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Trump attacks Comey for 8647 post and claims 'a child knows' it was calling for his assassination

<p>House Budget Committee Chairman Jodey Arrington (R-TX) tried to pass Trump’s major spending bill, but failed amid a revolt from conservatives.</p>

BREAKINGpolitics

Blow for Trump as his ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ fails in committee amid conservative revolt

<p>Donald Trump claims Taylor Swift is 'no longer hot' since he first posted about his hatred of her</p>

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Trump launches new attack on Taylor Swift claiming she’s ‘no longer hot’ since he said he hated her

<p>Sideshow Bob grabs hold of Milhouse in the season 29 episode 'Gone Boy'</p>

The Simpsons find new voice actor for fan-favorite character

DIDDY TRIAL

Diddy, Justin Bieber and the ‘crazy 48 hours’: History of their relationship after singer denies being rapper’s ‘victim’

<p>Louisiana State Police arrested Kendall Myles in New Orleans on Friday, May 16, after he allegedly escaped from Orleans Parish Justice Center hours before. </p>

BREAKINGCRIME

Huge manhunt underway as 11 prisoners escape from Louisiana jail

<p>Broward Circuit Judge Gary M. Farmer Jr. has been indefinitely suspended after the state's judicial qualifications commission determined the jokes he was making to defendants were "inappropriate"</p>

NEWS

Judge suspended for making ‘G-rated dad jokes’ about defendants. He claims he was ‘trying to lighten the tension’

<p>Bruce Springsteen (left) in Manchester, where he railed against the 'corrupt' Donald Trump (right)</p>

Trump erupts at ‘dried out prune of a rocker’ Springsteen with threats and insults after the Boss criticized him at gig

<p>MAGA musical artist Kid Rock claimed on Fox News that the birthrate in America is falling because liberal women are unattractive and men on the left are becoming increasingly homosexual. </p>

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Kid Rock blames ‘ugly-a**’ liberal women for low birthrate as Fox News’ Jesse Watters laughs

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Trump was so desperate for MTG to drop Georgia Senate run he ordered a poll showing she’d get crushed

<p>Attorney General Pam Bondi has the authority to revoke the legal permanent status of green card holders, DOJ attorney argues </p>

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AG Pam Bondi has the power to revoke green cards at any time, Justice Department claims

<p>Hadi Matar was convicted of attempted murder after launching a frenzied attack on Salman Rushdie in August 2022</p>

Crime

Rushdie attacker sentenced to 25 years for frenzied stabbing that left author blind in one eye

<p>Pools in Philadelphia, Brooklyn and Florida all make the cut</p>

TRAVEL

12 of the best hotel pools in the USA (including one the size of 30 football fields)

<p>Sánchez and Bezos reportedly sent out invitations to a summer wedding in Venice back in March</p>

Lauren Sánchez throws star-studded bachelorette party with Kim Kardashian and Katy Perry in Paris

<p>Any physical activity is good for you. But, researchers say walking just 9,000 steps or fewer may help slash your risk for cancer</p>

Walking 9,000 steps a day can lower the risk of 13 cancers, study finds

<p>Texas is shooting microplastics out into coastal waters. Matagorda Bay is home to a plastics factory</p>

Texas is poisoning its own bays with microplastics

<p>“President Trump, keep making America great. I’m ready to go,” Glen Rogers, 62, said just before receiving a lethal injection at the Florida State Prison.</p>

Crime

Moments before his execution, a suspected serial killer’s final words were: ‘Trump, keep making America great’

<p>A tree lays on a house in Dorr, Michigan. Michigan and other states were left without power as a result of severe weather</p>

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Dozen tornadoes reported across multiple states with warning of more to come

NEWS

Humans in bear suits help save two-month-old cub separated from mother

<p>Annie and Daniel Caler of Benton County, Arkansas, are accused of the years-long abuse of a teenage girl. She was allegedly raped, beaten, and forced to survive on one Pop Tart a week</p>

CRIME

Couple accused of sexually abusing teenager, forcing her to take drugs and feeding her ‘one Pop Tart a week’

<p>Alana 'Honey Boo Boo' Thompson is telling her story in a new Lifetime movie</p>

Alana ‘Honey Boo Boo’ Thompson recalls being ‘so scared’ she’d find Mama June dead during her drug addiction spiral

Grey’s Anatomy showrunner says no character is ‘necessarily safe’ after explosive season finale

<p>The first Buc-ee’s in Arizona is scheduled to open in June 2026</p>

NEWS

Cult favorite Buc-ee’s is opening more stores and expanding into other states. Everything you need to know

Trump Reshapes The World

<p>US president Donald Trump in Abu Dhabi on 15 May 2025</p>

ANALYSISpolitics

Trump was in his element as a guest of the Gulf’s autocratic monarchs. So what did the trip actually achieve?

