Trump wants Russia,China to stop making nuclear weapons,so all can cut defence spending by half

Trump wants Russia,China to stop making nuclear weapons,so all can cut defence spending by half

“There’s no reason for us to be building brand new nuclear weapons,we already have so many,” he said. “You could destroy the world 50,100 times over.”

  • byZeke Miller andMichelle Price

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RFK Jr becomes US health secretary after lone Republican votes ‘no’

RFK Jr becomes US health secretary after lone Republican votes ‘no’

A disgraced Australian celebrity chef has the ear of America’s new health secretary,who has promoted vaccine scepticism and wants fluoride out of the water supply.

  • byMichael Koziol
Beyond Elon Musk’s chaos is a plan being executed with terrifying precision

Beyond Elon Musk’s chaos is a plan being executed with terrifying precision

Republican voters signed up for “The Trump Show:Politics Edition.” Elon Musk is producing and distributing that show,one chaotic bite at a time.

  • byTressie McMillan Cottom
Hundreds of thousands sign petition to buy California for Denmark

Hundreds of thousands sign petition to buy California for Denmark

The lighthearted petition was launched in response to US President Donald Trump’s talk about taking control of Greenland.

  • byStefanie Dazio
Putin accepts Trump’s invitation to ‘come in from the cold’

Putin accepts Trump’s invitation to ‘come in from the cold’

“The time has come for our countries to work together,” the Kremlin has said,after a phone call between the Russian and US presidents.

  • byMichael Koziol
Trump and Putin plan Saudi Arabia meeting as US lays out blunt vision for Ukraine

Trump and Putin plan Saudi Arabia meeting as US lays out blunt vision for Ukraine

While praising Putin for his “common sense”,Trump said the two men had a lengthy and productive phone call and agreed to visit each other’s countries.

  • byMichael Koziol
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We need to become agile to avoid Trump’s road rage
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We need to become agile to avoid Trump’s road rage

Increasingly it feels as if we are living in a new age of the endlessly furious.

  • byTony Wright
How Trump instilled fear in a tiny town in Nebraska

How Trump instilled fear in a tiny town in Nebraska

The Flores family invited almost everyone they knew to their baby’s first birthday. But held in the shadow of the president’s immigration crackdown,they had no idea if anyone would turn up.

  • byAnnie Gowen andSarah L. Voisin
‘Some things I say will be incorrect’:Musk defends DOGE sloppiness

‘Some things I say will be incorrect’:Musk defends DOGE sloppiness

Standing beside the president in the Oval Office,billionaire Elon Musk admitted to making errors of fact,as Donald Trump lashed out at the courts for blocking his agenda.

  • byMichael Koziol
Trump,hosting Jordan’s king,renews his insistence that the US can take over Gaza

Trump,hosting Jordan’s king,renews his insistence that the US can take over Gaza

The president said he didn’t have to threaten to withhold aid to Arab nations in return for co-operation on the plan,reversing his earlier suggestion such a move was possible.

  • byZeke Miller andChris Megerian
Trump says ‘we were treated very nicely by Russia’ as jailed American tastes freedom

Trump says ‘we were treated very nicely by Russia’ as jailed American tastes freedom

Marc Fogel was arrested in Moscow in 2021 and was serving a 14-year prison sentence. His family and supporters said he had been caught with medically prescribed marijuana.

  • byChris Megerian