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16Sep

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Republican congressman Thomas Massie files articles of impeachment against Pete Hegseth

A firebrand conservative congressman has filed articles of impeachment against Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth over the Iran war. Kentucky Representative Thomas Massie announced the impeachment attempt, accusing Hegseth of high crimes and misdemeanours. Articles of impeachment have been filed against Pete Hegseth. AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta Massie accused Hegseth of starting the war with Iran unlawfully and incurring unnecessary civilian casualties. "Secretary Hegseth thereby effected the murder of civilians and abused the trust of men and women under his command by requiring them to conduct military operations within a targeted and legal review system that he had deliberately degraded," Massie said in Congress. "This undermined the integrity and diplomacy of the Un...

16Sep

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FBI director Kash Patel grilled over bestiality, prostitution rule changes

The director of the FBI has been grilled in Congress over a rule change that removed bestiality as an automatic disqualifier for job applicants. The FBI had specific rules preventing people who had engaged in bestiality from working for the bureau. FBI Director Kash Patel has been accused of incompetence by Democratic senators. AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta But those rules were overturned by Director Kash Patel in June. Patel explained the change during a Senate hearing on Tuesday. "Applicants who have engaged in bestiality means they were victims of bestiality because they were forced to do so," Patel said. "And at this FBI, we are not going to criminalise and prevent victims from serving the United States of America and the premier law enforcement agency in the wor...

19Aug

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Trump lashes out after senator references president’s attachment to little-known aide

The White House has gone on the attack after a prominent Democrat made a remark about a little-known aide to Donald Trump amid a blast questioning whether the president actually wants the job. Natalie Harp, 35, has found herself in the spotlight after she was one of the select few staffers chosen to accompany Trump on his secret flight out of Turkey in June. US President Donald Trump and Natalie Harp step off from Marine One on Sunday. AP Georgia senator Jon Ossoff made a tongue-in-cheek reference to Harp at a campaign rally on Sunday. “While the sailors on the Lincoln fight his war, while he fruitlessly drains our munitions and oil reserves, the president sleeps through his meetings, he golfs, and trades stocks,” Ossoff said. “He doesn’t want to do the job...

4Aug

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‘Don’t ever talk again’: Trump lashes out at reporter in Oval Office

Donald Trump has berated a reporter in the Oval Office after he asked him a series of questions. Trump was taking questions from behind his desk when he went on the offensive. Donald Trump answering questions in the Oval Office. AP Photo/Alex Brandon MS Now correspondent Jake Traylor had asked about Trump’s taxpayer-funded fund to compensate his supporters prosecuted for their criminal activities backing him - including the January 6 rioters. “Who are you with?” Trump asked. “I’m with MS NOW, sir,” Traylor replied. “MS NOW? What a terrible show — they have the worst people on that channel,” the president said. Trump interrupted another reporter to continue his rebuke. “MS NOW — that’s the failed MSDNC, right? They failed, they failed, so they gave ...

4Aug

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Trump unleashes after ally moves to drop Reflecting Pool charges

US President Donald Trump has lashed out after longtime ally Jeanine Pirro moved to drop charges against a former Olympian who had been accused of vandalising the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington, DC. David Hearn, a former US Olympics Team canoeist, had been charged with vandalising the pool after a tear in the lining was discovered. Trump has lashed out after vandalism charges were dropped over damage at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. AP Photo/Rahmat Gul He denied the charges, saying he had only stopped to touch the water. Pirro, the US Attorney for the District of Columbia, on Saturday moved in court for the charges to be dropped in a prosecutorial retreat after a government report found the apparent damage to the pool was likely due to ...

25Jul

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Australia backs trade position in face of ‘unjustified’ new US tariffs

Australia has voiced its disappointment but boasted of its trade position after it was hit with a new round of tariffs by the Trump administration. In an announcement on Friday, US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said new import tariffs of 10 per cent to 12.5 per cent would apply to 60 trading partners around the world as the country frames the decision around the human rights issue of modern slavery. Donald Trump’s administration has unveiled a new round of tariffs. AP According to the documents provided, Australian imports will be hit with a 12.5 per cent tariff. Australian Trade Minister Don Farrell said he was disappointed in what was an “unjustified” decision and defended the government’s track record on the issue of modern slavery. “The Albanese government ...

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