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National Guard member Sarah Beckstrom was killed in a shooting in Washington DC.

Accused National Guard shooter shock plea from hospital bed

The man accused of an ambush-style shooting near the White House has pleaded not guilty to charges over the attack that killed one National Guard specialist and injured another.

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Minister for Veterans’ Affairs and Defence Personnel Matt Keogh.

US ‘war on woke’ won’t deter Australia’s AUKUS recruiting

Transgender Australians signing up to the defence force are being encouraged to consider joining the nuclear-submarine program, despite the Pentagon removing members of their community from US military ranks. 

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Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth is at the centre of a growing debate on a September 2 strike on an alleged drug boat.

Claims Hegseth ordered boat strike but not killing survivors

The Trump administration has defended the legality of an attack on a boat in the Caribbean as calls grew in Congress to examine whether a follow-up missile strike that killed survivors amounted to a crime.

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Nasry Asfura has over 40 per cent of votes in early counting of the Honduras presidential election.

Conservative candidates tied in Honduras after Trump’s call

Two conservative candidates are in the lead after President Donald Trump’s endorsement of one injected the United States into a tight, potentially volatile presidential election.

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After US President Donald Trump admitted to having ‘no idea’ what body part he got an MRI, the White House has released some of his results.

‘Preventative’: Trump’s MRI results released by White House

After US President Donald Trump admitted to having ‘no idea’ what body part he got an MRI, the White House has released some of his results.

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Pete Hegseth authorised a US admiral to carry out a follow-up strike on a boat from Venezuela. (AP PHOTO)

Claim Hegseth ordered navy ‘kill everyone’ in narco strike

The White House says a US admiral was authorised to order a second strike on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean Sea.

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UK and US officials have announced a deal for zero tariffs on British pharmaceutical products entering the United States.

UK agrees to pay more for drugs to dodge Trump tariffs

UK and US officials have announced a new trade agreement, with the UK to increase the net price it pays for new US medicines by 25 percent to avoid Donald Trump’s tariffs.

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Donald Trump has declined to say if the US is considering more strikes on Venezuela. (AP PHOTO)

‘No idea’: Trump forgets which body part he got an MRI

WATCH: In a baffling exchange US President Donald Trump has admitted complete ignorance by not remembering which body part he recently got a MRI.

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Donald Trump has declined to say if the US is considering more strikes on Venezuela.

Trump confirms conversation with Venezuela's Maduro

There's speculation a US attack on Venezuela is imminent, alongside questions over whether the US Government might be seeking a change of power in Caracas.

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A shooting suspect likely was radicalised in the US, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem says.

National Guard shooting suspect 'radicalised in US'

Officials suspect an Afghan man accused of ambushing two National Guard members in Washington DC may have embraced extremism after arriving in the US.

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Former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull says AUKUS is a ‘shocking deal’.

Aus-US alliance will survive Trump, ‘we hope,’ says Turnbull

Former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull says AUKUS is a ‘shocking deal’ and has made Australia more dependent on the Americans at a time when they are less dependable than ever. 

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Trump orders Venezuela airspace shut as US officials blindsided.

Confusion and alarm after Trump’s shock announcement

A shock airspace warning from Donald Trump has left Washington scrambling for answers while Venezuela condemns the move as a ‘colonialist threat.’

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People walk by a memorial at the Farragut West Metro station in Washington on Friday, near the site of the shooting that killed National Guard Spec. Sarah Beckstrom and critically wounded Air Force Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe.

Who was Sarah Beckstrom? Slain young Guard hero honoured

Tributes are pouring in for 20-year-old National Guard soldier Sarah Beckstrom, remembered as devoted and determined after being killed in a targeted DC shooting attack.

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Formal charges have not yet been laid against the man accused of shooting two US National Guard. (EPA PHOTO)

White House shooting suspect now facing murder charge

Afghan national Rahmanullah Lakanwal will face first-degree murder charges over the ambush shooting of two National Guard soldiers.

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Donald Trump's second administration has also included a severe crackdown on illegal immigrants. (AP PHOTO)

Trump vows sweeping migration pause after fatal DC shooting

The attack on National Guard members by an Afghan national has prompted Donald Trump to suspend migration to the US from all ‘Third World Countries’.

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