Meloni tells Trump to 'focus on your own popularity' as row escalates

The US president earlier questioned Meloni's popularity after suggesting she "begged" for a photo at G7 summit

Trump, Claiming Vandalism, Says Reflecting Pool Will Likely Need to Be Drained

The pool has taken on clouds of algae after a hasty renovation. A three-time Olympian was charged with destroying government property after he says he touched one of the strands of blue paint peeling off the pool’s bottom.

By Minho Kim

Meloni’s Spat With Trump Shows Readiness to Risk a Bigger Fight - Bloomberg

Meloni’s Spat With Trump Shows Readiness to Risk a Bigger Fight  Bloomberg

Cyclist arrested at Reflecting Pool is former Olympian who denies vandalism claims

David Hearn said he touched the Reflecting Pool’s detached liner but “didn’t destroy or break or peel anything.” Trump accused vandals of sabotaging the refurbishment.

By David J. Lynch

Trump news at a glance: US president claims ‘vandalism’ for Washington DC reflecting pool problems

Paint seen peeling off in the water at pool site; investigation finds ICE agents disproportionately target people from Latin America – key US politics stories from Saturday 20 June at a glance Donald Trump, without offering evidence, blamed “vandalism” for “real problems” at Washington’s reflecting pool after an algae bloom in the wake of a $14.2m renovation of the site that he declared would turn it “American flag” blue. Paint has been seen peeling off in the water. He also made claims that ...

By Guardian staff

Pope Leo sends unmistakable message on immigrants during visit honoring America's first saint

Pope Leo XIV honored St. Frances Xavier Cabrini, patron saint of immigrants, delivering his latest appeal on behalf of migrants amid friction with President Donald Trump.

Trump insists Italy’s Meloni sought photos with him to boost popularity

Comments escalate a row between the once-close leaders that has emerged during the conflict with Iran.

Trump, without substantiation, blames Reflecting Pool renovation woes on vandalism

U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday announced that federal authorities had made "multiple arrests" of people he said were vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool as he struggled to explain why the $14-million-plus US rehabilitation project he launched for the nation's 250th anniversary seemingly backfired.

Trump tries to blame Reflecting Pool woes on vandalism, without offering substantiation

The paint is peeling from Washington's Reflecting Pool after the renovation ordered by President Donald Trump.

Italy’s Meloni let Trump’s jibes slide for so long. Now, she’s hitting back

US Donald Trump has sparred with most of his fellow Group of Seven leaders at some point. But Italy’s Giorgia Meloni this week did something none of them dared: she escalated. Unlike Spanish Socialist Pedro Sanchez, one of the few leaders in Europe who has made political capital of being berated by Trump, the Italian prime minister had stood out as one of the few Europeans he actually liked: an outspoken conservative at ease talking Maga. But Meloni has also transitioned from a populist...

By Bloomberg

DC Ellipse reduced to just dirt after viewing party for Trump’s UFC cage fight

Photos of the park went viral on social media, with its barren landscape standing in stark contrast to the bright green National Mall

By Brendan Rascius

Former U.S.Olympic canoeist David Hearn arrested for allegedly vandalizing Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool

The three-time Olympic canoeist claimed he reached into the pool to touch paint that had peeled off from the bottom of the basin.

By Ian Casselberry

New book reveals Trump compared himself to Mao, Stalin, Attila the Hun, called Netanyahu a 'con man'

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By TOI World Desk

Donald Trump blames 'vandalism' after admitting 'real problems' with $14.2M Reflecting Pool makeover

Trump addresses problems at renovated Reflecting Pool.

Meloni’s spat with Trump shows readiness to risk a bigger fight

In just 24 hours, Meloni has done three things that some U.S. allies may have thought privately, but never said publicly.

There was no regime change in Iran, and Donald Trump knows it - opinion

Trump would have us believe the people running Iran today are a different, new regime – that the architects of the January massacres are gone, replaced by new, more reasonable people.

How Trump's New Plane Compares With His Private Jet, Old Air Force One

The new aircraft is a 747-8i jumbo jet that was modified as a VVIP business liner for the Qatari royal family.

Meloni hits back as Trump escalates G7 photo spat

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni fired back at US President Donald Trump on Saturday, saying his “constant, unprovoked attacks are senseless” after he escalated a diplomatic row by accusing her of repeatedly seeking a photograph with him. The clash has opened an unusually personal rift between Trump and one of Europe’s most prominent right-wing leaders, who had sought to cast herself as a bridge between Washington and the continent during Trump’s return to power. Trump had initially told...

By none@none.com (AFP)

Trump says Anthropic is no longer a national security threat: Axios

Trump Reiterates Ukraine War Would Never Have Started If Russia Remained In G8, Blasts Obama

Trump Reiterates Ukraine War Would Never Have Started If Russia Remained In G8, Blasts Obama This isn't the first time that President Trump has said something like this, but he's newly explained in a wide-ranging fresh interview with Axios published Friday his view that the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine likely would likely have been averted if Russia had remained a member of the then-Group of Eight (G8). "You probably wouldn't have the war with Russia and Ukraine if the...

By Tyler Durden

Trump escalates spat with Italy's Meloni over G7 photo claim - The Daily Star

Trump escalates spat with Italy's Meloni over G7 photo claim  The Daily Star

Trump’s newest border wall planned in West Texas is news to locals

Trump's latest border wall project is already facing backlash, not only from environmental activists but from surprised residents in West Texas. The post Trump’s newest border wall planned in West Texas is news to locals appeared first on Mexico News Daily

By Millie Deere

Trump wants ICE renamed ‘NICE’

In a post shared on his official X handle on Saturday, Trump launched a poll on the proposal while defending the agency and criticising its portrayal in the media. The post Trump wants ICE renamed ‘NICE’ appeared first on Vanguard News.

By Akinbayo Wahab