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October 14, 2026 - New White House press secretary has catastrophic debut at the podium

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October 10, 2026 - Trump and Vance differ over prospect of America's first public execution in 90 years

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October 9, 2026 - "American Week": Trump again threatens the midterms, and Hegseth orders a public execution

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October 5, 2026 - US scrambles B1 bombers out of RAF Fairford

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October 3, 2026 - US Roundup: Trump sought advice from AI engine Grok over Venezuela invasion

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October 1, 2026 - Condemned murderer survives execution in Tennessee in dramatic, fresh blow to death penalty

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October 2, 2026 - "American Week": Trump belatedly hits the campaign trail, and Tennessee brutally botches an execution

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September 25, 2026 - "American Week": Trump threatens to annihalate Iran, dooms Republicans in midterms, then shows Xi his White House renovations

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September 24, 2026 - Iran accuses Trump of terrorism, as beleaguered Republicans urge him to end war

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September 23, 2026 - Trump threatens war crimes on Iran, and renames Artificial Intelligence

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September 23, 2026 - Burnham and Trump's first meeting sparks review of Chagos handover

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September 22, 2026 - Trump's "ban on the free press" sparks fury and a legal backlash

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September 4, 2026 - "American Week": Trump's cunning Post Office plan to rig the midterm elections

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September 4, 2026 - Trump may be going "wobbly" over the Falklands

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August 28. 2026 - "American Week": CIA Director makes mystery trip to Moscow, and remembering Dolly Parton

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August 21, 2026 - "American Week": America's National Debt tops $40 trillion portending major problems ahead

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August 12, 2026 - Trump confirms Air Force One deception in effort to protect him from Iranian death threats

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August 7, 2026 - "American Week": Trump can no longer stipulate to reality

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August 1, 2026 - US Roundup: Democratic Socialists eat into Trump's working class support

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July 31, 2026 - "American Week": Trump craters in the polls, while the Democrats tear themselves apart

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July 28, 2026 - Zelensky and Netanyahu in Washington for separate meetings with Trump

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July 25, 2026 - Washington's most toe-curling event of the year

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July 24, 2026 - "American Week": Trump welcomes Burnham to No. 10 with new tariffs

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July 20, 2026 - Whither Britain as Burnham comes to power?

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July 17, 2026 - "American Week": Trump advances his plans to undermine midterm elections

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July 13, 2026 - Remembering Lindsey Graham, 1955 - 2026

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July 10, 2026 - "American Week": Trump tries to rig the World Cup

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July 9, 2026 - US strikes 90 targets across Iran after Trump calls regime "scum"

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July 4, 2026 - On America's 250th birthday, Trump warns communism is on the march

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July 3, 2026 - "American Week": America in muted mood on its 250th birthday eve

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July 1, 2026 - US Roundup: Trump suffers big Supreme Court loss over birthright citizenship

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June 26, 2026 - "American Week": Trump takes a first crack at Burnham, while Democratic Socialists challenge their party's elite

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June 20, 2026 - US Roundup: Trump's deal with Iran under strain

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June 19, 2026 - "American Week": Trump capitulates to Iran

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June 13, 2026 - "American Week": Trump "loves the inflation", and is "thunderously booed" in New York

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June 11, 2026 - Bill Gates tells Congress that Epstein tried to blackmail him

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June 11, 2026 - US fires 49 Tomahawk missiles at Iran, saying it will "negotiate with bombs"

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June 10, 2026 - Trump launches military reprisals against Iran, risking ceasefire talks

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May 7, 2026 - US Roundup: Iran launches attacks on Israel on 100th day of conflict

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June 5, 2026 - "American Week": Trump "bored" by Iran negotiations while his family coins it

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June 3, 2026 - Meltdown at CBS News amid fresh allegations of pro-Trump interference

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June 2, 2026 - US Roundup: Trump in retreat, except in reported conversation with Netanyahu

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May 29, 2026 - "American Week": Trump's stability questioned over Iran talks, and Jill Biden rakes over old coals

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May 24, 2026 - Republican Senators fear Trump's Iran plan amounts to "surrender"

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May 23, 2026 - AS IT BROKE: Suspect in White House shooting killed by Secret Service

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May 23, 2026 - AS IT BROKE: White House under security lockdown after reports of gunfire

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May 22, 2026 - "American Week": Republicans revolt over Trump's "slush fund"

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May 20, 2026 - US indicts Raul Castro, brother of Fidel, on murder charges

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May 20, 2026 - Trump successfully purges "traitors" in Republican primaries, and reveals his "ballroom" is really a bunker

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May 19, 2026 - Trump reveals his ballroom will in fact be an impenetrable military bunker

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May 19, 2026 - Trump plans $1.776 billion fund to funnel taxpayer money to his mates over "lawfare" claims

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May 18, 2026 - 5 dead, including two teenage suspects, after attack on San Diego Islamic Centre

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May 18, 2026 - AS IT BROKE: Shooting at Islamic Centre of San Diego

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May 16, 2026 - Trump returns from Beijing, indicating possible shift in US support for Taiwan

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May 15, 2026 - "American Week": Trump goes to China as Xi draws a Taiwanese line in the sand

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May 13, 2026 - Trump arrives in China for crucial Beijing summit with Xi

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May 10, 2026 - US Roundup: Trump rejects Iranian response to peace proposals as "TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE"

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May 9, 2026 - US Roundup: Trump congratulates Swinney on re-election, but so far not a word about Starmer or Farage

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May 7, 2026 - Cometh the hour, cometh the Rubio?

