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The leaked recording that shows why Republicans are done with Trump

The leaked recording that shows why Republicans are done with Trump

The US President has cleared his White House diary to concentrate on the midterm elections. Trump regards himself as “the closer”, the guy who can...

03.10.2026 80

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Trump's voters are turning on him. Republicans know exactly why

Bo French is a Republican politician running for election to an obscure regulatory body called the Texas Railroad Commission. He was a nobody until...

20.09.2026 50

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JD Vance is building a war chest - and coming for the presidency

“What a job he did tonight,” President Donald Trump beamed at his deputy, JD Vance. The Republican convention in Dallas was meant to focus...

11.09.2026 30

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Vance vs Hegseth is Maga's brains-against-brawn battle to succeed Trump

Roll up, roll up for the 2028 presidential contest. I know we haven’t had the midterm elections yet, but the unusual mid-season Republican Party...

06.09.2026 40

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We’re going to hear a lot more about Trump’s ‘Epstein class’

The Democrats have finally come up with a mid-term message that they think will resonate with voters. As you might expect, it’s all about Donald...

29.08.2026 30

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Melania's not-so-subtle message to Trump's favourite aide

“I heard you missed me,” Melania Trump teased last night at her first public outing in a month since the World Cup final. “Here I am.” Timing...

21.08.2026 30

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Trump's terrifying secret prisons that epitomise his America

To celebrate 50 years of independence from Britain, the kingdom of Swaziland changed its name to Eswatini in 2018. I had to look up the tiny nation on...

16.08.2026 30

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Trump is preparing for defeat before a single midterm vote is cast

Donald Trump has been musing on the prospect of defeat at the midterm elections. Interviewed by Punchbowl News, he admitted: “I think we are going...

09.08.2026 60

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JD Vance is blowing his chance to be president

Vice President JD Vance and Israeli Pime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held a meeting in Washington designed to clear the air between them this week....

01.08.2026 40

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One word that shows how much damage the Epstein scandal has done to Trump

President Donald Trump’s press secretary Karoline Leavitt had a one-word answer about whether the White House would intervene in the UK extradition...

25.07.2026 40

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JD Vance's memoir has revealed why Trump thinks so little of him

JD Vance calls his new book on his spiritual journey Communion but it reads as a confession of his cynicism and ambition. There are remnants of the...

20.06.2026 40

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Behind the White House UFC ring, ageing Trump is in the fight of his life

13.06.2026 40

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Trump's retribution campaign has taken an even more disturbing turn

President Trump appears to have a new target in his retribution campaign – agony aunt E Jean Carroll. She’s as tough as old boots but I fear for...

29.05.2026 50

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Trump's building himself a bunker - it's clear he knows he is failing

Has Donald Trump entered the bunker phase of his presidency? He didn’t seem keen to leave the White House when asked a perfectly natural question...

22.05.2026 50

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Trump has been fooled - but Maga haven’t even noticed yet

China’s president Xi Jinping appears to have been studying King Charles’s royal playbook when dealing with Donald Trump. Step one: bedazzle the US...

16.05.2026 50

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Trump’s bromance with Putin is turning sour

To his admirers, Donald Trump is playing 3- or 4-D chess with such aplomb that they can always identify a considered strategy behind his seemingly...

09.05.2026 50

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There is only person Trump would trust to succeed him – but she’s too smart to do it

Amazon is reportedly toying with the idea of making Donald Trump Jr the host of a reboot of The Apprentice, the TV show that paved the way for his...

02.05.2026 60

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The plot to bring down Trump has begun

Donald Trump’s madcap threat to destroy Iran’s “whole civilisation” sent shudders down spines in Washington. Armageddon has been averted for...

11.04.2026 60

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Trump thinks he's Jesus - no wonder the White House didn't want you to see this video

Donald Trump held an Easter lunch at the White House attended by faith leaders and cabinet members which was barred to the media. Things went wrong,...

04.04.2026 70

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Inside Maga-land, where Trump's seething disciples are turning on him

This year’s Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), America’s biggest annual Republican get-together, is taking place in Grapevine,...

28.03.2026 80

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Trump thinks he's funny. But his jokes will bite him on the a**e

Say what you like about Donald Trump, but he dishes it out to his friends’ faces, not just behind their backs. The polite half of the world was...

21.03.2026 50

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Pete Hegseth is too foolish to see he is becoming Trump's sacrificial lamb

We are beginning to see in real time what happens when a vain, looksmaxxing US secretary of war encounters death and destruction, and it isn’t...

14.03.2026 60

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JD Vance is vanishing before our eyes

When the Iran war started, JD Vance was photographed in the White House Situation Room looking disheveled and tieless beneath the grand seal of the...

07.03.2026 80

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Trump's inner circle are paranoid and confused - he's exposed

Donald Trump has been doing his own spinning about Operation Epic Fury with a round of media interviews. But behind the confident chatter, the US...

04.03.2026 60

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Trump fanned the Epstein flames – and now he can't escape them

Donald Trump has at last got the Clintons where he wanted – in the dock, giving testimony about Jeffrey Epstein to Congress. Trump first mooted the...

27.02.2026 50

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Trump's plot to 'steal' the midterm elections is becoming clear

President Trump is in a massive sulk over the upcoming White House governors dinner on 20 February. His own side is unhappy and Democrats are...

15.02.2026 90

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The moral reckoning for Trump’s America is here

08.02.2026 40

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The real reason for Trump's erratic behaviour is becoming ever clearer

02.02.2026 40

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Melania knows what's really going on with Trump. She's keeping her distance

23.01.2026 40

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Trump is losing America, and he simply doesn’t care

19.01.2026 40

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Needy, greedy Trump is no longer loved by America - the polls prove it

16.01.2026 40

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The health admission that will now plague Trump's presidency

03.01.2026 70

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Trump has proven it – no one over 70 is fit to be president

30.12.2025 50

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Trump’s vicious presidency looks more beatable by the day

27.12.2025 50

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The moment Trump caused his own undoing

20.12.2025 40

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Maga is eating itself alive – and it could bring down Trump

14.12.2025 40

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Trump's cruelty has gone too far - and America will punish him

29.11.2025 50

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Trump may not make it to 2028 with his health intact

16.11.2025 60

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The Republicans can't win with Trump - or without him

06.11.2025 40

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Donald Trump's true enemy is his own health

28.10.2025 40

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Trump wants $230m from American taxpayers – even Maga won't stomach that

26.10.2025 30

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JD Vance is the brains behind the US descent into authoritarianism

11.10.2025 50

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Finally, Trump and Putin realise the truth: Russia is losing in Ukraine

21.09.2025 40

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The death of Charlie Kirk is the opening act of an American disaster

11.09.2025 40

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Plenty of admiration and no deal in sight - Trump's summit was a failure

16.08.2025 40

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Trump is now Ukraine’s only hope – and he knows it

09.08.2025 40

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JD Vance has a choice - be Trump's puppet president or become irrelevant

07.08.2025 40

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The person most excited for a Kamala Harris comeback? Donald Trump

02.08.2025 30

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Trump is fleeing Epstein attention - if only he knew what Brits have in store

25.07.2025 50

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Trump's world is colliding with reality - and he is floundering

11.07.2025 50

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