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8Nov

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Thousands of flights to be cut across US amid government shutdown

America's busiest airports, including those in New York, Los Angeles and Chicago, were set to face thousands of flight cuts starting on Friday due to the government shutdown, according to a list distributed to the airlines and obtained by The Associated Press. The Federal Aviation Administration's order to reduce air traffic at 40 of the busiest airports by 10 per cent across the US includes the popular gateways of Hawaii and Dallas for Australians flying to North America. With just hours to go, airlines were scrambling to figure out where to cut, and travellers were waiting nervously to see if their flights would take off as scheduled. Travelers wait in long security lines at George Bush Intercontinental Airport, in Houston. (AP Photo Lekan Oyekanmi) (AP) A screen di...

4Nov

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Suspects charged in alleged terror plot cited ISIS and may have tried to replicate Paris terror attack on US soil, FBI says

Two men face federal charges for allegedly plotting an ISIS-inspired Halloween attack in the US – possibly on the scale of the 2015 Paris terror attacks that killed at least 130 people, authorities say. An FBI raid on Halloween morning stunned neighbors in Dearborn, the second-safest city in Michigan and home to the highest concentration of Arab Americans in the US. Mohmed Ali and Majed Mahmoud face charges of "receiving and transferring, and attempting and conspiring to transfer, firearms and ammunition knowing and having reasonable cause to believe that the firearms and ammunition would be used to commit a Federal crime of terrorism," according to a criminal complaint. An FBI agent enters a home in a Dearborn, Michigan, neighborhood on October 31. (Mike Householder/A...

4Nov

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New US poll deals major blow to Donald Trump

More Americans than ever before disapprove of US President Donald Trump's actions in office, according to a major new poll in the US. The fall of 2025 is not a replay of 2017, the year before the Democrats captured control of the US House in Trump's first term. The Democrats' five-point advantage among registered voters in the generic congressional ballot falls short of the 11-point edge they held in CNN polling a year before the 2018 midterms. President Donald Trump waves as he boards Air Force One at Palm Beach International Airport. (AP) And favourable views of the party still stand near all-time lows as they have throughout this year, eight points below where they were in the fall of Trump's first year in office. In a mid-term election year, though, views o...

27Oct

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Kamala Harris hints at another presidential run: ‘I am not done’

Former US vice president Kamala Harris has hinted she could make another bid for the White House in an interview with the BBC, saying she would "possibly" be president one day and expressing confidence that America will see a woman in the Oval Office in the future. Harris marked her clearest indication yet that she might launch another presidential campaign in 2028, following her 2024 defeat to now-president Donald Trump, during an interview with BBC's Laura Kuenssberg which will air on Sunday. "I am not done," the former vice president said. Former US vice president Kamala Harris has hinted she could make another bid for the White House in an interview with the BBC (BBC) "I have lived my entire career as a life of service and it's in my bones," she added. Refl...

21Oct

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US forces are massing around Venezuela. What’s Trump’s next move?

US naval assets are massing off the coast of Venezuela, while President Donald Trump's administrations boasts about blowing up alleged "drug boats" departing those shores. Trump has hinted at carrying out "land strikes" in Venezuela and the White House earlier this year threatened to place 25 per cent import tariffs on any country that imported Venezuelan oil. What's going on in the South American country and why is Trump so angry about it? A satellite image captured on October 17 shows F-35 fighter jets at José Aponte de la Torre Airport in Puerto Rico. (Planet Labs PBC via CNN) Troops building up in the region The US military has been steadily massing a large number of troops, naval and air assets in the Caribbean over the last two months, conducting trai...

21Oct

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Kevin Rudd approached Donald Trump after a tense press conference moment. Here’s what happened

Donald Trump has reportedly "forgiven" Australian ambassador Kevin Rudd over the latter's old remarks labelling the US president a "traitor to the West". Rudd, a former prime minister and now Australia's ambassador to the US, was present this morning at the landmark meeting between Trump and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. The meeting saw Trump and Albanese sign off on an $8.5 billion critical minerals deal, while warm behaviour was on show between the two leaders. Donald Trump addresses Australian Ambassador to the US Kevin Rudd during the president's media address with Anthony Albanese (AP) But there was an awkward moment when one reporter asked Trump why it had taken him nine months into his term as president to meet with Albanese - and whether Rudd's since-dele...