https://www.scmp.com/rss/523567/feed The latest news and top stories on Steve Bannon. A prominent political strategist and media executive, he was instrumental in Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign. Bannon previously served as executive chairman of Breitbart News, a platform he described as for the alt-right, and has a background in investment banking and military service. His work often involves promoting populist nationalist agendas. He currently hosts the "War Room" podcast, continuing to influence conservative discourse. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse The US Supreme Court on Monday cleared the way for Steve Bannon, a former adviser to US President Donald Trump, to overturn his conviction in a case linked to the January 6 attack on the Capitol. Bannon, a leading figure on the far-right, served four months in prison in 2024 for defying a subpoena to testify before a congressional panel investigating the 2021 attack. But he appealed to the Supreme Court to have the conviction overturned, a legal challenge the Trump administration joined in... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3349196/supreme-court-clears-path-overturn-conviction-ex-trump-aide-steve-bannon?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3349196/supreme-court-clears-path-overturn-conviction-ex-trump-aide-steve-bannon?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 06 Apr 2026 18:55:00 +0000 Alex Lo Alex Lo Alberta is a very cold place in winter, even by Canadian standards. And yet, in the past week, hundreds of Albertans formed long queues in freezing weather, in big cities and small towns, to sign a petition for an independence referendum for the province. If at least 177,732 signatures – 10 per cent of the total number of votes cast in the last provincial general election – are collected and verified before early May, a referendum on Alberta statehood can be legally held in the autumn. It now... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/world-opinion/article/3340386/how-donald-trump-could-break-canada?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/world-opinion/article/3340386/how-donald-trump-could-break-canada?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 20 Jan 2026 21:30:10 +0000 Reuters Reuters US President Donald Trump flew on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s private jet “many more ‌times than previously has been reported,” according to an email from a New York prosecutor that forms part of a new batch of documents about Epstein released Tuesday by the US Justice Department. In an ‍email dated January 7, 2020, the unidentified prosecutor wrote that flight records showed Trump had flown on Epstein’s private jet eight times during the 1990s. Among those were at least four... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3337549/trump-flew-epstein-jet-many-more-times-reported-newly-released-file-shows?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3337549/trump-flew-epstein-jet-many-more-times-reported-newly-released-file-shows?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 23 Dec 2025 17:11:04 +0000 Reuters Reuters The US Justice Department released thousands of heavily redacted documents related to the late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein on Friday that made scant reference to President Donald Trump but extensively featured Democratic former president Bill Clinton. The absence of references to Trump was notable given that pictures and documents related to him have trickled out of previous Epstein releases for years. Trump’s name appeared in flight manifests listing passengers on... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3337144/epstein-files-release-highlights-clinton-makes-scant-reference-trump?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3337144/epstein-files-release-highlights-clinton-makes-scant-reference-trump?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 19 Dec 2025 23:48:52 +0000 Agencies Agencies Democratic lawmakers released a selection of photos from the estate of Jeffrey Epstein on Friday, including some of now-US President Donald Trump, Bill Clinton and the UK’s former prince Andrew. Trump is featured in three of the 19 photos shared by House Oversight Committee Democrats, who said they are reviewing more than 95,000 images produced by the estate. The panel released roughly 70 more photos later on Friday, including images of the disgraced financier’s home, Epstein taking a bath, a... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3336293/trump-clinton-and-ex-prince-andrew-seen-new-photos-epsteins-estate?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3336293/trump-clinton-and-ex-prince-andrew-seen-new-photos-epsteins-estate?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 12 Dec 2025 16:51:59 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that “it’s too bad” he was not allowed to run for a third term, conceding the constitutional reality even as he expressed interest in continuing to serve. “If you read it, it’s pretty clear,” Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One en route from Japan to South Korea. “I’m not allowed to run. It’s too bad.” The president’s comments, which continue his on-again, off-again musings about a third term, came a day after House Speaker Mike Johnson said it... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3330694/trump-says-hed-love-third-term-house-speaker-johnson-says-theres-no-path?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3330694/trump-says-hed-love-third-term-house-speaker-johnson-says-theres-no-path?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 28 Oct 2025 22:35:18 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press Prince Harry and his wife Meghan have joined prominent computer scientists, economists, artists, evangelical Christian leaders and American conservative commentators Steve Bannon and Glenn Beck to call for a ban on AI “superintelligence” that threatens humanity. The letter, released on Wednesday by a politically and geographically diverse group of public figures, is squarely aimed at tech giants like Google, OpenAI and Meta Platforms that are racing each other to build a form of artificial... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3329970/prince-harry-meghan-richard-branson-urge-halt-ai-superintelligence-race?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3329970/prince-harry-meghan-richard-branson-urge-halt-ai-superintelligence-race?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 22 Oct 2025 11:55:52 +0000