US Politics

Kevin Rudd has stepped down as Australian Ambassador to the US.

PM insists Trump had ‘no influence’ in Rudd quitting post

Anthony Albanese has insisted that the Trump administration had no influence in Australian envoy Kevin Rudd’s decision to quit the posting just months after a White House humiliation. 

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Kevin Rudd has resigned from his role as Australian ambassador to the United States.

Rudd resigns as Australia’s ambassador to the US

Former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, who is currently Australia’s ambassador to the United States, will conclude his posting in March 2026 after accepting another role, Anthony Albanese has announced.

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US President ⁠Donald Trump will meet ‌with Venezuelan ​opposition ‍leader Maria Corina Machado, ‌a White House ​official ‍says.

Venezuela frees 116 prisoners as Trump to meet Machado

US President ⁠Donald Trump will meet ‌with Venezuelan ​Opposition ‍Leader Maria Corina Machado, ‌a White House ​official ‍says.

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President Donald Trump during an interview with The New York Times in the Oval Office on Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026. (Doug Mills/The New York Times)

Iran says it’s ready for ‘war’ as Trump weighs response

Iran is keeping lines of communication with the United States open and is ready for either ‘war’ or dialogue, as President Donald Trump weighs responses, including ‘very strong’ military options.

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President Trump has equated diversity with incompetence and inferiority, and cast himself as the protector of white people both at home and abroad.

Why Trump thinks white people were treated badly in the 60s

THE NEW YORK TIMES: President Trump has equated diversity with incompetence and inferiority, and cast himself as the protector of white people both at home and abroad.

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Defence Secretary Greg Moriarty is leading a delegation for high-level talks in Washington.

Aussie defence chiefs head to Pentagon as US flexes muscle

Defence Secretary Greg Moriarty is leading a delegation for talks in Washington expected to focus on the AUKUS partnership and growing security concerns in the Indo-Pacific. 

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Homeland Security Secretary Kristi L. Noem at a House Committee on Homeland Security hearing in Washington on December 11.

More fed agents Minnesota-bound amid ICE shooting blame game

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem remained adamant that Renee Good was responsible for her own death, as Democrats insisted that an investigation must be completed before drawing conclusions.

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President Donald Trump speaks to reporters while in flight on Air Force One on Sunday, Jan 11, 2026.

Trump says Iran wants to ‘negotiate’ after US threat

Donald Trump says Washington is closely monitoring the protests in Iran and will decide on military intervention ‘very soon’.

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US Fed chair Jerome Powell in a recorded message posted to X saying he is under investigation by Federal authorities.

US Fed Reserve chair says he’s under criminal investigation

Prosecutors have opened a criminal investigation of Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, he confirmed.

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Iran’s ageing Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is once again facing pressure as a new wave of protests highlight Reza Pahlavi, the son of the shah deposed in 1979, right, as a possible figurehead going forward.
Vice President JD Vance on Oct. 7 in the Oval Office.

Anti-interventionist JD Vance’s foreign policy journey

THE WASHINGTON POST: With an eye to 2028, the US Vice President finds himself trying to balance his past calls for military restraint with a defence of Donald Trump’s raid in Venezuela.

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US President Donald Trump has urged Cuba to make a deal ‘before it is too late,’ just over a week after the US seizure of the authoritarian leader of Venezuela.

Trump tells Cuba to ‘make a deal’ as US cuts Venezuelan oil

US President Donald Trump has urged Cuba to make a deal ‘before it is too late,’ just over a week after the US seizure of the authoritarian leader of Venezuela.

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Donald Trump is weighing military options as Iran protests erupt globally.

Trump weighs military options as Iran protests spread

US President Donald Trump is scheduled to be briefed on options to respond to the ballooning protests in Iran, a senior US official familiar with the matter has confirmed.

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Why Europe’s best bet is negotiation as US eyes Greenland

The US President’s renewed push to claim Greenland has left Europe’s leaders alarmed and divided, as they scramble to defuse tensions and craft a diplomatic path forward.

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Footage filmed by a US immigration agent captures the moments before he fatally shot Minneapolis woman Renee Nicole Good.

Five key moments of ICE agent’s phone video

Phone video recorded by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent as he fatally shot a woman in Minneapolis has surfaced online, revealing new details about the hotly disputed incident.

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