The Daily Populous

Thursday April 30th, 2026 morning edition

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President Donald Trump has said that his administration will ⁠review the possible reduction of US troops in Germany amid an escalating dispute with Berlin over the Iran war.

"The United ​States is ⁠studying and reviewing the possible reduction of Troops ⁠in Germany, with a ​determination ⁠to be made over ‌the next short period of time," Mr Trump said on ‌Truth Social.

Speaking to students in Marsberg, Merz suggested it was Trump’s team that was being outplayed, despite confident statements from the White House.

open image in gallery German Chancellor Friedrich Merz in the Oval Office in March ( AFP/Getty ).

Earlier, Mr Trump warned that Iran had “better get smart” about a nuclear deal as he appeared to threaten a return to military action.

Mr Trump has repeatedly lambasted the UK for failing to join strikes against Tehran and branded Sir Keir Starmer as weak and indecisive.

open image in gallery Trump said that King Charles ‘would have probably helped us with Iran’ ( Reuters ). »

King Charles playfully reminds Trump that he's Canada's head of state

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After more than a year of U.S. President Donald Trump calling the country's prime ministers "governor," King Charles asserted his role as Canada's head of state in remarks at the White House late Tuesday.

Charles said. U.S. President Donald Trump touches King Charles during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House on April 28, 2026 in Washington, DC.

Royal biographer Robert Hardman, who interviewed Trump last year for a book on Queen Elizabeth, recently wrote that the president asked him if Charles was still Canada's head of state. »

The Supreme Court’s Conservatives Just Issued the Worst Ruling in a Century

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Wednesday’s 6–3 party-line decision in Louisiana v. Callais will go down in history as one of the most pernicious and damaging Supreme Court decisions of the last century.

To understand the importance of what America lost in Callais, we have to go back to a bit of history.

At first, the Supreme Court policed these discriminatory plans under the 14th and 15th amendments. »