US Politics

US President Donald Trump has revealed he has spoken with Chinese President Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin about his nuclear plans, warning of the brutal force of his nuclear arsenal.

Australian travellers are being warned after US airlines were ordered to cancel flights as air traffic controllers feel the strain of working during the government shutdown.

WATCH: A Donald Trump Oval Office announcement has become a medical emergency, with TV doctor Mehmet Oz leaping in to assist. 

The first woman to ever serve as the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi has announced she is to retire from Congress.

THE NEW YORK TIMES: What will become of New York City now that Zohran Mamdani is the mayor-elect? Some media outlets have been quick to the punch.

NEWS WORTHY: In today’s episode, Ben O’Shea reveals New York mayor Zohran Mamdani’s policies, including his vow to instruct the NYPD to arrest Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu if he sets foot in the Big Apple.

Beijing’s military has criticised the proposed $12b upgrade of WA’s Henderson shipyard for US nuclear-powered submarines as placing ‘Australia in an increasingly precarious position’.

The Russian President has ordered his officials to submit proposals for a possible resumption of nuclear tests following Donald Trump’s comments last week.

During his campaign, New York City’s Mayor-elect promised free childcare and buses, 200,000 new units of affordable housing and city-owned grocery stores.

Democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani says an all-women team will steer his transition to become the mayor of New York City.

The top court in the United States is weighing the lawfulness of President Donald Trump's sweeping tariffs.

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Democrats cleaned up at yesterday’s elections, but some of the winners were not as high profile as Mamdani.

AARON PATRICK: The new leader of America’s largest city broke into Arabic in his victory speech, a moment that once would have been considered unimaginable.

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Zohran Mamdani, a once unheralded state lawmaker from Queens whose affordability platform and charisma fuelled a meteoric political rise, has become the 111th mayor of New York.

A series of US elections has offered a barometer of how Americans are responding to Donald Trump's tumultuous nine months in office.