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May 6, 2026 - Trump suggests agreement is nearing with Iran, as possible "one-pager" mooted to resolve war

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May 5, 2026 - Trump insists Iran ceasefire is holding, but events in the Strait of Hormuz suggest it is not

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May 5, 2026 - Trump's gambit over Hormuz backfires, and he sparks a trade setback with the UK

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May 4, 2026 - US denies Iran struck an American warship as Trump's "Project Freedom" gets underway

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May 3, 2026 - US Roundup: Rudy Giuliani in critical condition in hospital

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May 2, 2026 - U.S. Roundup: Trump orders drawdown of US troops to punish Chancellor Merz for telling the truth about Iran

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May 1, 2026 - "American Week": Important though it was, the State Visit was not America's most consequential event this week

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April 28, 2026 - AS IT BROKE: New UK Ambassador to US says America's "special relationship" is with Israel, not the UK

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April 28, 2026 - State Visit begins, as the King prepares to address Congress

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April 28, 2026 - King and Queen arrive in Washington, but can they save the UK-US relationship?

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April 27, 2026 - King and Queen arrive in US today as Trump asserts "I'm not a rapist"

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April 26, 2026 - "I'm not a rapist", Trump tells CBS 60 Minutes in response to WHCD suspect's 'manifesto'

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April 26, 2026 - Authorities say Hilton attack suspect was "likely" trying to kill Trump and other U.S. officials

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April 26, 2026 - Investigation unearths "manifesto" by Hilton attack suspect , but questions mount about security procedures

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April 25, 2026 - AS IT BROKE: Shots fired at White House Correspondents Dinner - Part Three

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April 25, 2026 - AS IT BROKE: Shots fired at White House Correspondents Dinner - Part Two

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April 25, 2026 - AS IT BROKE: Shots fired at White House Correspondents Dinner - Part One

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April 25, 2026 - King and Queen's State Visit to US to begin Monday, but what does a 'win' look like?

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April 25, 2026 - Trump to attend first White House Correspondents' Dinner, after swelling briefing room with propagandists

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April 25, 2026 - As Americans worry about petrol prices, Trump's obsession with memorials to himself goes into overdrive

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April 24, 2026 - "American Week": U.S. threatens to review Falkland Islands' British sovereignty, as King and Queen pack bags for Washington

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April 24, 2026 - 72 hours before Royal Visit, Trump threatens to review status of The Falkland Islands

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April 23, 2026 - US Roundup: Trump announces extension of Lebanon ceasefire by three weeks

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April 22, 2026 - AS IT BROKE: U.S. Navy Secretary ousted in the middle of Trump's naval blockade of Strait of Hormuz

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April 22, 2026 - More whiplash as Trump indicates his indefinite ceasefire might not be...indefinite

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April 22, 2026 - Trump shows signs of remorse after extending Iran truce indefinitely

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April 22, 2026 - Trump unravels as Iran eschews talks and his approval rating craters

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April 21, 2026 - AS IT BROKE: Trump U-turns, extends ceasefire with Iran, but also US blockade of Strait

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April 19, 2026 - Ships attacked in Strait of Hormuz as peace negotiations hang in balance

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April 18, 2026 - Trump can't save himself from Trump, as agreement with Iran now looks uncertain

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April 17, 2026 - "American Week": Trump becomes increasingly unstable, enraging once-loyal supporters

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April 15, 2026 - Trump is bonkers, but why aren't reporters telling you that?

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April 14, 2026 - Trump flays Meloni after she defends Pope Leo from White House attacks

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April 13, 2026 - Trump struggles to explain purpose of US blockade of Strait of Hormuz, and to explain picture depicting him as Jesus

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April 13, 2026 - Trump begins his blockade of Strait of Hormuz, and deletes an offensive social media post

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April 13, 2026 - Trump deletes controversial post depicting him as Jesus, claiming he thought he was depicted as a doctor

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April 13, 2026 - Trump's naval blockade of Strait of Hormuz raises fresh questions about his mental stability

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April 3, 2026 - "American Week": Pam Bondi walks the plank

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April 1, 2026 - Trump says he is considering withrawal from NATO, and it's not an April Fool's joke

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March 28, 2026 - Iran launches strike on US forces in Saudi as Trump projects invincibility

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March 27, 2026 - "American Week": One month on, there's no end in sight to Trump's war on Iran