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The opposition’s (as yet uncosted) plan to build seven nuclear reactors in Australia could see power bills rise by hundreds of dollars, and new US polling shows Kamala Harris has yet to land a decisive blow.

Love her or loathe her, Ayn Rand is an undeniably influential figure. Her contemporary admirers range from celebrities – Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, Rob Lowe – to politicians, including Donald Trump. Cultural commentator Lisa Duggan has called her “the ultimate mean girl”.

The music mogul was arrested Monday, indicted for running a "criminal enterprise" that abused women and denied bail

The prime minister is being accused of baselessly threatening to have a double dissolution election to resolve the housing stalemate, and pagers used by Hezbollah have been exploded — with blame levelled at Israel.

Donald Trump escaped a suspected assassination attempt on Sunday, two months after he was shot at during a rally in Pennsylvania. The FBI announced the arrest of a man suspected of targeting the former president on a golf course in Florida, once again raising questions about the security arrangements put…

Baseless theories about suspect Ryan Wesley Routh and his alleged ties to US military spread online after his arrest

THE New York Times, one of the United States’ papers of record, has issued an embarrassing correction after a blunder about a Scotsman's kilt ...

For the right around the world, the racism is the point. It can’t be laughed off or fact-checked away.

A 58-year-old man has been arrested after allegedly trying to assassinate Donald Trump, and Labor seems resigned to its signature housing reforms failing in the Senate.