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29-05-2025
- Business
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Michael Wolff: Trump is getting what he wants, conflict
There's never a dull moment in the White House when Donald Trump is the president. Elon Musk yesterday began 'offloading' from his role overseeing the 'DOGE' programme, after coming to the end of his 130 day limit as a special government employee. But rumours abound of a falling out between Musk and Trump, with the South African-born businessman criticising the president's 'One Big Beautiful Bill' in an interview yesterday, claiming that the programme of massive tax cuts would actually raise the federal deficit, undermining his work cutting government spending. In this episode of The Daily T, Kamal Ahmed speaks to Michael Wolff - Trump biographer and author of four behind-the-scenes books about the president - who explains why the president won't be unduly bothered by Elon Musk's criticism and the shock news that his global tariffs have been blocked by a US federal court. The Daily Telegraph's Chief US Correspondent Rob Crilly also speaks to Kamal from Washington DC, having been in Delaware to witness Joe Biden's first public appearances since his cancer diagnosis. Watch episodes of the Daily T here. You can also listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts, and subscribe to The Daily T newsletter for updates. Broaden your horizons with award-winning British journalism. Try The Telegraph free for 1 month with unlimited access to our award-winning website, exclusive app, money-saving offers and more.
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28-05-2025
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The Daily T: Police are just the start — Reeves' spending headaches will only get worse
With Rachel Reeves announcing her spending review in just two weeks, there's a desperate jostle for last-minute cash before budgets get drastically cut. Angela Rayner wants more money for social housing so that she can meet the Government's target for 1.5m new homes by the end of the parliament. Ed Milliband also wants more money so that he can meet Labour's pledge for net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. But perhaps the most striking intervention comes from the UK's top police chiefs — including Sir Mark Rowley — who today warned that the government won't hit their targets to halve knife crime and rates of violence against women and girls, as well as to recruit 13,000 additional police officers, if budgets are reduced. However, with a £3bn increase in funding since 2016, as well as an extra 20,000 officers added to the force in the same period, do they actually deserve or need more money? Can Rachel Reeves juggle the twin requirements of bringing the economy under control, whilst also trying to placate her party and her fellow ministers' instincts to increase public spending? And is she being left swinging in the wind by her own Prime Minister? Labour also risks being outflanked by Nigel Farage, who this week promised to raise the two-child benefit cap and to fully restore winter fuel payments to pensioners. But as economist Tom Clougherty tells The Daily T, the Reform UK leader will come under scrutiny in the coming years to show his numbers add up. Elsewhere, away from Westminster, King Charles is in Canada at the state opening of parliament — and did he make a not-so-subtle dig at Donald Trump's ambitions to annex his northerly neighbours? Watch episodes of the Daily T here. You can also listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts, and subscribe to The Daily T newsletter for updates. Broaden your horizons with award-winning British journalism. Try The Telegraph free for 1 month with unlimited access to our award-winning website, exclusive app, money-saving offers and more.
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22-05-2025
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The Daily T: Jason Miller – Trump's right-hand man reveals all
Jason Miller has been by Donald Trump's side since 2016. One of the President's longest-serving strategists, he has had a front row seat during the remarkable last decade of American politics, as he first helped Trump beat Hillary Clinton and come to power in 2016, watched on as he lost to Joe Biden in 2020, and then became a crucial part of his successful re-election campaign in 2024. Camilla talks to Miller about how he's survived so long in the volatile Trump orbit, the strategy behind his Oval Office confrontations with world leaders, what it was like to witness Joe Biden's debate disaster first-hand, Trump's relationship with Keir Starmer, and why his boss is 'absolutely a genius'. Having just got off the phone to the President as he arrived at the studio, there are very few people who know him better. Watch episodes of the Daily T here. You can also listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts, and subscribe to The Daily T newsletter for updates. Broaden your horizons with award-winning British journalism. Try The Telegraph free for 1 month with unlimited access to our award-winning website, exclusive app, money-saving offers and more.
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15-05-2025
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The Daily T: Lowe – ‘Farage is leading a cult, I might start my own party'
As the row inside Reform rumbles on, Camilla speaks to the man behind the headlines: Rupert Lowe. In the wake of his blistering attack on his former ally Nigel Farage, Lowe tells The Daily T the Reform leader is 'running a cult' and a 'narcissist'. He also says he might start a new party to the right of Reform, calling for 'a satisfactory alternative' that is 'more than just a mobile PR machine'. Elsewhere, we also bring you part two of The Daily T's interview with veteran Tory MP and father of the house Sir Edward Leigh, who's leading the charge against Kim Leadbeater's Assisted Dying (Terminally Ill Adults) Bill. MPs will debate and vote on amendments to the bill on Friday, which would legalise assisted dying in England and Wales if it's passed later this summer. Sir Edward explains why he has joined forces with Labour grandee Diane Abbott in an attempt to halt the Bill's progress. Watch episodes of the Daily T here. You can also listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts, and subscribe to The Daily T newsletter for updates. Broaden your horizons with award-winning British journalism. Try The Telegraph free for 1 month with unlimited access to our award-winning website, exclusive app, money-saving offers and more.
Yahoo
01-05-2025
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The Daily T: The trial of the century that beat the Holocaust deniers
Next week marks 80 years since VE Day — the end of the Second World War and the defeat of Nazi Germany. But in the shadow of that anniversary, and in the wake of the October 7th attacks, Holocaust denial is on the rise once again — fuelled by misinformation and conspiracy theories spreading look back at a landmark legal battle that confronted those lies head-on. It's been 25 years since historian David Irving sued Deborah Lipstadt for libel — and lost. The trial exposed him as a Holocaust denier and neo-Nazi sympathiser, in a courtroom showdown that made headlines around the and Kamal are joined in the studio by American academic Deborah Lipstadt and the lawyer who helped her win the case, Anthony Julius, to reflect on what was at stake then, and what's at stake now. Watch episodes of the Daily T here. You can also listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts, and subscribe to The Daily T newsletter for updates Broaden your horizons with award-winning British journalism. Try The Telegraph free for 1 month with unlimited access to our award-winning website, exclusive app, money-saving offers and more.
