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14Oct

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Trump’s son’s ex-fiancee Kimberly Guilfoyle resigns but slams ‘false’ allegations

US ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle – the former fiancée of one of President Donald Trump’s sons – has resigned at the request of the White House but labelled numerous allegations of questionable behaviour as “false”. White House press secretary Katie Zacharia confirmed the much-speculated move in her first press briefing in the new role on Tuesday (early Wednesday AEDT). Kimberly Guilfoyle is under scrutiny over her actions as ambassador to Greece. Mark Schiefelbein/POOL AP via AP “We have asked Ambassador Guilfoyle to resign,” the former conservative commenter and regular Fox News guest said. “She has been a wonderful asset to the team, and we wish her well.” On Monday (Tuesday AEDT), US President Donald Trump had said he was “looking at” firing Guilfoyle, w...

7Oct

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Questions over whereabouts of diamond-encrusted ring gifted to Donald Trump

US senators are probing the whereabouts of an 18-karat ring gifted by a Belgian diamond dealer to Donald Trump in what was described as a “cartoonish bribery attempt”. Democrats Elizabeth Warren and Richard Blumenthal wrote to the White House demanding to know where the ring, valued at $43,000, is now. The ring is encrusted in hundreds of diamonds. Antwerp World Diamond Centre The ring was gifted to the president by the Antwerp World Diamond Centre (AWDC). Weeks later the Trump administration announced that European diamonds would be exempt from its tariffs. "We don’t know where the ring is today," Warren said. Under US law, gifts made to the president worth more than $750 are considered to be the property of the United States and cannot be accepte...

24Sep

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Hunter Biden weighs in as Republican demands Trump Jr wedding investigation

A top Republican senator has demanded an investigation into a wedding gift worth hundreds of thousands of dollars made by a Russian oligarch to Donald Trump’s son. Umar Kremlev rented a private island as part of a three-day wedding celebration between Donald Trump Jr and his wife Bettina. Donald Trump Jr. and his wife Bettina Anderson were married in the Bahamas in May. AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson He also paid for a fireworks show for the couple at an estimated cost of almost $100,000. Now Utah Senator John Curtis has demanded an investigation into the gift. "A toaster is a wedding gift," Curtis said. "A private-island party paid for by a Putin-connected oligarch is something else." Curtis invoked the Senate’s previous investigati...

24Sep

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‘Inevitable next stage’: Australia knocks back Trump warning

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has knocked back criticism from the Trump administration after it weighed in on domestic politics as he pushes his digital agenda to world leaders. The US government on Tuesday raised “serious concerns” about Labor’s proposed digital duty of care, which would force social media companies to provide an opt-out measure to users, accusing it of “facilitating censorship”. The Trump administration has weighed in on Australian politics. AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson Asked about the remarks on the sidelines of the United Nations meeting in New York, Albanese pushed back on the concerns raised and called it the “inevitable next stage”. “I will always stand up for Australia’s national interests and the digital duty of care i...

24Sep

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Trump just decided to rename artificial intelligence. That’s ‘super’ confusing

It might not seem like a big deal that US President Donald Trump has just tried to rename artificial intelligence – he unilaterally renames things all the time. But the word he chose and the venue where he revealed it are both remarkable. United States President Donald Trump speaks during the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York. AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura In a meandering address to the United Nations on Tuesday (early Wednesday AEST), Trump attacked the UN and other international bodies, pondered whether he should “annihilate” Iran and declared the US would officially refer to AI as “super intelligence” from now on. “The use of the word ‘artificial’ makes intelligence fake – it makes it sound fake, and it is not fake,” he said. “It's actu...

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...

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