Breaking: Greens agree to nature laws deal Dan Jervis-Bardy Labor has struck a deal with the Greens to overhaul federal environmental protection laws on parliament’s final sitting day of the year, ending a five-year struggle to deliver on Graeme Samuel’s blueprint to fix the broken system. The Greens have agreed to support Labor’s re-write of […]
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Kristi Noem directed Venezuelans to be sent to El Salvador after federal judge ordered deportation planes turned around: DOJ
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem directed that hundreds of Venezuelan men who were removed from the U.S. in March be transferred to El Salvador, despite a federal judge ordering deportation planes turned around, according to a new court filing from Trump administration lawyers. In the filing late Tuesday, the Department of Justice said that […]
Democrat Eric Swalwell faces federal criminal inquiry for alleged mortgage fraud | US politics
The Democratic congressman Eric Swalwell is the latest target of Trump’s retribution campaign against his critics, the congressman confirmed on Thursday. NBC News reports that Swalwell is facing a federal criminal investigation for alleged mortgage fraud, just as three other Democratic officials have faced in recent months. The outlet says the director of the Federal […]
Government funding deal would reverse some of Trump’s mass federal worker firings
Despite President Donald Trump says Democrats are “not getting much” in the government funding deal the House is set to vote on Wednesday, it does include a provision that would reverse the firings of thousands federal workers that he carried out during the shutdown. Nevertheless, Trump has said he’ll “abide” by the deal the Senate […]
Senate Democrats defend breaking ranks to end shutdown as Mike Johnson signals speedy House return – US politics live | US federal government shutdown 2025
‘It’s the opening of an opportunity,’ say Senate Democrats who broke ranks to end government shutdown The eight Democratic and Independent senators who broke ranks with the party to advance a bill that would end the government shutdown – the longest in US history – have defended their decisions amid furor from their party and base. […]
US Senate vote marks step towards ending federal shutdown | US federal government shutdown 2025
The US Senate on Sunday took a key vote on a bill that would end the record-setting federal government shutdown without extending the healthcare subsidies that Democrats have demanded. Senators began voting on Sunday night to advance House-passed stopgap funding legislation that Senate majority leader John Thune said would be amended to combine another short-term […]
Trump demands supreme court intervene after judges reject bid to halt Snap funding | US federal government shutdown 2025
The Trump administration asked a federal appeals court on Friday to block a judge’s order that it distribute November’s full monthly food stamp benefits amid a US federal government shutdown, and was denied later the same day. Now, the administration must continue to follow the orders of a lower court. Moments after that ruling came […]
Australia news live: former federal Liberal candidate says dumping net zero could cause ‘generational damage’ to party’s electoral chances | Australia news
Dumping net zero will do ‘generational damage’, former Liberal candidate warns Roshena Campbell, the deputy mayor of Melbourne, has warned the Liberal party’s moves to reject net zero emissions targets will do “generational damage” to the party. The Liberal party is on track to dump the Coalition’s net zero target and align the pace of […]
White House fires arts commission that reviews federal building designs : NPR
The Jefferson Memorial and US Capitol are seen alongside the Tidal Basin in an aerial photograph taken on approach to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport near Washington, DC, on October 22, 2024. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images The White House has fired six members of the […]