Russia Loses Sochi Olympic Crown as Doping Scandal Claims Medals

Putin personally oversaw $50 billion Sochi Games preparations

Russia lost its top ranking in the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, the most expensive in history, when it was stripped of two more gold medals in the doping scandal that’s engulfed the nation’s athletes.

The International Olympic Committee on Friday banned Alexander Zubkov, who won golds in the two-man and four-man bobsleigh events, after

North Korea accuses Donald Trump of "grave provocation" after US President declared Pyongyang a state sponsor of terror

The hermit state's Foreign Ministry condemned the move as North Korea issued its official response

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has been in a war of

Trump touts busy day of meetings – then appears to play golf

The president’s Thanksgiving trip to Mar-a-Lago seemed to take a recreational turn, despite his staff’s insistence he had ‘a full schedule of meetings and calls’

 Trump on the Trump International Golf Course in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is estimated the US president has chalked up 35 golf outings since taking

Military Is 'Locked And Loaded,' Trump Says In Latest Warning To North Korea

Trump's latest warning came a day after he cautioned North Korea that "things will happen to them like they never thought possible" should the isolated country attack the United States or its allies.
Military Is 'Locked And Loaded,' Trump Says In Latest Warning To North Korea
Donald Trump's North Korea rhetoric has become considerably more

DONALD TRUMP IS A TERRIBLE PRESIDENT, ACCORDING TO HIS OWN TWEETS ABOUT OBAMA

Donald Trump is a terrible president, and one of his own worst critics—at least, according to his own analysis of former President Barack Obama.

If Obama-era Donald Trump could offer his criticisms on the current

Donald Trump Fires Chief Of Staff Via Twitter From Air Force One

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Reince Priebus replaced: Donald Trump names General John Kelly as new White House chief of staff

Mr Priebus was the shortest-serving chief-of-staff in recent political history

The ongoing Shakespearean drama that is Donald Trump’s White House has taken another twist, after the President announced he was replacing his chief of staff Reince Priebus.

As has become his habit, Mr Trump announced the news on Twitter, saying that

Erdoğan decries 'unacceptable' US arrest warrants for staff in Washington brawl

Twelve members of Turkey president’s security detail accused of involvement in assault on protesters in Washington DC, which left nine injured
Violence erupts at Erdoğan protest in

Vladimir Putin offers fired FBI director James Comey asylum in Russia

Russian President compares Mr Comey to NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden

Vladimir Putin offers fired FBI director James Comey asylum in Russia
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Vladimir Putin has joked that the fired FBI director James Comey is

Donald Trump's Latest Approval Rating Plunges As Support Among Republicans, Whites Drops

Donald Trump's Latest Approval Rating Plunges As Support Among Republicans, Whites Drops

In the early hours of Thursday morning, President Donald Trump fired offa tweetstorm complaining that "they made up a phony collusion with the Russians story" and that he was the subject of the "single greatest WITCH HUNT in American political history."

But while Trump might think issues facing the White House have been created by a mysterious "they," Americans don't seem to trust the president's commitment to running the government properly—in fact, many think he is downright undemocratic. Sixty-five percent of respondents in an Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research​ poll released Thursday said the

Donald Trump 'being investigated for possible obstruction of justice'

Special Counsel Robert Mueller is examining whether Donald Trump tried to obstruct justice

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Donald Trump just held the weirdest Cabinet meeting ever

(CNN)Leave it to Donald Trump to reinvent the Cabinet meeting.

The public portion of these gatherings of all of the president's top advisers are usually staid affairs. Photographers are let in to take pictures. The president makes a very brief statement. A reporter shouts a question, unanswered. The end.
Donald Trump did something very different in his Cabinet meeting Monday.
First, he reviewed the various alleged successes of his first 143 days and

Donald Trump breaks Twitter silence to say James Comey is a 'leaker'

President Trump fired off an early morning tweet on Friday saying he had been "vindicated" by the James Comey hearing

Donald Trump just broke his Twitter silence— to call Comey a ‘leaker’

He might also have accused Comey of perjury.

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Donald Trump broke a long (for him) Twitter drought on Friday morning, returning from more than a day of tweet-silence to call former FBI Director James Comey a

Trump lawyer says James Comey made ‘unauthorized disclosures’ of privileged talks

President Donald Trump's personal attorney Marc Kasowitz, said the president 'never, in form or substance' directed former FBI Director James Comey to stop investigating

Donald Trump hasn't tweeted in a very long time

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Donald Trump's approval rating plummets to record low in latest opinion poll

Conducted by Quinnipiac University, the survey found just 34 per cent of US citizens approve of their leader

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Donald Trump's approval rating has fallen to a

Donald Trump tells supporters 'we are under siege' as James Comey testifies and accuses president of lying

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Sacked bureau director James Comey accused Donald Trump's administration of choosing 'to defame me and, more importantly, the FBI'

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Donald Trump tells rally: 'We are under siege'
'Lordy, I hope there are tapes'

Comey accuses Trump administration of lying about

Why Donald Trumps tax policies on expats will be HUGE boost for Britain

BRITAIN'S economy is set to reap a £26million injection thanks to Donald Trump's tax policies, expert analysis has showed.

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Donald Trump's tax policies are set to boost the UK economy

The US president has promised to reduce the tax burden on Americans, which includes high-flying expats.

Mr Trump wants to scrap the Net Investment Income Tax – also known as the Medicare tax - and this could benefit more than one in 10 of 225,000 Americans living in

Theresa May: Donald Trump wrong to criticise Sadiq Khan

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Image captionThis is not the first time Donald Trump and Sadiq Khan have argued in public

Theresa May has said Donald Trump's criticism of Sadiq Khan in the wake of the London Bridge terror attack was "wrong".

But the PM said the US president's state visit would still go ahead.

Mr Khan, the mayor of London, has called for it to be cancelled - as has Lib Dem leader Tim Farron.

Mr Trump attacked Mr Khan on Twitter after the mayor told Londoners not to be alarmed about an increased police presence following Saturday's attack.

The London mayor said Mr Trump was wrong about "many things" and that his state visit, expected to take place later this year, should not go ahead.

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Mrs May, who had previously stopped short of criticising the US president's comments, said: "I think Donald Trump was wrong in the things he has said about Sadiq Khan... we have been working with Sadiq Khan - party politics are put to one side - we work together."

She replied "yes" when asked if Mr Trump's official trip to Britain would go ahead.

The PM also emphasised the importance to UK security of the special relationship.

Media captionSadiq Khan, Mayor of London: "There aren't words to describe the grief and anger our city will be feeling today"

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Seven people were killed and 48 injured when three men drove a van into pedestrians and stabbed people in bars in the London Bridge and Borough Market areas of the