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    Mayors Eric Adams, Michael Johnston, Brandon Johnson and Michelle Wu are sworn in during a House hearing in Washington DC on Wednesday. Photograph: Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images

    Plan to skewer US sanctuary city mayors backfires on Republicans

    New York, Chicago, Boston and Denver mayors use platform at Capitol hearing to reject claims about crime and gangs

    By Joseph Gedeon in Washington

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    U.S. President Donald Trump to speak to Congress

    Address set to begin at 9 p.m. ET

    U.S. President Donald Trump, who moved ahead this week with sweeping tariffs on longtime allies Canada and Mexico, is set to deliver the first joint congressional address of his second term on Tuesday night.

    Trump to address Congress and nation as he tests limits of presidential power

    It comes as he moves with lightning speed to forcibly enact his agenda.

    President Donald Trump addresses a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Feb. 28, 2017. J. Scott Applewhite/AP, FILES

    Vance Reveals Exact Moment When Zelensky’s Oval Office Meeting Derailed

    The vice president initially wanted to “defuse” things, he told Fox News’ Sean Hannity. The president wasn’t having any of it.

    US President Donald Trump (C) and Vice President J.D. Vance meet with Vladimir Zelensky in the Oval Office at the White House on February 28, 2025 in Washington, DC. © Andrew Harnik/Getty Images

    Diplomacy dies on live TV as Trump and Vance gang up to bully Ukraine leader

    Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the Oval Office with Donald Trump and JD Vance on Friday. Photograph: Brian Snyder/Reuters

    Trump berates Zelenskyy in Oval Office brawl

    Trump berates Zelenskyy in Oval Office brawl

    Vivek Ramaswamy announces run for governor in Ohio

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    Donald Trump picks rightwing podcaster as FBI’s second-in-command

    Dan Bongino among online influencers who supported US president’s conspiracy theories and re-election bid

    Dan Bongino, pictured, has hosted Trump on his daily podcast, and has regularly promoted the president while frequently attacking ‘libs’ and former leader Joe Biden © Susan Walsh/AP

    Brutal email to millions of US workers

    Musk leads the efforts under the newly created Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), and the thousands of sacked workers are not happy. Picture: Jason Redmond / AFP

    Trump blows up over trans athlete ban

    Donald Trump unleashed a tirade on the leader of one US state during a very awkward and tense clash meeting at the White House.

    Mr Trump arriving to speak at the Governors Working Session in the State Dining Room of the White House. Picture: Jim Watson / AFP

    Acting ICE director removed amid White House pressure to boost arrests

    Caleb Vitello, a veteran ICE official, will be reassigned in latest agency shakeup.

    The New York City Fugitive Operations Team, joined by ICE Acting Director Caleb Vitello, conducts enforcement operations Jan. 28 in New York. (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement/Getty Images)

    How DOGE got access to government workers, real estate, and payment systems so quickly

    Thousands of IRS employees fired

    Elon Musk attends a meeting with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office at the White House on February 13, in Washington, DC. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images

    FBI nominee Kash Patel confirmed in narrow Senate vote

    Patel has suggested his top two priorities were 'let good cops be cops' and 'transparency is essential'

    Kash Patel, President Donald Trump's choice to be director of the FBI, appears before the Senate Judiciary Committee for his confirmation hearing, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

    Zelensky says Trump lives in ‘disinformation space’

    File photo: US President Donald Trump meets Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in New York, September 27, 2024. © Julia Demaree Nikhinson, AP

    ‘NOT DEMOCRACY’: Elon Musk unleashes on TV in awkward interview

    In a joint interview, Elon Musk and Donald Trump were asked to address awkward questions about the billionaire.

    Mr Musk, sitting next to Mr Musk, during the interview. Picture: Fox News

    Trump elected chair of the Kennedy Center by newly constituted board

    The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is reflected in the Potomac River in Washington, September 24, 2022. J. David Ake/AP

    Senate votes to confirm Tulsi Gabbard as director of national intelligence

    Senate approves nomination of former Democrat as Mitch McConnell is sole Republican to vote against Trump pick

    Tulsi Gabbard testifies during her Senate confirmation hearing last month. Photograph: Nathan Howard/Reuters
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