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Trump issues thinly veiled threat to Supreme Court as birthright citizenship under scrutiny: 'Playing the ref'

<p>The Slovenia-based statue was erected in 2020 during Trump’s first term</p>

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Bronze statue of Melania Trump in her hometown hacked off at the ankles and stolen

<p>President Donald Trump leaves the UAE to return to Washington</p>

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Trump gripes again about AF1 as he departs Middle East: ‘I leave now and get on a 42 year-old Boeing – but new ones are coming’

<p>Pathology of unchecked power: Richard Nixon during an interview with David Frost in 1977</p>

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'My dad’s famous interview with Nixon shows how dangerous Trump is today'

<p>Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is reportedly backing a proposal for a U.S. citizenship reality show</p>

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Kristi Noem’s DHS considering U.S. citizenship reality show 'pitting immigrants against each other'

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Trump said he had a ‘little problem’ with Apple CEO over India plans

Bulletin

<p>AI systems form their own societies, much like humans do, when left alone</p>

Study reveals what happens when AI systems talk to each other

Rihanna makes long-awaited return to music with Smurfs song

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The countries reporting a new wave of Covid-19

Trump says Putin meeting crucial for peace in Ukraine

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<p>Russia and Ukraine’s meeting in Turkey began around one hour after the scheduled start time</p>

UKRAINE WAR

Russia and Ukraine agree to exchange 1,000 prisoners of war - but fail to secure peace in Turkey talks

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Popular ice cream company issues recall of 17,000 tubs

<p>Rihanna appearing in the music video for her new song for the ‘Smurfs’ movie, ‘Friend of Mine’</p>

Rihanna divides fans after releasing new music for the first time in three years

<p>Paget Brewster as Emily Prentiss in 'Criminal Minds: Evolution'</p>

Criminal Minds star Paget Brewster reacts to shocking death of longtime character

<p>KJ Muldoon, center, sits with his siblings after a follow-up dose of an experimental gene editing treatment at the hospital in April 2025</p>

NEWS

Baby born with rare life-threatening disorder makes medical history

<p>The Acropolis at sunset, with the Parthenon Temple</p>

Greece files lawsuit against Adidas for ad showing a ‘shoe kicking the Acropolis’

<p>Widger talks to the camera somewhere in the Pacific Ocean as he and his cat, Phoenix, sail from Oregon to Hawaii</p>

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Manager quits job to go sailing around the world with his cat

<p>A woman wearing a protective mask is seen in Union Square on March 9, 2020 in New York City</p>

News

Mississippi sues China for $200bn for costs associated with the Covid-19 pandemic

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I’m the Problem: Morgan Wallen’s controversial road to new album

<p>Sarah Silverman said Conan O'Brien 'was the best thing for me' after her unceremonious 'SNL' exit</p>

NEWS

Sarah Silverman says Conan O’Brien saved her career after ‘terrifying’ time on SNL

<p>Oswaldo Cabrera suffered a nasty ankle injury in Monday's game against the Seattle Mariners </p>

New York Yankees star Oswaldo Cabrera breaks silence after ‘brutal’ ankle injury

<p>The veteran Swedish diplomat had been arrested on suspicion of espionage (stock image)</p>

ESPIONAGE

Swedish diplomat found dead after being arrested on suspicion of spying

<p>Tiffany Slanton, 27, was found alive after she went missing for nearly three weeks in California's Sierra Nevada mountains. She found shelter at a remote resort and was only found after the resort owner arrived to check on his cabins</p>

News

Starving camper missing for three weeks found holed up in remote High Sierra cabin: ‘It’s unheard of’

<p>Carol Carroll, 68, has been charged with second-degree murder in the stabbing death of 73-year-old Robert Tucker at a senior care facility in Jacksonville, Florida</p>

Crime

Cops follow trail of blood from a murder victim to his suspected killer’s nursing home room

<p>Chris Brown was charged by police with grievous bodily harm with intent over an alleged bottle attack at a London nightclub two years ago (Scott Roth/Invision/AP)</p>

Chris Brown denied bail after appearing in court over alleged attack in London nightclub

<p>U.S. President Donald Trump had nothing but praise for Saudi Arabia during a visit to the kingdom this week - drawing outrage from 9/11 families</p>

