Trump turns on Meloni, says he is 'shocked' by Italian leader Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni ​lacks courage and has let Washington down, U.S. President Donald Trump told an Italian newspaper on Tuesday, delivering a ‌blunt public rebuke to one of his closest European allies.

Trump turns on Meloni, says he is 'shocked' by Italian leader reut.rs/4tP37w5

Can you spot which one of these things is not like the other?

A tweet quoting a priest describing Pope Leo’s past human rights advocacy in Peru and defending his continued outspokenness, with a CNN split-screen image of a female anchor and an older man speaking remotely.

The Pope has more compassion and courage in his little left toe than Trump has mustered in a lifetime. In a match, I'm going with Southside Leo.

House Democrats call for commission led by JD Vance to oust Trump Measure by Jamie Raskin follows statements by Trump about annihilating Iran and post depicting himself as Jesus * Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox House Democrats on Tuesday proposed creating a commission that would work with JD Vance to remove Donald Trump from office under the 25th amendment, should they determine he is no longer fit to serve. The measure, introduced by Jamie Raskin, the top Democrat on the House judiciary committee, follows a series of statements from Trump, including his recent warning that Iran’s “whole civilization will die” if it did not capitulate to his demands, and a social media post that depicted him as Jesus Christ. Continue reading...

House Democrats call for commission led by JD Vance to oust Trump

#RejoinEU
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I did post that picture of me as the Virgin Mary, but I thought it was me as a super model. Many people have said they can't tell the difference between me and a super model.

MAGA Melts Down After 'Woke' Pope Leo Urges The World To 'Search Always For Peace'

Peace is "woke" now?

@coldwarsteve.bsky.social did it better!
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Guessing this is why he's having 'Executive Time' until 2 PM today ... 😉

"I thought it was me as a doctor..."
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how do we get JD Vance to start speaking at Reform press conferences

Please send JD Vance to support Nigel Farage, the Rassemblent National and thee AfD!

one immediate dramatic consequence of the Hungarian result:

Magyar has promised to repair relations with the EU and unblock a €90bn EU loan for Ukraine

Was it only four days ago The Telegraph comment pages were gazing into their tea leaves ?

So happy for Hungarians - a chance to stop the erosion of democracy, corruption, and economic malaise. And such an unqualified middle finger to Trump, Vance and Putin - and all the politicians in Europe who endorsed Orban, like Meloni, Wilders, Weidel, Le Pen. All losers tonight

“viktor orban has more integrity than the US president” is not a phase i thought i’d ever say but here we are

Arwa Mahdawi on *that* press conference & the "Melania Trump effect":

"I have another possible explanation. And that is that the Trumps aren’t just morally bankrupt, they’re also very, very stupid."

What on Earth is Melania Trump thinking? | Arwa Mahdawi
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White House says Trump will discuss possibility of leaving NATO with Mark Rutte The US president accused its allies of 'turning their back' on the American people after Washington's partners refused to back his war on Iran.

White House says Trump will discuss possibility of leaving NATO with Mark Rutte

Prime Minister of Spain Pedro Sánchez:

“The Government of Spain will not applaud those who set the world on fire just because they show up with a bucket.”

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Education in the UK has been pushed to the brink, Zack Polanski tells conference Education in the UK has been pushed to the brink, the leader of the Greens has said, as he pledged his party would provide more money for schools by…

"Mr Polanski added: “We have a plan to tax the extreme wealth being hoarded in this country.

“We need to make sure that money can flow around the economy to where it’s really needed, like our schools.”

www.theargus.co.uk/news/2598196...

Will Trump bring peace, or more bombs? Shady speculators seem to bet right every time | Nesrine Malik The president may not be benefiting directly from betting markets, but he has encouraged a culture that treats politics like a casino floor, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik

"Before the US attack on Iran, several new accounts on the [betting] platform predicted the timing of the US/Israeli strikes, just 24 hours before they happened"

Will Trump bring peace, or more bombs? Shady speculators seem to bet right every time | Nesrine Malik
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A photo of Ali and Fatima in their press vests and hats, smiling at the camera with Lebanon in the background

Two of the journalists assassinated in South Lebanon this morning by Israel were Lebanese correspondents Ali Shoeib and Fatima Ftouni.

They become the 252nd and 253rd journalists killed by Israel in the last two years.

Unprecedented.

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Black and white photo of the remains of the journalists’ car. It is still smoking and burnt out with debris scattered on the road. Photo credit to Mohamed Safa, Executice Director of PVA, first posted on X

NEW: Israeli strikes killed seven paramedics this morning, as well as the three journalists targeted in this car.

According to other media in the group, the car was clearly marked with “PRESS” on the sides & roof.

A violation of Article 79 of the Geneva Conventions.

Israel’s Gaza Playbook.

Monday - Send more troops
Tuesday - Say we’re ending war
Wednesday - Send more troops
Thursday - Say ending war
Friday - Send more troops
Saturday - Golf
Sunday - Golf

MAGA has been swooning over an Army soldier and her pro-Trump message. She is AI The account is an example of how artificial intelligence is being used to push political agendas in wartime

MAGA has been swooning over a beautiful Army soldier and her pro-Trump message. She is AI

‘Trump is aiming for dictatorship’. That’s the verdict of the world’s most credible democracy watchdog | Martin Gelin Sweden’s V-Dem Institute warns that the US is no longer a liberal democracy. And autocracy is creeping across Europe too, says writer Martin Gelin

"the US is hurtling towards autocracy at a faster rate than Hungary and Turkey"

‘Trump is aiming for dictatorship’. That’s the verdict of the world’s most credible democracy watchdog | Martin Gelin
www.theguardian.com/world/commen...

McGowan: You're saying 46 Americans died, so we should attack this country. Here at home, 68,000 Americans die a year because they don't have health insurance. So, if we're going to spend billions of dollars on something…