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Friday, Jan 2nd, 2026 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Swipe for next article Donald Trump has insisted that 'genetics' allows him to maintain his fast-food-based diet and his frequent use of aspirin Reality star Dr. Drew Pinsky has reiterated Donald Trump's health claims that the president made in a new interview with The Wall Street Journal. Trump told ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Friday, Jan 2nd, 2026 -
President Donald Trump said on Friday that the United States is "locked and loaded" to respond if Iran kills protesters, prompting Tehran to warn that intervention would destabilise the region. Protesters and security forces clashed in several Iranian cities on Thursday, with six reported killed, the first deaths since the unrest escalated. Shopkeepers in the capital Tehran went on strike Sunday over high ...
Source: digitaljournal.com
Friday, Jan 2nd, 2026 -
Venezuela is open to negotiating a deal with the United States to combat drug trafficking, President Nicolas Maduro has said, even as he remained silent on a reported CIA-led strike on his country last week. The latest statement, made during an interview that aired on Thursday, comes as Maduro has struck a more conciliatory tone towards the US amid Washington's months-long sanctions and military pressure campaign. ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Thursday, Jan 1st, 2026 -
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said he's dropping — for now — his push to deploy National Guard troops in Chicago, Los Angeles and Portland, Oregon, a move that comes after legal roadblocks held up the effort. "We will come back, perhaps in a much different and stronger form, when crime begins to soar again - Only a question of time!" he said in a social media post Wednesday. Governors ...
Source: military.com
Thursday, Jan 1st, 2026 -
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military said Wednesday it struck five alleged drug-smuggling boats over two days, killing a total of eight people while others jumped overboard and may have survived. U.S. Southern Command, which oversees South America, did not reveal where the attacks on Tuesday and Wednesday occurred. Previous attacks have been in the Caribbean Sea and in the eastern Pacific Ocean. A video of ...
Source: military.com
Thursday, Jan 1st, 2026 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Swipe for next article Mamdani, a democratic socialist, claimed an unlikely win in New York City's mayoral race on a campaign promising a rent freeze and universal childcare Shortly after midnight local time, in a historic former subway station beneath City Hall, Zohran Mamdani was sworn in as mayor of ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Thursday, Jan 1st, 2026 -
CK Smith 2 min read President Donald Trump used his veto power late last year to reject two bipartisan bills — moves that have drawn criticism from lawmakers and tribal leaders who say the decisions were shaped by political tensions and past legal fights as much as policy concerns. On Dec. 30, Trump vetoed H.R. 131 , the Finish the Arkansas Valley Conduit Act , aimed at extending repayment terms for a ...
Source: yahoo.com
Thursday, Jan 1st, 2026 -
Hollywood heartthrob George Clooney shot back at President Donald Trump after the MAGA leader uncorked a wild attack on Clooney and trashed his movies over the actor's decision to exit the U.S. for French citizenship. The 64-year-old Oscar winner, his wife, Amal Clooney, and their two kids officially became French citizens this month after years living at their swanky Provence estate. And the news left Trump ...
Source: rawstory.com
Wednesday, Dec 31st, 2025 -
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has ended the lease agreement for three public golf courses in Washington, a move that offers an additional opportunity to put his stamp on another piece of the nation's capital. The National Links Trust, the nonprofit that has operated Washington's three public courses on federal land for the last five years, said Wednesday that the Department of the Interior had ...
Source: news.yahoo.com