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Gym owner accused of defrauding investors on military contracts to fund his lavish lifestyle of race cars and travel

Exclusive: ‘When you’re telling someone you’re a SEAL and you weren’t, it’s fraud,’ one former SEAL told The Independent. ‘This is just defrauding people on a larger scale.’

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Trump sends Stephen Colbert a warning ahead of final Late Show airing

Trump issued just eight words when asked about Colbert’s last broadcast

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What the F? Trump can’t stop cursing in his speeches and is going on more random tangents

A new analysis found the president’s use of vulgar, insulting language is on the rise compared to his first term

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Trump’s $1.8B ‘slush fund’ appears to violate a mandate created more than a year ago: legal experts

Then-AG Pam Bondi’s memo laid out that the Justice Department should not use settlements ‘to require payments to nongovernmental, third-party organizations that were neither victims nor parties to the lawsuits’

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Celebration Day: Poet Lucas Jones performs ‘No Flowers, Please’ for his childhood friend

On social media, Lucas Jones shares his poetry about masculinity, love, and grief to more than one million followers. Here, he reads “No Flowers, Please”, a poem he wrote in remembrance of his childhood friend Ali who died when he was 25 years old. The short film, directed by Oliver…

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Celebration Day: Poet Hussain Manawer performs ‘Soft Heart’ in honour of his late mother

Hussain Manawer, the Sunday Times bestselling poet and author of Life is Sad and Beautiful, reads an original poem titled “Soft Heart” in memory of his late mother on what would have been her birthday. The short film, directed by Oliver Parker and shot at Dr Johnson’s House in London,…

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‘Dirty deal’: Trump bailed himself out of IRS trouble and got a $1.8B ‘slush fund’ for allies. Legal experts sound the alarm

IN FOCUS: Anyone cutting checks to Trump’s allies or throwing out tax investigations should start lawyering up, experts tell Alex Woodward

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Trump wants health deals with African nations to replace US aid – but it isn’t going how he planned

IN FOCUS: After slashing billions of dollars from support for nations across Africa, the Trump administration is seeking to sign individual health funding deals with individual countries – but aid experts say there is a catch. Rachel Hagan reports

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Sinkhole forces canceled flights and delays at one of New York’s biggest airports as runway is shut down

Hundreds of flight disruptions caused by the incident, according to the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey

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Trump got his revenge on ‘disloyal’ Republicans in primaries. It leaves his party weaker in the midterms

ANALYSIS: Trump’s singular focus on exacting revenge already put one Senate seat at risk. Eric Garcia reveals how he now risks putting another one at risk

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Ukrainian MP says lifting sanctions on Russian oil puts ‘question mark’ over friendship with UK

The Ukrainian MP said the decision told Russia that ‘everything can be bought and everything is for sale’

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Leading charities snub key UK international development pledge over ‘limited’ scope

Exclusive: Embarrassment for the government as six leading development charities confirm to The Independent that they have decided against signing the ‘Global Partnerships Compact’ at high-profile UK development conference held in London

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Reform UK’s Makerfield by-election candidate was friends with fascist leader on Facebook

The Independent understands that Robert Kenyon was friends on Facebook with Gary Raikes’ political page

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Developers are pitching a private ski resort in Colorado for the 0.01%. Locals fear it could take a wrecking ball to the Western way of life

EXCLUSIVE: Exclusive: A powerful developer with global reach plans to open its latest private community for the ultra-wealthy near a Colorado ski town known for wholesome winter carnivals and rodeo. If the luxurious resort goes ahead, some fear the community's centuries-old ranching culture could be lost forever, Emmalyn Meyer and…

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The struggle to contain the Ebola outbreak in DRC: ‘It’s very much not under control’

IN FOCUS: Rachel Hagan speaks to health workers and aid groups about how difficult it is to stop an outbreak that took weeks to confirm in a country where hospitals and health centres already under strain have been hit by aid cuts from countries like the US and UK

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Ministers urged to end ‘catastrophic cycle’ of open-ended IPP recalls

Exclusive: More £64million is spent each year locking up IPP prisoners recalled to prison indefinitely despite committing no further crime, campaigners estimate

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MAHA’s latest conspiracy? Blaming Bill Gates for spike in tick bites

The number of tick-related visits to emergency rooms has hit the highest level in the U.S. in nearly a decade

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Nurseries must implement new national guidelines to keep children safe, Labour MP says

‘You would never want your child to be in a situation where you are dropping them off to not have them return,’ Labour MP tells The Independent

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Trump’s NJ golf club manager is helping with renovations for the reflecting pool

Trump Organization employee David Schutzenhofer has been offering suggestions on the president’s latest D.C. passion project

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Who is Ken Paxton? Trump endorses Paxton, putting the GOP Senate seat under fresh spotlight- Will his endorsement cost Republicans the seat?

Donald Trump has backed Ken Paxton for Texas Senate, intensifying a Republican battle. This move alarms party leaders who fear Paxton's controversies could jeopardize the seat. The endorsement highlights Trump's sway over the GOP. Democrats see an opportunity as Republicans grapple with internal conflict and potential resource drain. The race…

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Fishermen could soon be allowed to hunt more sharks under Trump team proposal

A third of sharks and rays are threatened with extinction

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FBI warns of international scam to target Americans with ‘Trump Bucks’

The ‘Trump Bucks’ scam often targeted elderly Americans, officials said

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Daughter breaks silence after JetBlue crew allegedly ignored dad having fatal stroke: ‘Are they heartless?’

Exclusive: ‘I can’t make sense of anything that took place that day,’ John Allen Fletcher’s grieving daughter told The Independent

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UK pushes ‘bold new approach’ to aid as Cooper warns of global food crisis over Iran war

The climate crisis, disease and conflict will require a new approach to global development, Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper tells the UK-hosted partnerships conference – but others warn that aid cuts curtail these ambitions

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Emma Willis is bracingly honest and has serious mettle – she is the perfect star to steer Strictly into a new era

TV: As the ‘Love is Blind’ host is finally confirmed as one part of the new presenting lineup, Katie Rosseinsky explores why she can bring good rapport and real emotion to one of the biggest jobs in UK showbusiness

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