Donald Trump’s first budget proposal will spare big social welfare programs such as social security and Medicare from cuts, the treasury secretary, Steven Mnuchin, said in an interview broadcast on Sunday.

"The United States is no longer quite the United States.”

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Meryl Streep: "this continues to overwhelm my appearance at the Oscars, on the occasion of my record-breaking 20th nomination, and to eclipse this honour in the eyes of the media, my colleagues and the audience”

"Bill Paxton was affectionately celebrated as someone who had been taken out by a Terminator (he was the blue-haired Mohawked punk who unwisely sneers at Arnie: “Nice night for a walk, eh?”) a Predator and also an Alien."

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"This week America held its biggest gathering of conservative activists since Donald Trump’s stunning election as president. The festival of political incorrectness was a moment of giddy vindication after eight years in the wilderness."

The White House made a messy attempt on Sunday to control public perceptions of a widening scandal over alleged contacts between aides to Donald Trump and Russian intelligence officials during the 2016 election.

Goldfrapp: "I’ve never been interested in fame or having it for myself. I find the idea bizarre."

The rumours are true.

Seth Meyers: "I couldn't see how angry Trump was after I mocked him at the 2011 White House correspondents’ dinner. But when I walked off stage, I had never received so many texts so quickly, most in a congratulatory vein, but also a lot of people warning me to stay away from him."

"Both dressed in pyjamas, John and Yoko were sitting on a big bed looking remarkably like each other. They were clearly sexed-up, and after everyone had settled down to focus on the stars, questions were invited. But they didn’t exactly flow."

"These young men haven’t imported their problem culture to Sweden from the poverty-stricken districts of Afghanistan or the bombed-out suburbs of Aleppo – but instead from the US and the UK."

agnès b.: "Right now I’m so worried about politics. I can’t sleep when I think of Trump, and in France the situation is so complicated. I’ve always been leftwing but now who should we vote for to stop Marine Le Pen?"