US Politics

Portia de Rossi, left, and Ellen DeGeneres have fled and will reportedly never return to the United States.
Culture
Max Corstorphan

DeGeneres flees USA after Trump's election victory

Comedian and former talk show host Ellen DeGeneres has fled the US after President-elect Donald Trump secured a second term in the White House.

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Vice President Kamala Harris delivers her concession speech at Howard University in D.C. after her loss to Donald Trump.
World
The Washington Post

The two deciding factors that Team Kamala could not overcome

In analysing the loss, Harris’s team also credits the Trump campaign with reaching sporadic voters, especially young men, through new media channels.

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Is America ready for Kamala Harris 2028?
US Politics
Max Corstorphan

Shock Kamala Harris result ahead of 2028 election

Just weeks after Vice President Kamala Harris suffered a dismal loss to President-elect Donald Trump in the 2024 US election, Americans have made a shock call on her political future.

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President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to be attorney general, former Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., closes a door to a private meeting with Vice President-elect JD Vance.
World
The Washington Post

Sex probe on Trump A-G pick Gaetz told he paid women $15K

Records exhibited during closed-door testimony displayed 27 PayPal and Venmo payments totalling over $US10,000 paid to the two female witnesses, a source close to the investigation said.

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Since his victory, Donald Trump has ignored many of the rules and practices intended to guide a seamless transfer of power.
US Politics
The Washington Post

Inside ‘hostile takeover’ as Trump ignores transition rules

Since his victory, Donald Trump has ignored many of the rules and practices intended to guide a seamless transfer of power and handover of the oversight of 2.2 million federal employees.

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Donald Trump appears on the Joe Rogan Experience.
Political
Isabelle Mullen

Why Trump’s Joe Rogan interview may have won the election

ISABELLE MULLEN: Americans are sick to death of politicians, and Donald Trump was the only presidential candidate who didn’t sound like one. 

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The US Embassy in Kiev.
World
Max Corstorphan

US closes Ukraine embassy over ‘significant attack’ threat

The US embassy in Kyiv warned of a ‘potential significant air attack’ and shuttered its doors, following Russia’s vow to respond after Ukraine fired longer-range US missiles at its territory for the first time.

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Linda McMahon, pictured with husband Vince McMahon has been selected by President-elect Donald Trump as US Secretary of Education.
US Politics
Max Corstorphan

Trump picks WWE personality as education secretary

President-elect Donald Trump has selected one of the biggest names in the WWE universe to become Secretary of the Department of Education.

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A sign warns of land mines in Ukraine's Kherson region in 2023.
World
The Washington Post

Biden undoes own policy in his latest move to arm Ukraine

It comes as part of a sweep of urgent actions the lame-duck Biden administration is taking to help Kyiv’s faltering war effort.

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Kevin Rudd has broken his silence after President-elect Donald Trump won the US election, declaring Australia is ‘ready’ to deal with another four years of a Trump administration.
US Politics
Katina Curtis

‘We’re ready’: Rudd breaks silence after Trump election win

Kevin Rudd has broken his silence after President-elect Donald Trump won the US election, declaring Australia is ‘ready’ to deal with another four years of a Trump administration.

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President-elect Donald Trump joins SpaceX founder Elon Musk for the latest Starship launch.
Technology
Max Corstorphan

Trump and Musk hug as SpaceX launch hits trouble

President-elect Donald Trump has joined SpaceX founder Elon Musk for the latest test launch of his Starship rocket, watching on as the vessel spectacularly launched into space before trouble broke out.

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Dr. Mehmet Oz is the latest in a string of controversial nominations by Donald Trump..
US Politics
Georgina Noack

Trump picks TV’s Dr Oz to run US Medicare and Medicaid

Donald Trump has chosen celebrity doctor and failed Senate candidate Dr Mehmet Oz - of the self-titled Dr Oz Show - to run the US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

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Howard Lutnick is Donald Trump's nominee for United States commerce secretary.
Politics
Staff Writers

Trump tips Musk’s man to lead US commerce department

US president-elect Donald Trump has chosen cryptocurrency enthusiast Howard Lutnick as his nominee for commerce secretary.

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Donald Trump has portrayed a hush money case as a politically motivated bid to scupper his campaign. (AP PHOTO)
US Politics
Staff Writers

Trump will become next president as convicted felon

New York prosecutors say they would accept a delay in Donald Trump's hush money case until after his inauguration on January 20, but want a judge to set a deadline for him to seek dismissal of the case.

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Former congressman and TV host Sean Duffy has been picked by president-elect Donald Trump.
Politics
Zeke Miller, Michelle L Price and Darlene Superville

Trump names Fox Business host as transport secretary

One of Donald Trump's most visible defenders on cable news has been picked by the president-elect as his nominee for transportation secretary.

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