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Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, who made a rare foreign trip to attend, flanked President Xi as they ascended to the viewing platform overlooking Tiananmen Square and watched the display of military hardware and marching troops. Observers say the joint appearance was a show of unity against the United States. Join this channel for exclusive access and bonus content: https://www...

A federal judge ruled today that Donald Trump’s administration “willfully” broke federal law by sending National Guard troops to the Los Angeles area in early June after days of protests over immigration raids. Join this channel for exclusive access and bonus content: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkbwLFZhawBqK2b9gW08z3g/join Five Minute News is an Evergreen Podcast, covering politics, inequali...

Like many authoritarian rulers, Trump now finds himself in the trap of his own corruption: he cannot afford to lose power. To relinquish office would be to invite criminal prosecution and potentially, prison. Join this channel for exclusive access and bonus content: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkbwLFZhawBqK2b9gW08z3g/join Five Minute News is an Evergreen Podcast, covering politics, inequality...

Trump fires CDC director Susan Monarez, who declined to fire agency leaders or to accept all recommendations from a vaccine advisory panel selected by anti-vaccine conspiracist R.F. Kennedy Jr. Join this channel for exclusive access and bonus content: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkbwLFZhawBqK2b9gW08z3g/join Five Minute News is an Evergreen Podcast, covering politics, inequality, health and cl...

Denmark’s foreign minister has called in the senior U.S. envoy in Copenhagen following reports that American operatives attempted to sway political developments in Greenland. “Greenland’s strategic importance means it will always attract attention from abroad,” Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen said in a statement. “It would not be surprising if we see renewed efforts by external players to tr...

Donald Trump’s second term has unleashed sweeping abuses of power across immigration, education, healthcare, public health, and the environment. International students and scholars have been detained or deported without cause, universities and law firms punished for dissent, independent agencies undermined, and federal workers threatened. Cuts to healthcare, research, student aid, and small busine...

A federal judge on Monday said the Trump regime is “absolutely forbidden” from removing mistakenly deported man Kilmar Abrego Garcia from the U.S., for now. Judge Paula Xinis blocked Abrego Garcia’s deportation to Uganda until she can hold a hearing to determine whether the administration will let him contest his removal to the third country. The bid to deport him comes just 3 days after he was fr...

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is ramping up training for new agents as the agency's director said he wants to train 10,000 new agents by the end of the year. ICE is recruiting retired federal workers to join its enforcement, legal and investigative units as a part of a broader campaign to beef up hiring to rid the nation of people of color. Join this channel for exclusive access and bon...

As Donald Trump's deployment of National Guard troops in Washington continued on Wednesday, protesters booed Vice President JD Vance during a photo op with the guardsmen stationed in the city. People jeered Vance, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller as they visited Union Station, blocks from the U.S. Capitol which has seen it's police federalized in...

Donald Trump is preparing to sign a new executive order that he hopes will do away with mail-in voting, as he falsely claims mail ballots can be manipulated and voting machines are “highly inaccurate” in a bid to suppress the vote and hold on to power. SPONSOR: Head to http://www.joindeleteme.com/fiveminutenews and use promo code fiveminutenews for 20% off. Join this channel for exclusive access a...

Donald Trump thought he was hosting an episode of the EU Apprentice as he was outsmarted by European leaders at the White House during his farcical Ukraine summit, delivering Putin's talking points, and saying a whole lot of nothing to end the war. Join this channel for exclusive access and bonus content: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkbwLFZhawBqK2b9gW08z3g/join Five Minute News is an Evergree...

Despite meeting for three hours with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Anchorage Alaska, Donald Trump emerged without announcing any agreements and with little to share publicly. Known for using international platforms to his advantage, Trump was notably restrained, offering almost no specifics when standing alongside Putin at the summit’s conclusion. Join this channel for exclusive access and b...

