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Trump’s empty State Fair was his biggest embarrassment yet

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Trump’s empty State Fair was his biggest embarrassment yet

Donald Trump is no stranger to embarrassment, and yet he may have topped himself with the Great American State Fair: Lmao is this a real picture from Trump’s state fair? pic.twitter.com/Fe7Tok0YMV — Wu Tang is for the Children (@WUTangKids) June 29, 2026 The absolute state (Fair) of it This is how the Trump regime described the fair: A world-class exposition and modern-day World’s Fair celebrating the people, traditions, innovations, and spirit that make America the greatest nation on Earth. Featuring more than 150 exhibits from all 56 states and territories, businesses, innovators, and civic organizations, the Great American State Fair will…

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US Senate passes War Powers Resolution, heaping embarrassment on Trump’s Iran loss

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US Senate passes War Powers Resolution, heaping embarrassment on Trump’s Iran loss

Trump’s war on Iran has finally gone too far even for the Republican-controlled US Senate — on 23 June, the upper house passed a War Powers Resolution nominally barring the president from continuing hostilities against Iran without congressional approval. Unfortunately, the resolution is primarily a symbolic gesture. Whilst the resolution passed the lower House of Representatives at the beginning of June, and has now passed through the Senate, it won’t be passed to Trump for his approval. Likewise, it won’t carry the weight of law. Meanwhile, Trump has called the act “poorly timed and meaningless”, and signalled his intent to ignore…

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UK government trying to ‘cover up’ its ’embarrassment’ over nature and national security report

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UK government trying to ‘cover up’ its ’embarrassment’ over nature and national security report

The government has been accused of seeming to “cover up” its “embarrassment” by trying to hide an explosive report, which revealed the dire state of the climate and biodiversity emergencies. The comments were made after the Cabinet Office rejected a Freedom of Information (FOI) Act request from the Canary, which asked the Prime Minister’s Office to release documents showing discussions between officials about the timing of the publication of the Nature security assessment on global biodiversity loss, ecosystem collapse and national security. The assessment was published in January 2026 following an FOI request from the Green Alliance think tank. It was…

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