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Melania won’t be able to stay quiet forever as Trump-Epstein controversy explodes  

Melania won’t be able to stay quiet forever as Trump-Epstein controversy explodes  
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JD Vance is holidaying in the Cotswolds – strange choice for an anti-elitist politician

JD Vance is holidaying in the Cotswolds – strange choice for an anti-elitist politician
21.07.2025 1

iNews

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Trump says Melania helped change his mind on Ukraine - don't believe him

Trump says Melania helped change his mind on Ukraine - don't believe him
16.07.2025 7

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Trump’s tariff chaos is making him look weaker by the day

Trump’s tariff chaos is making him look weaker by the day
13.07.2025 30

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Musk's America Party is doomed - he couldn't even complete his Doge 'internship'

01.07.2025 4

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Trump is the world's Daddy – and it's pathetic

26.06.2025 3

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Books / The bloodstained origins of the Italian Renaissance

24.06.2025 4

The Spectator

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Books / The bloodstained origins of the Italian Renaissance

24.06.2025 2

The Spectator

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Trump has just sown the seeds of his undoing

24.06.2025 6

iNews

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This is JD Vance's chance to become president - and he is squandering it

18.06.2025 10

iNews

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The Trump-Musk implosion is finally here – grab the popcorn

05.06.2025 20

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Even Maga is losing patience with Trump

14.05.2025 4

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The new Pope has already put JD Vance in a difficult position

09.05.2025 5

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Trump can be derailed - this is how the Democrats can win

24.03.2025 6

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Elon Musk could still abandon Donald Trump - and use his powers for good

Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, and Donald Trump, who is about to become the world’s most powerful leader again, are locked in an unholy...

02.01.2025 8

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The latest Dragon Age game is unbearably right-on

Like all other forms of culture, video games offer a way to escape from, or reflect on, reality through fiction. Unlike almost any other form of...

05.12.2024 9

The Spectator

James Ball

Elon Musk changed the rules – and the Democrats just let him

The world’s undisputed military superpower went to the polls on Tuesday, with attacks on the integrity of its election process coming from within...

06.11.2024 10

iNews

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Books / Conspiracy theories are as old as witch hunts

To millions of people across America, Hillary Clinton sits atop a global network of satanic child-traffickers and is battling an underground...

25.10.2024 10

The Spectator

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Books / Is now the most exciting point in human history?

Yuval Noah Harari has sold more than 45 million books in 65 languages. He is a professor with a PhD from the University of Oxford, has spoken at...

02.10.2024 7

The Spectator

James Ball

Kamala Harris's speech revealed a weakness that Donald Trump is about to test

Vibes might be the most powerful force in politics, and right now the vibes are with the Kamala Harris campaign. When the sense is that things are...

23.08.2024 2

iNews

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Why Big Tech stands to win from a Trump presidency

There was a time, just a few short years ago, where the consensus was that big tech was “liberal”. Republican politicians in the US would complain...

28.07.2024 20

iNews

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Conspiracy theories on the Trump attack paint a terrifying picture of America

The horror of the Pennsylvania shooting could not have been more visible. Within seconds of the attack on the Trump rally, anyone around the world...

14.07.2024 10

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