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Trump says Musk is ‘off the rails’ and calls his new political party ‘ridiculous’

US president railed against his former adviser online after tech billionaire said he will start and bankroll America party

Donald Trump called Elon Musk’s decision to start and bankroll a new US political party “ridiculous” on Sunday. “Third parties have never worked, so he can have fun with it but I think it’s ridiculous,” the president told reporters traveling with him back to the White House from his New Jersey golf club.

He then elaborated, at great length, in a post on his social media platform, Truth Social. “I am saddened to watch Elon Musk go completely ‘off the rails,’ essentially becoming a TRAIN WRECK over the past five weeks,” the president wrote. “He even wants to start a Third Political Party, despite the fact that they have never succeeded in the United States”.

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© Photograph: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

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Hot diggity dog: Joey Chestnut regains title in New York hotdog eating contest

Leviathan of competitive eating fires up Nathan’s Fourth of July event after yearlong ban for promoting rival wieners

Joey “Jaws” Chestnut reclaimed his title at the annual Nathan’s Fourth of July hotdog eating contest on Friday, cementing his status as the undisputed all-time champion of hotdog consumption.

A rerun of Jaws was the blockbuster attraction in Coney Island this Fourth of July holiday, but not the classic Steven Spielberg movie enjoying a new lease of life on the 50th anniversary of its release.

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© Photograph: David Dee Delgado/Reuters

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Trump celebrates harsh conditions for detainees on visit to ‘Alligator Alcatraz’

President says immigration jail in Florida Everglades is a ‘little controversial, but I couldn’t care less’

Donald Trump on Tuesday toured “Alligator Alcatraz”, a controversial new migrant detention jail in the remote Florida Everglades, and celebrated the harsh conditions that people sent there would experience.

The president was chaperoned by Florida’s hard-right governor, Ron DeSantis, who hailed the tented camp on mosquito-infested land 50 miles west of Miami as an example for other states that supported Trump’s mass deportation agenda.

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© Photograph: Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters

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Trump says Israel has agreed to 60-day ceasefire in Gaza – live updates

US president makes claim that Israel has agreed to a ceasefire plan but Hamas’ involvement in talks is unclear

The senate has adopted an amendment offered by Republican senator Joni Ernst – who represents Iowa - to prevent jobless millionaires from claiming unemployment compensation.

Lawmakers voted 99-1 to strike the AI regulation ban from the bill by adopting an amendment offered by Republican senator Marsha Blackburn.

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© Photograph: Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

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