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The Epstein files continue to cause headaches for the Trump administration and Pam Bondi. (AP PHOTO)

US A-G Pam Bondi forced to testify over Epstein files

A congressional committee has voted to subpoena Attorney-General Pam Bondi to face questions about how her department has handled the Epstein files.

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The US’s shock and awe tactics have given way to qualifying statements on the longevity of war on Iran.

‘Metrics are shifting’: Why Iran war is just getting started

LATIKA M BOURKE: The US’s shock and awe tactics have given way to qualifying statements on the longevity of war on Iran.

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President Donald Trump speaks during an event about the Ratepayer Protection Pledge, in the Indian Treaty Room of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House.

Trump says US will no longer be ‘pushed around’

US President Donald Trump has provided an update on the US military action ‘wiping out’ Iran’s leadership and a disturbing reminder about their quest for a nuclear weapon..

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Iranian official behind alleged Donald Trump assassination plot hunted down

‘I got him before he got me’: Trump after Iran figure killed

US Defense Secretary ‌Pete Hegseth says an Iranian official who oversaw an alleged assassination plot against US President Donald Trump has been killed.

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More than 200 passengers have returned to Australia on a flight from the United Arab Emirates.

War-trapped Aussies arrive home on first Dubai flight

Australians stranded for days in Dubai have touched down on the first Sydney flight out of the UAE city since the US and Israel conflict with Iran erupted.

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A US submarine has struck an Iranian warship in the Indian Ocean, the first such attack since WWII. (AP PHOTO)

US sub sinks Iran warship off Sri Lanka, killing dozens

An American submarine has sunk an Iranian warship in the Indian Ocean as the US and Israel intensify their bombardment of Iran's security forces.

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Spy Plane

REVEALED: US spy planes make secret Australian stopover

Two high-tech surveillance aircraft made a stopover in Australia just days after the Trump administration began bombing Iran, but officials are refusing to discuss details of the visit. 

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Donald Trump says the US Navy will start escorting ships through the Strait of Hormuz.

Trump’s massive move over Strait of Hormuz

US President Donald Trump is set to defy Iran’s closure of the Strait of Hormuz, bringing in the US military might after Iran threatened to blow up any unauthorised ship.

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Donald Trump is furious with Keir Starmer who he thinks is too concerned with legalities.

'Not Winston Churchill': Trump's sledge at UK's Starmer

The US President took aim at Britain’s limited support for airstrikes on Iran and threatened to cut trade with Spain, deepening tensions with key European allies.

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US Consulate struck in suspected Iranian drone attack.

WATCH: US consulate burns in Dubai after drone strike

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has confirmed the US consulate in Dubai has been struck by a missile.

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Tehran continues to be barraged by air strikes as part of the US-Israeli Operation Epic Fury.

‘Just about everything knocked out’: Trump boasts amid war

Donald Trump claimed overwhelming military gains in Iran while embassies closed, oil prices spike and fighting expanded to Lebanon and the Gulf.

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President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz in the Oval Office at the White House.

Iran at a glance: Trump says Iran’s new leaders ‘are dead’

US President Donald Trump says the strikes that killed Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamanei and his family brought forward a new wave of leaders who have also been eliminated.

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Iran broadened its retaliatory attacks on American targets in the Gulf region Monday and early Tuesday, as Trump and other top officials signalled that strikes could intensify and continue for weeks or more.

Iran escalates retaliatory strikes as US signals long battle

Iran broadened its retaliatory attacks on American targets in the Gulf region Monday and early Tuesday, as Trump and other top officials signalled that strikes could intensify and continue for weeks or more.

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