into vaccine policy infrastructure.
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Donald Trump and CBS could settle their legal battleover a contested interview with Kamala Harris for $20mas the dispute continues to shadow a major media merger.
The New Jersey Democratic representative who is facing felony chargesafter a recent incident during a visit to anIce detention facility pleaded not guilty in federal court.
The vice-mayor of a small California city is under fireafter appearing to call on street gangs to organize in the face ofimmigration sweeps by federal agents in Los Angeles.
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