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‘What ever happened to Never Forget?’: 9/11 families blast Trump for warm embrace of Saudi officials

<p> Exterior photos at night of Bahama Breeze - Tropical island beach themed American chain restaurant with Caribbean inspired seafood. Outside of building.</p>

Bahama Breeze suddenly closed 15 restaurants this week — here’s where

<p>The FDA announced plans to release a new framework for vaccine approvals aimed at providing clarity and predictability for manufacturers, while HHS Secretary RFK Jr. has proposed requiring placebo-controlled trials for all new vaccines, including those already approved. </p>

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FDA set to change requirements to get vaccines approved as RFK Jr continues to push skepticism about their use

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MrBeast sparks outrage by filming at Mexico’s archaeological sites

<p>Brenda Spencer, 38, and her boyfriend Branndon Mosley, 41, were arrested on May 11 after her 18-year-old daughter escaped from their Gloucester Township home after years of severe alleged abuse. </p>

Crime

‘Sexually abused’ woman, 18, escapes house of horrors after couple held her captive for seven years, prosecutors say

<p>Marshella Chidester, 67, was sentenced to 25 to 50 years in prison on Thursday for a drunken crash that killed two. </p>

Crime

Drunk driver who killed 2 when she crashed into birthday party jailed for 25 years

<p>Bryan Kohberger </p>

News

Bryan Kohberger defense plans to introduce evidence of an ‘alternative perpetrator’ in last ditch effort to save him

<p>Marshella Chidester, 67, was sentenced to 25 to 50 years in prison on Thursday for a drunken crash that killed two. </p>

Crime

Drunk driver who killed 2 when she crashed into birthday party at boat yard will head to prison for at least 25 years

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Politics

New Pentagon memo reveals how US military will purge trans troops

<p>Meghan Markle and Prince Harry shared an intimate dinner with Brooklyn Beckham and Nicola Peltz</p>

Lifestyle

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry ‘host’ Brooklyn Beckham and Nicola Peltz in Montecito amid rumored family feud

<p>Man arrested after trying to smuggle six parrots across U.S. border stuffed into his boots</p>

Crime

Man arrested trying to smuggle parrots into US stuffed into his boots

ExclusiveNews

FedEx employee fired for attending AA meeting claims ‘anti-white’ discrimination

News

Stay-at-home mom Googled herself and found out she was wrongly indicted on drug charges in another state

<p>Ashley Pardo was charged with aiding in the commision of terrorism earlier this week </p>

Crime

Mom ‘bought weapons’ for son who had ‘fascination’ with mass shooters

Inside The Beltway

Trump

Trump accused of ‘catch me if you can regime’ by Supreme Court justice in birthright citizenship hearing

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Trump goes on bizarre rant praising ‘lumberjack’ Sean Duffy

<p>A Texas National Guard soldier stands near the wall on the border between Mexico and U.S. during a sandstorm, as seen from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico March 6, 2025</p>

Politics

Trump has sent thousands of troops to the Mexico border. But is it the best use of the US military?

<p>The Trump administration has cut more than $1 billion worth of research grants, including those studying misinformation. It follows President Donald Trump’s executive order that pledged to ‘restore freedom of speech and end federal censorship.’</p>

Politics

Trump has cut more than $1bn in research grants including one area he thrives - online misinformation

<p>U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi speaks during a press conference to announce the results of Operation Restore Justice on May 7, 2025</p>

Politics

Pam Bondi sold millions of dollars worth of Trump media shares on ‘Liberation Day’ – before the stock tanked

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Trump’s Qatari plane needs so many upgrades it may face flight restrictions and need a military escort

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Cost of Trump birthday parade skyrocketing ‘up to $45m’ with 25 tanks added, according to reports

Culture

<p>Joaquin Phoenix in Ari Aster’s ‘Eddington’</p>

Joaquin Phoenix’s bloody Eddington brilliantly skewers modern America

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Who is Aubrey O’Day? New Diddy witness expected to testify next week

<p>Doctor Who will feature an ‘Interstellar Song Contest’ episode on the day</p>

Ncuti Gatwa ‘no longer able’ to be UK Eurovision spokesperson

<p>Sir Lenny Henry speaking at Birmingham City University</p>

Lenny Henry says that diversity and inclusion is ‘under real threat’

<p>Seeing double: Patrick and Hugo McPherson form the comedic duo Pear</p>

Pear could see these 7ft twins reaching new comedic heights at Fringe

<p>Eurovision party hosts expect to spend £73 on average, according to new research from TopCashback </p>

