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Most drilling decisions are driven by private companies working on land not owned by the federal government. The Department of Energy handles US energy diplomacy, administers the Strategic Petroleum Reserve – which Trump has said he wants to replenish – and runs grant and loan programs to advance energy technologies, such as the Loan Programs […]
Normal text sizeLarger text sizeVery large text size Alexis Nungaray had no idea that June 16 this year would be the last time she would see her 12-year-old daughter. The Texas mother remembers going to bed that Sunday night and telling Jocelyn – her “spunky, quirky, funny” child – how much she loved her. She […]
Since winning the US election, President-elect Donald Trump has named a slew of hardliners and China hawks to key cabinet positions. Many appointments look like a victory of loyalty over competence. The most egregious perhaps is his selection of Robert F. Kennedy Jr, an environmental activist who has spread misinformation on vaccines, to lead the […]
Russian media are reporting Vladimir Putin has not ruled out contacting US president-elect Donald Trump in the lead-up to his inauguration. The world has watched the relationship between Putin and Trump with interest. During the Russian president’s 2018 visit to the White House, Trump defended his counterpart against US intelligence allegations of Russian electoral interference. […]
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has not yet had a call with incoming president Donald Trump, Foreign Minister Penny Wong has confirmed. Asked by Coalition foreign affairs spokesman Simon Birmingham at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade’s senate estimates if a call has occurred, Wong said the Australian government was seeking a phone call. Foreign […]
Robert F. Kennedy Jr, heir to one of America’s most famous political dynasties and vocal vaccine opponent, could take on healthcare policy in Trump’s new administration. In his victory speech last night, Trump said Kennedy would be free to “make America healthy again”. He’s also on record as saying he would let the former presidential […]
I’m here at Kamala Harris’ watch party at Howard University, and it’s quite a vibe. College kids are dancing on the lawn, R&B is blasting through the speakers, and giant American flags adorn the stage where Harris will speak later tonight behind bulletproof glass. “I’m feeling really excited, we’re witnessing history at our school and […]
Voters queuing in Scranton had been at the coalface of the fiercely fought election battle in the months leading up to this day – a day that could have been very different for them had hometown boy President Joe Biden still been in the running. Biden snatched Pennsylvania from Trump in 2020 after it went […]
San Francisco: AI-generated deepfake photos, videos and audio designed to deceive voters have become unavoidable election weapons, an expert has warned, as the US presidential campaign heads toward the finishing line. Despite an influx of digital disinformation around the event, governments and technology companies have been urged not to ban the use of all generative […]
Donald Trump has set off a fresh firestorm after suggesting former Republican Congresswoman Liz Cheney should have guns pointed at her face, prompting vice president Kamala Harris to declare that such violent rhetoric should disqualify him from the presidency. The remarks were made during an onstage interview in Arizona with sacked former Fox News host […]