Royals are expected to make separate trips after Donald Trump paused implementation of agreement

King Charles III and the Prince of Wales are expected to make separate trips to the US in 2026 as part of a campaign to revitalise a trade deal with Donald Trump, it has been reported.

Advanced talks on a visit by the king are said to be under way, the Times reported. The paper suggested that Charles’s visit to the US was likely to take place in April.

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President Donald Trump posted images of new marble armrests for the renamed Kennedy Center as an ongoing lawsuit continues to challenge the rebrand decision.

Israel became the first country to officially recognize Somaliland as an independent nation in a historic diplomatic move tied to the Abraham Accords framework.

Palau, a small Pacific nation with 18,000 residents, agreed to accept U.S. deportees to address labor shortages. The deal includes millions in aid.

The president is planning to meet with the leader of Ukraine in Florida just as the lawmakers are applying some pressure.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he expects to meet with U,S. President Donald Trump in Florida on Sunday in pursuit of a deal to end Russia’s nearly four-year invasion, though the latest comments from Moscow raise doubts about how close a final agreement really is. Read More

President Donald Trump said he will call the final shots on any Ukraine-Russia peace deal ahead of a reported meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt announced Friday she is expecting her second child, becoming the first person in the high-profile role to be pregnant. Read More

President Donald Trump's pardon of former Colorado County Clerk Tina Peters is front and center in a legal battle as she remains jailed on a state conviction.

China and Russia slam Trump's Venezuela operations as Maduro faces mounting pressure from U.S. oil seizures and military strikes in Caribbean waters.

Anyone who wants to live in a safe, fair and free country should be alarmed.

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An Afrikaner flew to the United States expecting protection. Instead, he has spent months locked up in Georgia alongside hundreds of other immigrants.

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EXCLUSIVE: White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt is expecting a baby girl, Fox News Digital has learned.

Joe Rogan called it "so crazy" for President Donald Trump to have plaques attacking his predecessors, saying, "You shouldn't be allowed to do this."

CBS News editor-in-chief argues in memo that network’s priority was ‘comprehensive and fair’ coverage

• Who is Bari Weiss, the new editor-in-chief of CBS News?

CBS News’ editor-in-chief, Bari Weiss, defended her decision to pull a 60 Minutes episode on allegations investigating a notorious prison in El Salvador, arguing that the network’s priority was to ensure its coverage was “comprehensive and fair”.

In the memo sent to staff on Christmas Eve, Weiss said news organizations needed to do more to win back the trust of the American public and vowed that “no amount of outrage” would “derail us”.

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President Donald Trump said U.S. forces conducted "powerful and deadly" strikes Thursday against Islamic State "terrorists" in northwestern Nigeria, weeks after he warned against any systemic assault on Christians in the country. Read More

President Trump said the targets of airstrikes in Nigeria were Islamic State terrorists responsible for killing Christians, but experts question his framing.

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The blueprint covers a broad range of issues, including territory, security guarantees and postwar reconstruction. But Russia has indicated little willingness to end the war.

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Every Sunday, protesters from Florida and beyond go to the notorious immigration jail and advocate for its closure

They come on buses, in cars and RVs. Some ride on motorcycles. Every Sunday afternoon, convoys of protesters from all over Florida, and others from out of state, descend on the notorious “Alligator Alcatraz” immigration jail in the Everglades to stand vigil for those held inside.

It is a ritual that began in August, a month after the opening of the remote detention camp celebrated by Donald Trump for its harsh conditions, and hailed by Florida’s Republican governor, Ron DeSantis, as a model for the president’s aggressive detention and deportation agenda.

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Fiber artists across the US are using their craft to protest against everything from national guard deployments to rollbacks on abortion rights

In early October, Tracy Wright invited a group of other women in her social circle – all fellow knitters – to gather outside the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in their home town of Portland, Oregon. They were “armed with their weapons of mass construction”.

Donald Trump had just ordered national guard troops deployed to the city, which he called “war ravaged” in order to protect ICE facilities he said were “under siege” by anti-fascists “and other domestic terrorists”.

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