How much the average Eurovision party will cost

<p>Galactic acid: Diego Luna in 'Andor' season two</p>

Andor sets new rating record following season two finale

<p>(L-R) Bebe Rexha, Amber Riley, and Benson Boone are among 'American Idol's' biggest stars to have auditioned </p>

11 huge stars you might not realize auditioned for American Idol

<p>Rizzle Kicks’ Jordan Stephens is bringing out a new book (Ian West/PA)</p>

Rizzle Kicks star gets ‘sextorted’ for Channel 4 film

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Lisa Snowdon supports Alison Hammond after This Morning absence

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<p>I’ve covered Walmart sales for years — here’s all you need to know</p>

Walmart Memorial Day sales 2025: Best deals to expect

<p>I’ve found the best of the early deals</p>

Amazon Memorial Day sales 2025: Best deals to expect

<p>The jacket is the unlikely star of the show </p>

This is Pedro Pascal’s exact $200 jacket from The Last of Us

<p>I’ve covered Memorial Sales for the best part of a decade, so you can trust my picks</p>

Best Buy Memorial Day sale 2025: Top deals to expect

Lifestyle

<p>Masses of hemlock growing next to a river</p>

Poison hemlock is spreading across the US. Here’s how to get rid of it

<p>‘I am one hundred percent pissed that I can’t be normal and have a cocktail with my husband on vacay without it turning into 8,’ Teigen wrote on Instagram</p>

Chrissy Teigen reveals relapse, says alcohol is a ‘beast’

<p>Research suggests where you live could impact asthma sufferers</p>

Health & Families

How where you live may increase your chances of developing asthma

<p>At 60, your skin will have accumulated decades of sun exposure </p>

Health & Families

Over 60? Experts reveal how to look after your skin in the sun

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Michelle Obama recalls being made to do push-ups the on Ellen show

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Save up to 80% on designer pieces at BrandAlley

<p>Fast, fragrant and full of umami – this Indo-Chinese noodle stir-fry is Khan’s ode to the bustling hakka kitchens of India</p>

Cook Asma Khan’s vibrant Indian steak and noodle recipes

<p>Brownies in an air fryer is a no brainer</p>

Make low-sugar, high-fibre brownies in your air fryer

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News anchor loses it over RFK swimming in sewage-filled creek

<p>Hialeah Police save drowned man</p>

Dramatic moment cops drag drowned blind man from canal and revive him

<p>Los Angeles Chargers incredible Minecraft schedule release video</p>

Los Angeles Chargers incredible Minecraft schedule release video

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Trump boasts about changing engines on new luxury jet after Qatar deal

Travel

12 of the best hotel pools in the U.S. – including one the size of 30 football fields

From a Florida lagoon to a Philadelphia pool with views from 57 storeys up, these are swimming spots so photogenic you might not want to disturb the water

<p>Pools in Philadelphia, Brooklyn and Florida all make the cut</p>

<p>Beynac as seen from the Dordogne</p>

Exploring France’s Golden Triangle: The historic castle-studded valley with scenic drives and quaint villages

<p>Flying tonight: Simon Calder in seat 72K on board Global Airlines' first flight</p>

Back to the Golden Age of Flying? Your minute-by-minute guide of Global Airline’s maiden transatlantic flight

<p>Chicago, seventh on the list, is lauded by Time Out for its 'stunning architecture' and art initiatives. Above is the famous Cloud Gate sculpture, better known as The Bean</p>

My kind of town! Chicago is the only U.S. city to land a spot on list of 20 best places in the world for culture

<p>The Independent's Ted Thornhill tries out United Airlines' new Dreamliner seats at a launch event in Brooklyn. He's pictured above in a working version of the new Polaris Studio business-class seat
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I tried out United’s new plane seats. These are the biggest changes

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Extraordinary giant structures discovered beneath the surface of Mars

Extraordinary giant structures discovered beneath the surface of Mars

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Something very unusual is happening to the structure of the universe - and scientists are shocked

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Happy Gilmore star dies as 'devastated' fans pay tribute

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Charli XCX teases music video for 'party 4 u' five years after its release

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Billie Eilish responds to people slamming her 'Met Gala outfit' because of one huge catch

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Billie Eilish responds to people slamming her 'Met Gala outfit' because of one huge catch

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Trump calls Biden a 'mean person' who isn’t smart

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RFK Jr admits that people 'shouldn't be taking medical advice' from him