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Fires, deficits, Trump, a Hollywood exodus: How resilient is California?

New York Times: Is the California dream now a mirage?

New Pope celebrated as Auckland War Memorial Museum closes | NZ Herald News Update

The new pope is celebrated worldwide as Auckland closes it's war memorial museum for asbestos cleaning. Video / NZ Herald

A most sensitive subject in the White House: Where is Melania?

NY Times: Melania has spent fewer than 14 days in the White House since the inauguration.

How Trump's crypto empire is reshaping presidential norms

New York Times: The Cayman startup rejected the multimillion-dollar deal as unethical.

A podcast star helped red-pill Silicon Valley – now he’s Trump’s tech tsar

An investor and long-time Musk associate is helping Trump unchain the crypto industry.

Sidelined and still processing her defeat, Kamala Harris looks for a way back in

New York Times: Why Kamala Harris is eyeing a governor run instead of the presidency.

An experiment in recklessness: Trump as global disrupter

New York Times: The costs of the Trump administration's approach are now becoming clear.

Opinion: Trump has thrown the ultimate safe haven asset into crisis

Telegraph: Trump is demolishing accepted norms, unleashing havoc on the world stage.

‘Making a mistake’: Signal chat cements JD Vance’s role as sceptic of foreign intervention

Concerns the VP embodies potentially permanent shift in United States' approach to Europe,

Watch: Masked US cops ‘spirit away’ Turkish student on her way to break Ramadan fast

The arrest has sent shockwaves through the academic community.

Analysis: Trump takes government secrecy seriously - but only when it suits him

New York Times: The definition of an official secret depends on what works best for Trump.

Trump tariffs explained: Cars are latest focus in wave of trade actions

New York Times: Trump's new tariffs on cars spark global trade tensions.

The reason Donald Trump will not fire Mike Waltz — for now

Waltz criticised the media and praised Trump during a press conference.

Leaked chats reveal attack plans as White House defends actions

White House officials called the magazine’s journalists ‘scumbags’.

Now Europe knows what Trump’s team calls it behind its back: ‘Pathetic’

New York Times: Leaked messages show the depth of the rift between the US and Europe.

‘Highest level of f**k-up imaginable’: What we know about US war chat scandal

Officials in the chat included Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth and VP JD Vance.