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The attacks came hours after Russia claimed to have regained control over the remaining parts of the Kursk region, which Ukrainian forces seized in a surprise incursion last August.

One person is in custody and multiple additional arrests are expected in a theft ring recently targeting Washington, DC's, Penn Quarter area.

It marked the first face-to-face encounter between Trump and Zelenskyy since a disastrous White House meeting in February.

George Santos lied about almost everything before getting elected. Now he's going to jail.

The FBI on Friday arrested a Milwaukee judge accused of helping a man evade immigration authorities, escalating a clash between the Trump administration and local authorities over the Republican president's sweeping immigration crackdown.

Trump wasn't happy when the Ukrainian president vehemently ruled out ceding Crimea to Russia as part of a peace deal.

US stocks have leaped amid a worldwide rally after US President Donald Trump appeared to back off his criticism of the Federal Reserve and his tough talk in his trade war.

Law enforcement experts have raised concerns about whether the incident, which involved a thief getting so close to a Cabinet official and then absconding with her belongings, may have been a lapse in security.

Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth shared detailed plans about a military operation against the Houthis in Yemen on a second Signal group chat that included his wife, lawyer and brother, three people familiar with the chat told CNN.

Doctors and public health experts said there is 'no scenario' in which the doctor's conduct would be reasonable.

US multinational technology company Nvidia is caught in the middle of an escalating trade war between the world's two largest economies.

The former president said his successor has "squandered" the strong economy he left.

The tariffs are targeting China but Aussie small businesses are feeling the sting.

The billionaire philanthropist says the "true personalities" of Donald Trump's uber rich backers are being revealed.

The billionaire who correctly predicted the 2008 financial crisis has an ominous warning for now.

Wisconsin 17-year-old Nikita Casap called for the assassination of the president and overthrow of the US government, according to a federal affidavit.

After US President Donald Trump reversed course on his tariffs and announced he would pursue trade negotiations, he had a simple explanation for how he would make decisions in the coming weeks.

President Franklin Roosevelt died midway through having his portrait painted on April 12, 1945.

A report would be the first public information on Trump's health since an assassination attempt against him in Butler, Pennsylvania, in July.

The chief of the Reserve Bank has cautioned patience in responding to the "economic volatility" sparked by US President Donald Trump's tariff war, steering clear of signalling drastic interest rate cuts.

In public, Trump and his allies say it's all part of the plan. Behind closed doors it's a different story.

US stocks are surging on a euphoric Wall Street after one social media post from US President Donald Trump.

Jim Chalmers stepped off the campaign trail to meet with Michele Bullock as markets continued to roil in the face of Trump's newly introduced global tariffs.

From Trump's trade war to the White House's indiscriminate deportations, former backers are becoming skeptics.

A top US politician has passionately come to Australia's defence.

Jesse Schiller and Rachel Evans will be directly affected by the Trump administration's tariffs - but no-one else on Norfolk Island exports anything.

The White House has escalated its ongoing trade war with China to an astounding level.

Stocks are rising on Wall Street and around the world to recover some of the historic losses since last week when President Donald Trump announced sharp increases in taxes on goods imported to the US.

If Trump implements his plans, US tariffs on imports from China would reach a combined 104 per cent.

High level business leaders who supported Donald Trump's candidacy are turning on the US president.

Wall Street is careening through a shocking day of trading, catapulting from an early drop that had dragged it 20 per cent below its record to a sudden rise and back down again.

It added that their parole will expire in seven days and issued a warning: "Do not attempt to remain in the United States — the federal government will find you."

"This is the first time I've been speaking publicly for a while," Obama said during an on-stage interview at Hamilton College.

Wall Street's worst crisis since COVID slammed into a higher, scarier gear Friday.

Two days after sending the economy reeling by announcing widespread tariffs, US President Donald Trump insisted his trade policies will never change.

Donald Trump's massive new tariffs have tipped the Australian stock market into a nosedive two days in a row.

The Trump administration confirmed it used a simple calculation to figure out how to impose its tariffs.

Little has been spared in financial markets as fear flares globally about the potentially toxic mix of higher inflation and weakening economic growth that tariffs can create.

He described it as a "blitzkrieg on globalisation" as China prepares countermeasures.

Nobody lives there but penguins and seals, but the Australian territory hasn't been spared.

The US president has unveiled sweeping new tariffs on goods from dozens of countries, including Australia, in a highly-anticipated ceremony.

One analyst said Wall Street knew the first-quarter figures were likely to be bad but it was even worse than expected.

"For years we have been ripped off by virtually every country in the world ... those days are over."

Cory Booker did not take a break, sit down, or go to the bathroom, for more than a day in total.

An Australian economist based in the US predicts the damage will be 10 times worse than previous tariffs but more is yet to come.

The prime minister has hit back at the US president's fresh list of trade grievances.

Australia stands among 20 other countries, plus the European Union, who may face hefty tariffs on April 2.

The US president emphasised he's "not joking" about upturning the country's constitution.

The attorney general for the US state of Wisconsin argues the offer violates a state law.

JD Vance complained about the cold and said the US had 'no option' but to take over during an uninvited visit to the island.