Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Victorian energy company urges customers to prepare for high temperatures and fire conditions Powercor, which supplies energy to around 1.2m homes and businesses in Victoria, is urging customers to prepare for the extreme heat and fire conditions today. The company said […]
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‘Will act accordingly’: US threatens action against Haitian council | Government News
The United States has issued a warning to Haiti’s Transitional Presidential Council, writing that it would consider action should the temporary governing body compromise the Caribbean nation’s security. In a sternly worded social media post on Thursday, the US embassy in Haiti maintained that its goal was the “establishment of baseline security and stability”. Recommended […]
Trump health care plan doesn’t fix skyrocketing Affordable Care Act premiums : NPR
President Donald Trump in the Oval Office on Wednesday. On Thursday, he made a health care announcement via a social media video. Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images In a video posted to social media Thursday, President Trump announced an outline for new health care legislation. The […]
Iran protests: 2,500 killed, activists say, as Trump says US will ‘act accordingly’
LONDON — More than 2,500 people have died during nationwide protests in Iran over the past 17 days, activists said Wednesday, as U.S. President Donald Trump expressed his support for demonstrators and hinted at potential American intervention against the government in Tehran. The Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) said it had verified a total […]
Affordable Care Act subsidies have expired. This Democrat says Trump can save them : NPR
The Capitol is seen from the base of the Washington Monument on Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2025, in Washington. Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP hide caption toggle caption Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP Millions of Americans are facing higher health care premiums in the new year after Congress allowed Affordable Care Act subsidies to expire. But earlier this week, a […]
Man charged after allegedly performing Nazi salutes at Canberra shopping centres | Australian Capital Territory (ACT)
An 18-year-old has been charged with allegedly performing two separate Nazi salutes at Canberra shopping centres and putting up “propaganda-style stickers” in recent months. The man is expected to appear before ACT magistrates court on Friday, where police will allege in October a member of the public confronted him as he stuck stickers up at […]
Alien Enemies Act deportations violated due process, judge says : NPR
A prison guard mans an interior perimeter at the CECOT (Counter Terrorism Confinement Center) on Dec.15, 2025 in Tecoluca, El Salvador. CECOT gained notoriety in 2025 when the Trump administration began its controversial policy of deporting people to El Salvador who they claimed were members of the Venezuelan gang Tren De Aragua. John Moore/Getty Images […]
National Guard shooting ‘act of evil,’ Trump says; suspect ID’d as Afghan national
Editor’s note: The West Virginia governor initially said that the 2 Guard members had died but has since said there is conflicting information about their conditions. Two National Guard members from West Virginia were in critical condition Wednesday after a gunman opened fire on them in an apparent “targeted shooting” near the White House, officials […]