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On the off chance something good does emerge from this chaotic conflict, don’t rush to give the President any credit for it

Polymarket has defended allowing people to bet on war, claiming somehow that what it was doing was “invaluable”

Charles Kushner – Jared’s dad – spent two years in jail after secretly filming his brother-in-law with a prostitute. So naturally Donald Trump made him ambassador to France. It’s been a disaster

The rapper is defending himself against claims of antisemitic workplace discrimination by claiming artistic expression

The Reform leader and occasional MP for Clacton is off another personal money-making trip to America

From ending a war in 'Servia' to moaning he hadn't got a military medal, the stand-out moments of an unhinged one hour 47 minutes

They’re the single largest demographic group in America and arguably the most politically influential – yet they seem to attract the ire and contempt of political figures from all sides

Robert F. Kennedy Jr's running mate is leading the fundraising effort for a film mocking the reaction to the Covid pandemic

The FBI director's spinner was furious at reports he was in Italy for the ice hockey final. But there he was...

If the president thinks he’s about to lose control of Congress, there’s a range of tricks he could use to steal the election. It will take a nation of millions to stop him

Weiss made a career by playing the media outsider. But now she’s running CBS – and despite declining audience and newsroom turmoil, there’s no way she can lose

For a while it looked as if Elon Musk would dominate the world of electric cars – but then he turned out to be a basket-case. Now there’s a new global leader in town

A Republican congressman claims Democrats want to get rid of dogs. He was less concerned when one of his own party literally did just that

He's put his name to a street and a cultural centre - but now the carrot-coloured Caligula has set his sights higher

She supported Trump, the January 6 riots and spouted antisemitic conspiracy theories. Now she’s renounced the president and appears on liberal chat shows – but is her conversion all it appears?

The former chair of the US National Intelligence Council says that America’s security apparatus is so damaged the UK is holding back intelligence from the US

With his own man as chair of the Federal Reserve, and infuriated by the Supreme Court ruling on tariffs, the president might now seek to manipulate the currency for political ends

The former president made some comments about extraterrestrial life on a podcast and a lot of people got very excited for all the wrong reasons

The short-lived ex-PM declared the president "right abour everything" as she continues her quest to be a successful podcaster

The firm is set to make massive loss on its $75m hagiography – but keeping the Trump family happy has still been good for its bottom line

The US secretary of state told his audience he was only being tough on Europe because he loved it. It was almost as offensive as JD Vance a year earlier

Has the secretary for Homeland Security been distracted by her close relationship with advisor Corey Lewandowski and a missing blanket?

How the creator of Peanuts created humour from loneliness and sadness

The former iCarly actor’s debut novel, Half His Age, rewrites the story of an age-gap relationship in crude, embarrassing, brilliant style

The disgraced sex offender was able to gather a group of scientists and thinkers around him who shared his anti-woke, anti-women and Silicon Valley techno-fascist views. But it doesn’t end with Epstein

A narcissistic trend is teaching young men the worst lesson women were ever taught: your appearance is everything

The Baftas are coming. The Oscars are next. And yet again, they’ll reward hopelessly middlebrow films that honour the ruling ideas of the ruling class

The party's treasurer appears a number of times in the documents released by the US Department of Justice

The Puerto Rican’s halftime show appearance riled MAGA – but impressed everyone else

The former Murdoch man has left his role as chief executive of the Washington Post days after announcing a massive cull of its journalists