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Kamala Harris says the attacks on her for not being a biological mother are mean-spirited. (AP PHOTO)
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Nandita Bose

Kamala Harris hits back at Republicans’ 'childless' digs

‘We have our family by blood, and then we have our family by love, and I have both,’ Kamala Harris says after criticism she has no biological children.

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House Speaker Mike Johnson said he wouldn't play the ‘gotcha’ game of commenting on the 2020 vote.
US Politics
Staff Writers

‘Gotcha game’: Speaker refuses to say Trump lost 2020

‘Everybody needs to get over this and move forward’: Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson refused to be drawn on Donald Trump and the 2020 election.

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Donald Trump says he felt an obligation to go back to Butler in the US swing state of Pennsylvania. (AP PHOTO)
US Politics
Steve Holland

Trump returns to site of assassination attempt

Donald Trump has addressed a crowd of supporters at a rally in the battleground state of Pennsylvania - on the same stage where he was nearly assassinated.

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Donald J. Harris rarely speaks to his famous daughter, who lives nearby. But he helped shape who she became.
US Politics
The New York Times

The role of Kamala Harris’ estranged father in her campaign

Kamala Harris rarely speaks to her father, who lives nearby. But he helped shape who she became.

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US President Joe Biden speaks with 7NEWS reporter Tim Lester.
Middle East
Ailish Delaney

Biden’s flippant response to 7NEWS reporter when asked about ‘all-out war’

The US President appears confident of a de-escalation of tensions in the Middle East

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US President Joe Biden said he was confident the upcoming presidential election would be ‘free and fair’, but he was not so confident that it would be ‘peaceful’.
US Politics
The Washington Post

Joe Biden airs concerns about election violence

US President Joe Biden said he was confident the upcoming presidential election would be ‘free and fair’, but he was not so confident that it would be ‘peaceful’.

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President Biden, with Gov. Roy Cooper of North Carolina, arrives in Greenville, S.C., to visit areas devastated by Hurricane Helene.
US Politics
The New York Times

US faces economic turbulence despite recession fears ending

The US economy is suddenly staring down new and potentially damaging crises, with tensions flaring in the Middle East and several states grappling with fallout from a devastating hurricane.

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Judge Matthew Barrett ripped into Tina Peters for her lack of remorse, calling her a "charlatan". (AP PHOTO)
US Politics
Jack Queen

Trump-supporting county clerk jailed for vote machine tampering

A former Colorado county clerk has been sentenced to nine years behind bars for leading a scheme to breach voting system data in her county.

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What does the American voter think about their next commander-in-chief?
Political
Michael Usher

The US election will be the blueprint for ours next year

MICHAEL USHER: Don’t think for a second our leaders aren’t watching Kamala Harris and Donald Trump’s White House race to see what concerns voters most - but are Aussie voters in lock-step with the Yanks?

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A judge has made public a sweeping account of Donald Trump's conduct following the 2020 election. (AP PHOTO)
US Politics
Andrew Goudsward

Judge unseals evidence against Trump in election subversion case

A US judge has unsealed evidence accusing former US president Donald Trump of illegally trying to overturn his 2020 election defeat.

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Senator JD Vance, left, and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz at the vice-presidential debate at the CBS Broadcast Centre in New York.
US Politics
The Washington Post

‘Me too, man’: Walz and Vance’s weirdly gracious debate

The smiling Democrat and Republican vice-presidential candidates made a point of paying each other respect before launching biting attacks on each other’s running mates.

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Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) speaks as Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota listens during the vice-presidential debate.
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US Politics
The New York Times

Takeaways from a tense but friendly vice presidential debate

JD Vance and Tim Walz clashed in a vice-presidential debate in which Vance’s well-honed, television-friendly style came up against an aw-shucks approach from Walz that was at times nervous and halting.

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JD Vance and Tim Walz have wrapped up their vice presidential debate and it was... nice.
US Politics
Max Corstorphan

Who won the ‘unique’ vice presidential debate?

02 OCT 2024 - 11:11 AM
This debate took a very different tone than others we have seen. It was uncharacteristically friendly, even nice. The two candidates openly agreed with each other on many occasions and had kind things to say about each other.
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There’s a large number of Americans who disagree with Trump on abortion, but are deeply worried about what a Harris presidency will mean for the economy
Opinion
Isabelle Mullen

Why some see a pro-choice vote as a luxury they can’t afford

ISABELLE MULLEN: There’s a large number of Americans who disagree with Trump on abortion but are deeply worried about what a Harris presidency will mean for the economy.

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A former US Ambassador to Australia has concerns about what a possible Trump return to the White House will mean for US-Australian relations.
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US Politics
Latika M Bourke

Former ambassador’s grim Trump warning on US-Australia ties

The United States’ former ambassador to Australia Jeffrey Bleich has given a bleak assessment of what a Trump return to the White House will mean for us.

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