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NASA's two stuck astronauts cleaned the outside of the International Space Station. (AP PHOTO)

‘Here we go’: NASA's stranded astronauts step out into space

NASA’s two stuck astronauts have taken their first spacewalk together, exiting the International Space Station almost eight months after moving in.

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US President Donald Trump has pointed his finger at DEI policies contributing to the DC collision. (EPA PHOTO)

Trump suggests DEI policies contributed to DC crash

Asked how he could blame diversity, equity and inclusion hiring for the aircraft collision in Washington, Donald Trump said, "Because I have common sense".

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Onboard the plane were several members of the figure skating community, including some from Russia.

Trump’s ‘extraordinary’ rant about deadly plane crash as pilots identified

President Donald Trump has confirmed there were no survivors as he went on to blame Democrat policies and diversity hires for the horrific crash.

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ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA - JANUARY 30:  (EDITORS NOTE: Image contains graphic content) Emergency divers respond after a passenger aircraft collided with a helicopter, in the Potomac River near Ronald Reagan Washington Airport on January 30, 2025 in Arlington, Virginia. An American Airlines flight from Wichita, Kansas collided with an Army helicopter while approaching Ronald Reagan National Airport. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Trump questions why devastating crash wasn’t ‘prevented’

As bodies continue to be pulled from the freezing waters of the Potomac River after a horrific plane and helicopter crash, US President Donald Trump questioned why the devastating collision wasn’t ‘prevented’.

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An American Airlines jet collided mid-air with a military helicopter with US Army soldiers aboard.

Chilling final audio of US Army helicopter crew before crash

An in-flight recording has captured the final communications between the crew members of a US Army helicopter before it collided with a jet.

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Maxim Naumov, Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov are reportedly among dozens of passengers killed in a plane crash in Washington, DC.

Olympic couple among victims of devastating plane crash

The married world champions were reportedly on the doomed flight, along with their son and other athletes.

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr., US President Donald Trump’s pick for secretary of Health and Human Services speaks during his Senate Finance Committee confirmation hearing.

‘You frighten people’: Dems grill RFK Jr on health claims

One senator told Donald Trump’s pick for America’s top health official ‘Unlike other jobs that we’re confirming around this place, this is a job where it is life and death’.

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President Donald Trump is establishing a migrant detention centre in Guantanamo Bay,

Trump’s new 30,000-person Guantanamo Bay detention centre

US President Donald Trump has revealed he will establish a 30,000-person detention centre in Guantanamo Bay to hold illegal immigrants. 

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Robert F Kennedy Jr says he wants to work to end chronic disease in the United States.

Trump pick RFK rejects 'anti-vaccine' label in tense hearing

Robert F Kennedy Jr has rejected being an ‘anti-vaccine’ advocate during tense confirmation hearings in his bid to become the US health secretary.

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Madonna has taken aim at Donald Trump for barring transgender people from serving in the military.

Madonna calls out Trump for 'dismantling' freedoms

Madonna has hit out at US President Donald Trump's administration for their anti-LGBTQ+ agenda.

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US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to protect children from ‘chemical and surgical mutilation’.

Trump’s executive order bans trans ‘mutilation’ of children

US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order that will restrict transgender care access to children under the age of 19.

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Paris Hilton says she's doing whatever she can to help build back Los Angeles after the wildfires.

Paris Hilton speaks of 'heartbreak' after losing home in fires

Paris Hilton is shattered after losing her home in the Los Angeles wildfires and has spoken out about her plans to help the local community.

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DeepSeek chief Liang Wenfeng, a 40-year-old Chinese billionaire hedge funder, has unveiled an AI system which, with certain caveats, matches the achievements so far of America’s most advanced chatbots.

How this geek with a terrible haircut trumped Silicon Valley

DeepSeek – run by nerdy Chinese billionaire hedge funder Liang Wenfeng – has destroyed US confidence in the same way the Soviet Union did back in 1957 by launching Sputnik-1.

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US President Donald Trump’s freezing of trillions in federal funding has blocked by a US judge minutes before it was set to come into effect.

Trump’s trillion-dollar freeze halted as chaos erupts in US

After President Donald Trump issued a mass federal funding freeze that would have seen trillions held back from agencies on Wednesday, a US judge has blocked the move, halting the Republican administration. 

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The Trump administration has frozen billions in Government spending.

‘Destructive chaos’: Trump’s mass federal funding freeze

Billions of federal funding dollars have been frozen in the US, causing panic and alarm amongst agencies, with the White House saying they are doing ‘what the American people elected Donald Trump to do.’

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