
US president said UK monarch agreed Tehran should not be allowed nuclear weapons A flick of Oscar Wilde here, a nod to Henry Kissinger there, a sprinkling of Charles Dickens here, a dollop of Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt there. Job done! The British monarch mobilised an elite squad of dead white men, leavened with humour and subliminal politicking, on Tuesday in a charm offensive aimed over Donald Trump’s head and squarely at the US Congress. Judging by the cheers and minute-long appla

Claudio Neves Valente, who killed himself after deadly attack, began planning for violence in 2022, authorities say The gunman behind a deadly shooting at Brown University in December appeared to have been aggrieved by personal failures and sought retribution against those he deemed responsible, federal authorities said on Wednesday. More than four months after Claudio Manuel Neves Valente opened fire on the Ivy League campus, killing two students and injuring nine others, officials with the FBI

House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., struggled to win over Republican holdouts.

Treasurer tells Commonwealth Bank podcast that he aims to ‘recognise the decisions that people have taken in the past’ Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Existing property investors look set to avoid paying more tax under Labor’s mooted changes to CGT in next month’s budget, after Jim Chalmers said he wanted to “make sure that we recognise the decisions that people have taken in the past” and flagged any reforms wou

The winner was chosen by the Art Gallery of NSW staff who hang the finalists for exhibition, ahead of the main prize announcement on 8 May Archibald prize 2026 finalists: Virginia Trioli, Jan Fran, Ahmed al-Ahmed and more – in pictures A portrait of Jacob Collins by Sean Layh has won the favour of Art Gallery of NSW staff, who awarded it the Packing Room prize on Thursday, ahead of the Archibald prize’s main announcement on 8 May. Laye said winning the prize for his work – an oil painting titled
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NBC News' Ryan Nobles joins "Here's the Scoop" to discuss Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's appearance in front of the House Armed Services Committee and why some skeptical lawmakers may not have been convinced by his testimony.

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US senator holds panel with leading Chinese scientists and warns of risks to society unless new technology is regulated The US senator Bernie Sanders espoused the importance of international cooperation in regulating AI at a Wednesday panel on Capitol Hill alongside two leading Chinese scientists. As startups and tech giants, most prominently in Silicon Valley and Beijing, race to advance and scale their artificial intelligence, Sanders has been among the AI skeptics advocating for safeguards. C
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Landmark Supreme Court ruling on voting rights
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New images of suspect in correspondents' dinner shooting
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Gas prices at highest numbers since start of war with Iran