The Trump regime has agreed to scale back, in part, attorney general Pam Bondi’s executive order, specifically the aspect that puts DC metropolitan police department fully under the control of DEA administrator Terry Cole, rather than DC police chief. Join this channel for exclusive access and bonus content: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkbwLFZhawBqK2b9gW08z3g/join Five Minute News is an Everg...

When Donald Trump meets Vladimir Putin in Alaska, the cameras will capture handshakes, flags, and grand claims of peace. But according to diplomatic insiders, the real outcome will be far less celebratory — and far more dangerous. The Anchorage summit, billed as a breakthrough to “end the war” in Ukraine, is shaping up to be the moment Putin secures exactly what he set out to achieve when he launc...

ICE's new resources will fuel an intense initiative to recruit as many as 10,000 new agents who will have a presence in cities like New York City and Los Angeles, and throughout the United States. And the money comes as a windfall for private prison companies, who have already rushed to pitch the administration on new contracts to run detention facilities. For now, ICE is deporting migrants across...

Donald Trump said he’s taking over Washington’s police department and activating 800 members of the National Guard in the hopes of reducing crime, even as city officials stressed crime is already falling in the nation’s capital. Trump said he was declaring a public safety emergency and his administration would be removing homeless encampments. Washing D.C. images courtesy of Time Travel Walk YouTu...

As Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin prepare to meet in Alaska later this week, European leaders have stressed that Ukraine must be included in any talks with Russia over ending the war in Ukraine. But Trump wants to be alone with his counterpart. Leaders including French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, U.K. Prime Mini...

Donald Trump has ordered the Pentagon to use the military to carry out law enforcement against foreign drug cartels. The Republican’s decree provides an official basis for undertaking direct military operations on foreign soil and in corresponding territorial waters against organized criminal groups. Join this channel for exclusive access and bonus content: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkbwLFZ...

On the day that tariffs kick in, Donald Trump called reporters to the Oval Office on Thursday to present fake charts that he claimed show the U.S. economy is solid following a jobs report last week that raised red flags and led to the Republican firing the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Join this channel for exclusive access and bonus content: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkbwLFZhawBq...

Texas Republicans have voted to track down and arrest dozens of Democratic legislators who fled the state to block passage of a partisan redistricting plan that would allow Abbott to cheat in the midterms. The governor ordered state troopers "to locate, arrest, and return to the House chamber any member who has abandoned their duty to Texans". SPONSOR: Head to http://www.joindeleteme.com/fiveminut...

Trump said on his social media feed on Friday that he had “ordered two nuclear submarines” to be repositioned in response to online threats from Russia’s former president, Dmitri Medvedev, a rare case of potential nuclear escalation between the superpowers, as the US president grows frustrated over stalling peace talks aimed at bringing an end to Russia’s war in Ukraine. Join this channel for excl...

Donald Trump on Friday fired Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner Erika McEntarfer, hours after the agency reported that job growth in the U.S. had slowed to a near-halt. “We need accurate Jobs Numbers. I have directed my Team to fire this Biden Political Appointee, IMMEDIATELY,” the authoritarian posted on Truth Social. The stunning move came the same day that the BLS reported a gain of just 7...

Donald Trump signed an executive order modifying the tariff rates he first announced in April ahead of a Friday deadline for the new rates on imported goods to go into effect. The order states that goods imported from every nation on Earth will be subject to a 10% tariff except for goods from the 92 countries listed in an annex that are subject to higher tariff rates. The highest tariff is on good...

Lee Zeldin, the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, said on Tuesday the Trump regime would revoke the scientific determination that underpins the government’s legal authority to combat climate change. The proposal is Trump’s most consequential step yet to derail federal climate efforts and appears to represent a shift toward outright denial of the scientific consensus. Join this...

Donald Trump announced that the U.S. reached a trade deal with the European Union, following pivotal discussions with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen days before the Aug. 1 tariff deadline. The deal imposes a 15% tariff on most European goods to the U.S., including cars. Some products, including aircrafts and their components, some chemicals and pharmaceuticals, will not be subj...