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Donald Trump is an American businessman, media personality, and politician who served as the 45th President of the United States from 2017-2021. Known for his real estate empire, reality TV show 'The Apprentice', and controversial political career, Trump remains one of the most polarizing figures in American politics.
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US Attorney General William Barr says that US President Donald Trump did not collude with the Russian Government in the lead-up to the 2016 US Presidential Election, as the release of the Mueller Report draws ever closer. A redacted version of the full 448-page report says that while no evidence…
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A transgender student has lost his university scholarship after President Donald Trump's transgender military ban came into effect last week. Map Pesqueira, from San Antonio, Texas, was awarded a national three-year Reserve Officers’ Training Corps scholarship to fund his future studies in his senior year of high school. However, his dreams…
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Cannabis is now legal in 10 US states, all of Canada and - like many of the remaining US states - Europe is embracing decriminalisation. As the green tide spreads, so too does the normalisation of cannabis use. According to a United Nations report, the use of the drug increased…
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Okay, everybody, no excuses for spoilers now; it's been a whole two days since the premiere of the eighth season of Game of Thrones, and there's a fair bit to unpack. We've got rising tensions as Jon Snow looks like he might be forced to choose between his family and…
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Yesterday a massive fire ravaged Notre Dame cathedral, an iconic 850-year-old structure and one of the most popular tourist destinations in Paris. As plumes of smoke billowed from the roof and flames toppled the 300-foot spire, the world watched in shock. Fortunately, firefighters were able to save the twin medieval…
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To promote her best-selling memoir, Becoming, former first lady Michelle Obama spoke with The Late Show host Stephen Colbert at an event in London. During the wide-ranging interview, Colbert compared the current state of America to teenager whose body is changing, according to The Independent. Obama agreed, and said Donald…
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A father and son who had been separated for almost 11 months after the Trump administration's 'no tolerance' immigration policy have finally been reunited. Jose Alvizures and his 10-year-old son, Ervin, attempted to enter the US last year after fleeing their home country of Guatemala. They had been getting death…
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Last night, reports emerged from France that the iconic Notre Dame cathedral, regarded as Paris' beating heart, had been partially destroyed by a major fire. It has since transpired that firefighters were able to save the 850-year-old landmark's stone structure and its two towers, but the building's roof and spire…
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Notre Dame cathedral, the 850-year-old structure regarded as the beating heart of Paris, has been partially saved by firefighters after a devastating fire toppled its iconic 300-foot spire. "The fire is now weaker," said Laurent Nunez, secretary to the interior minister, per CNN. "We are now in a time of…
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On 23 March, Democratic Congresswoman Ilhan Omar delivered a speech to the Council on American-Islamic Relations (Cair). She referenced the 9/11 attacks, somewhat dismissively, with the phrase “some people did something". A small snippet from a speech about Muslims' place in the US, her words were taken out of context…
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Last week, almost two years after Donald Trump tweeted that he wanted to exclude transgender individuals from serving in the US military, the president's transphobic ban was put into practice. From now on, new military recruits will be prevented from transitioning, the military has the right to discharge those currently…
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A spokesperson for Notre Dame Cathedral said that the entire wooden interior is on fire and will likely be destroyed. "Everything is burning, nothing will remain from the frame," said spokesperson André Finot, according to The Associated Press, Bloomberg News and CBC. Watch the heartbreaking moment the spire collapses: On Monday afternoon, a…
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A massive fire has engulfed Paris' famous Notre Dame cathedral, which was built in 1160 and completed in 1260. The blaze was first reported at 5.50pm (GMT) and the monument was evacuated shortly afterwards, according to a spokesperson for the cathedral. The cause of the fire is not known, but…
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A teenage girl has been left upset after being asked to cover up after wearing pro-Trump clothing at school event celebrating 'American pride'. Ciretta Mackenzie, a freshman at Epping High School in New Hampshire, had been planning to wear gear depicting the phrase Make America Great Again - a key…
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Ever since he assumed the presidency, Donald Trump and his wife Melania have received a lot of press coverage - but not all of it has been particularly positive. Obviously, there was a lot of scandal around Trump's alleged affair with Stormy Daniels (something she claims took place shortly after Melania…
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The increasingly frosty relationship between America and Iran will have been causing distress to anyone with a nervous disposition. President Trump withdrew from the Iran nuclear deal last year in order to put sanctions on the country. In doing so, he has destabilised a delicate political situation which had brought…
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It's fair to say that Alec Baldwin and President Donald Trump aren't exactly on close terms. Baldwin's views mean that he's often at odds with the Republican leader, and choosing to portray him in a series of sketches on Saturday Night Live certainly didn't help matters. To be fair to…
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To the dismay of grandparents and traditionalists everywhere, video gaming is now officially a high school sport. Esports is the fastest growing spectator sport and its influence is being seen in the US education system where, in eight states, it is a legitimate varsity sport. Connecticut, Georgia, Kentucky, Massachusetts and…
