Liz Truss says world was ‘safer’ under Donald Trump as she endorses him for US President
Former prime minister Liz Truss has endorsed Donald Trump to win this year’s US presidential election.
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Iran Israel attack - latest: UN watchdog ‘concerned’ Israel could strike Tehran’s nuclear facilities
The chief of the United Nations nuclear watchdog has voiced concerns over a possible attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities by Israel’s armed forces.
What does Liz Truss’s book tell us about her American ambitions?
In her new book, the former British prime minister Liz Truss directs scathing attacks and mockery at Joe Biden, president of her country’s closest ally. Biden was guilty of “utter hypocrisy and ignorance”, Truss writes, when the US leader said he “disagree[d] with the policy” of “cutting taxes on the super wealthy” in the mini-budget Truss introduced in September 2022, shortly after taking power.
Biden and his wife report $620,000 income in 2023 tax returns
President Joe Biden and his wife Jill on Monday released tax returns showing that their income rose 7% to $619,976 in 2023 and that the couple paid 23.7% of their income in federal taxes.
Israel Says It Will Respond To Iran Attack As World Leaders Urge Restraint
Israel’s military chief said Monday that the country will respond after Iran launched an attack involving hundreds of drones, ballistic missiles and cruise missiles. World leaders are urging Israel not to retaliate.
Bidens Report Earning $620,000 and Paying $181,000 in Taxes in 2023
President Biden and Jill Biden, the first lady, reported earning roughly $620,000 in 2023, releasing their joint tax return for the third straight year of Mr. Biden’s presidency and the 26th time throughout his political career.
Iran’s failed attack on Israel ‘is pretty telling’ about Tehran’s capabilities, DOD says
Pentagon press secretary Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder said Monday that Iran’s failed attack on Israel over the weekend was "pretty telling" about Tehran’s weapons capabilities.
Liz Truss Doubts Slowing Down Would Have Saved Her From "Establishment Forces"
Former prime minister Liz Truss has been left wondering whether she should have bothered enacting her radical economic reforms, because she believes that even if she had taken more time over it, the "fundamental forces" of the establishment would have found a way of derailing her.