‘Vile’ Trump condemned for gloating over Robert Mueller death

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Outrage mounts after president posted on Truth Social he was ‘glad’ former FBI director and special counsel had died

Donald Trump has been condemned as a “vile, disgusting man” and a “sick human being” after gloating over the death of Robert Mueller, a former director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).

Mueller, a decorated Vietnam war veteran who led a politically explosive investigation into Trump, died on Friday aged 81, triggering a callous reaction from the US president.

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LIVE! UFC London Results: Evloev vs. Murphy – MMA Fighting

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  1. LIVE! UFC London Results: Evloev vs. Murphy  MMA Fighting
  2. Main Card Results | UFC London  UFC.com
  3. UFC London LIVE! Lerone Murphy stunned by Movsar Evloev in fascinating main event  ESPN
  4. UFC London preview and predictions: Movsar Evloev or Lerone Murphy — who earns a title shot?  Yahoo Sports
  5. Live Now! UFC London ‘Evloev vs. Murphy’ play-by-play, results & round scoring  Sherdog
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Three weeks in, Iran war appears to have escalated beyond Trump’s control – The Times of Israel

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  1. Three weeks in, Iran war appears to have escalated beyond Trump’s control  The Times of Israel
  2. The First Casualty of Trump’s War in Iran Was the Truth  The New Yorker
  3. Trump Had No Plan B for Iran  The Atlantic
  4. Trump Humiliated as Key Allies Take to Streets to Rally Against Him  The Daily Beast
  5. Congress looks for Trump’s exit plan as the Iran war drags on  Anchorage Daily News
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Petrol theft expected to rise in Australia as police call for more CCTV and prepaid pumps

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Amid a surge in fuel prices and fear of shortages, SA police chief signals officers might stop investigating ‘drive-offs’ unless service stations install prepaid pumps

The rusty green fuel trailer hardly looks like it is worth stealing. But some time before 1 March it was hooked up to the back of a vehicle and taken from a property at Huntley, south of Orange, in the New South Wales central tablelands.

It was just another in a series of thefts that police across Australia are keeping a watchful eye on.

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G7 ready to act to protect global energy supplies, backs Hormuz Strait security – Reuters

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  1. G7 ready to act to protect global energy supplies, backs Hormuz Strait security  Reuters
  2. 22 Countries Signal Readiness to Help Secure Strait of Hormuz  WSJ
  3. Iran says it will allow Japanese ships to transit the Strait of Hormuz  Al Jazeera
  4. Five European nations and Japan to 'contribute' to Hormuz security  Euronews.com
  5. Iran Says Ready to Let Japan Vessels Use Hormuz, Kyodo Reports  Bloomberg.com
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Food prices likely to rise due to Iran war, farmers’ union says – BBC

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  1. Food prices likely to rise due to Iran war, farmers' union says  BBC
  2. Fertilizer Shock Escalates as New Supply Risks Emerge  Bloomberg.com
  3. Energy shock talk grabs headlines but the Iran war is also driving the world towards a food crisis | Heather Stewart  The Guardian
  4. How the Iran war threatens global food supply  NPR
  5. American farmers are feeling the squeeze  The Economist
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Trump threatens to send ICE to airports on Monday amid DHS funding standoff

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President attacks ‘Radical Left Democrats’ after homeland security funding bill again sinks in Senate

Donald Trump threatened on Saturday to deploy federal immigration agents to US airports on Monday if Democrats do not agree to measures aimed at strengthening security and immigration enforcement.

“If the Radical Left Democrats don’t immediately sign an agreement to let our Country, in particular, our Airports, be FREE and SAFE again, I will move our brilliant and patriotic ICE Agents to the Airports,” Trump said in a Truth Social post.

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Republican says he lied about racist posts on porn site to protect Trump

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Mark Robinson, who ran for North Carolina governor in 2024, tells podcast he had ‘obsession’ with porn and sex

The former Republican North Carolina lieutenant governor Mark Robinson has admitted he misled voters during his unsuccessful 2024 gubernatorial campaign when he denied posting racist and offensive comments on a pornography website – suggesting he did so to protect Donald Trump’s successful presidential run.

Robinson, who worked in furniture manufacturing before entering politics in 2020, told the After the Call podcast on Thursday: “I won’t say that I completely lied. Some of the things about the whole story – some of it — there’s some truth to it.”

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