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Trump trolled online after praising ‘truly great friendship’ with President Xi

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The Independent UK · Sep 24

The Latest: Trump hails ‘truly great friendship’ with China’s Xi Jinping as summit begins

Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping have no shortage of difficult issues to cover when they sit down for talks at the White House

The Independent UK · Sep 24

Trump trolled over resurfaced tweet attacking Obama for hosting China’s Xi Jinping: ‘So wrong!’

‘There's always a tweet,’ one social media user quipped, just as President Trump rolled out the red carpet for China’s leader

The Independent UK · Sep 24

Delcy Rodríguez poses with Trump in New York as Maduro languishes in jail nearby

Venezuela’s interim president hails ‘historic meeting’ and does not say whether she will visit snatched predecessor

The Guardian - UK · Sep 23

2 midterm elections that brought on new eras in US politics

The conventional wisdom is that the Democratic Party has the advantage in the 2026 midterm elections and could become the majority party in one, or both, chambers of Congress. The margin of that anticipated victory is harder to predict.

The Conversation · Sep 23

Thomas Chatterton Williams on how Covid-19, George Floyd protests affected US social justice

An acclaimed American author has spoken to FRANCE 24 about his theories on how American society's opinion and ideas of social justice have changed since the presidency of Barack Obama. Thomas Chatterton Williams says the left became disillusioned during Obama's second term, and in later years amid the George Floyd…

France 24 · Sep 23

What’s on the agenda for the Trump-Xi summit, and what won’t they discuss?

Two leaders could discuss tech safety issues and US-China trade ties but may skip over climate emergency

The Guardian - UK · Sep 23

This deep-red state could be primed for a Democratic takeover — and Trump’s to blame

ELECTION 2026: Analysis: A Republican Senate candidate is struggling to separate herself from Trump’s ‘forever wars,’ Eric Garcia writes. Democrats see an opening in that quandary

The Independent UK · Sep 22

Other presidents have let white-collar criminals dodge financial penalties – but not like Trump

President Donald Trump loves a good pardon. His generosity is so well known, in fact, that an industry of lobbyists, lawyers and other insiders has reportedly sprung up to facilitate clemency for wealthy criminals. Clemency, meaning mercy or leniency, lets the president reduce the punishment for, or even forgive, federal…

The Conversation · Sep 22

Vance defends Trump over press ban and removal of ‘propaganda’ from the White House

The vice president pushed back against free speech concerns, claiming the banned outlets retain full ability to cover the executive branch from outside White House grounds

The Independent UK · Sep 21