50 m. ago Who will replace Rudd as US ambassador? Defence boss, career diplomat and former ministers in mix

Analysts and experts say the PM would do well to consider the Aukus alliance and reactions from Maga base in making his choiceFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastFormer Labor ministers, the defence department boss and a career diplomat are among the names being touted by government figures to replace Kevin Rudd as Australia’s ambassador in Washington.Rudd, the former prime minister and foreign minister, won praise for stabilising relations with the US president, Donald Trump, on Monday, after the surprise announcement he would depart a year early to return to the Asia Society thinktank. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Trump announces new tariff on countries that trade with Iran

China, the United Arab Emirates and India are among Iran’s top trading partners

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2 h. ago Iran protests latest: Trump orders 25% tariff on any country doing business with Tehran

At least 646 people have been killed in Iran as authorities continue a violent crackdown on protesters

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2 h. ago Iran latest: Trump orders 25% tariff on any country doing business with Tehran

At least 646 people have been killed in Iran as authorities continue a violent crackdown on protesters

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8 h. ago Trump announces 25% tariff on countries ‘doing business’ with Iran

Levies to be applied immediately by US could affect nations such as China, Russia and India

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8 h. ago Trump pledges to slap 25% tariff on any country trading with Iran as he backs brave protesters fighting Ayatollah

DONALD Trump has made his first strike against the Ayatollah as he backs the brave anti-regime protesters in Iran. The US President said any country doing business with the Islamic Republic of Iran will pay a tariff of 25 percent on any and all business being done with America. "This order is final and conclusive,"...

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38 h. ago Evidence shows benefit of RSV vaccines as Trump officials push restrictions

Shots to prevent respiratory syncytial virus recommended only for high-risk babies even as experts hail jabs’ successAs US officials move to restrict vaccines, including the shots to prevent respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), more evidence is emerging to confirm how dramatically the jabs reduce hospitalizations.Announced last week as part of new restrictions on one-third of all routine childhood vaccines, RSV shots are now recommended only for high-risk babies, instead of all infants. The Trump administration announcement was led by prominent vaccine critic and health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr. Continue reading...

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59 h. ago Trump announces 10 percent credit card cap as banks push back

Strong resistance is anticipated from Wall Street and credit card companies

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61 h. ago Trump administration suspends $129m in benefit payments to Minnesota

USDA notified state’s governor of decision, citing inquiries into alleged fraud by local non-profits and businessesThe Trump administration announced it is suspending $129m in federal benefit payments to Minnesota amid allegations of widespread fraud in the state.The secretary of the US Department of Agriculture (USDA), Brooke Rollins, shared a letter on Friday on social media that was addressed to Minnesota’s governor, Tim Walz, and the mayor of Minneapolis, Jacob Frey, notifying them of the administration’s decision and citing investigations into alleged fraud conducted by local non-profits and businesses. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Washington National Opera leaving the Kennedy Center in latest upheaval since Trump takeover

After WNO announced their departure, the Trump Kennedy Center claimed the decision was due to a ‘financially challenging relationship’

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3 d. ago France changes its G7 schedule because Trump is busy with White House UFC fight on his birthday: report

Trump has announced plans to host a UFC fight at the White House on his 80th birthday

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3 d. ago From Caracas to Minneapolis, the threat is the same – an American president ruling like a global emperor | Jonathan Freedland

Trump’s admission that he recognises no constraint outside his own morality was a horrifying moment of truth. It should galvanise all those who oppose himFor a serial liar, Donald Trump can be bracingly honest. We’ve known about the mendacity for years – consider the 30,573 documented falsehoods from the president’s first term, culminating in the big lie, his claim to have won the 2020 election – but the examples of bracing candour are fresher. This week both began and ended with the US president speaking the shocking truth.At a press conference to celebrate his capture of the Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro, Trump announced that from now on the US would “run” that country, before moving in the very next breath to Venezuela’s oil. There was no pious talk of democracy, scant mention even of the drug trafficking that earlier served as a pretext for military action. Instead, Trump said out loud what had once been a slogan on leftist placards in protest at past US interventions, admi...

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3 d. ago Trump announces US strikes in Mexico on drug cartels amid surging WW3 fears

President Trump has said the US will begin land strikes against drug cartels in Mexico and declared his 'own morality' is the only thing that can stop him after the capture of Venezuela's Maduro

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3 d. ago Trump announces US land strikes on drug cartels in Mexico and chillingly declares his 'own morality' is the only limit on his unchecked global power after Maduro capture

Donald Trump said the US will begin land strikes on drug cartels in Mexico as he warned that the only limit to his power is his own morality.

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4 d. ago Trump announces $200 billion purchase in mortgage bonds to lower housing costs

The president claims this move will ease the burden of homeownership

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4 d. ago Donald Trump's White House announces unexpected Press Conference after Minnesota shooting

The White House issued a change to the daily schedule, with a press briefing added. It follows fury over the fatal shooting of an unarmed woman by an ICE agent in Minnesota

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5 d. ago Full list as Trump announces shock move that will see US leave 66 key international organizations

They inlcude a crucial climate treaty and a UN body promoting gender equality and women's empowerment

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5 d. ago Outrage as Trump withdraws from key UN climate treaty along with dozens of international organisations

Experts decry move to leave UNFCCC as ‘embarrassing’ as president orders withdrawal from 66 international groupsDonald Trump has sparked outrage by announcing the US will exit the foundational international agreement to address the climate crisis, cementing the US’s utter isolation from the global effort to confront dangerously escalating temperatures.In a presidential memorandum issued on Wednesday, Trump withdrew from the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), along with 65 other organizations, agencies and commissions, calling them “contrary to the interests of the United States”. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Kai Trump announces she's gone under the knife in shock Instagram post

President Trump's granddaughter made the announcement on Instagram on Wednesday afternoon.

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5 d. ago US to discuss future of Greenland with Danish officials ‘next week’

Announcement comes as Donald Trump’s desire to acquire Arctic island leads to alarm among European allies

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