Outgoing Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau revealed how he got President-elect Donald Trump to shift his attention away from annexing Canada at their meeting last year. Trudeau shared that Trump’s plan to make Canada a U.S. state came up during his trip down to Mar-a-Lago late last year. ‘We started musing back and forth about this,’ Trudeau recalled about his meeting with Trump. ‘And I started to …

Former prime minister Scott Morrison and wife Jenny have rung in the New Year with the Trumps at a red carpet event in Palm Beach, Florida. The US president-elect and wife Melania hosted the gala at their opulent Mar-a-Lago estate, inviting around 300 guests. Attendees reportedly included the world’s richest person Elon Musk, the next vice president JD Vance and …

A US Army veteran who drove a pick-up truck into a crowd of New Year’s revellers in New Orleans, killing 14 people, had originally planned to kill his family, says the FBI. But the terror suspect was concerned about the types of headlines such an attack would generate. So he changed his plans because he wanted the media coverage to focus …

As holidaying Australians switch off and welcome in the new year, a potentially treacherous 12 months of geopolitical events could await their return. From precarious, ongoing violence in the Middle East and Ukraine to rising tensions in the South China Sea, just how Australians will be impacted remains to be seen. International relations senior lecturer at Flinders University, Jessica Genauer, …

US prosecutors have decided to drop two criminal cases against president-elect Donald Trump. Special prosecutor Jack Smith has told courts in Washington DC and Florida he is discontinuing the cases, which related to alleged election interference and mishandling of classified documents. In a motion filed in Washington, he cited a longstanding Department of Justice (DOJ) policy not to prosecute a …

Was Kamala Harris hiding something under those classy pumps and Converse All Stars – her alternating footwear of choice during her failed presidential campaign? Could it really be that Joe Biden’s veep has a little toenail fetish that only she – and presumably husband Doug Emhoff – knows about? How else can you explain the fact that her election spending includes some $5,000 to a California nail artist who specializes …

Donald Trump has nominated former Democratic presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard to be his Director of National Intelligence. The former Army Lieutenant Colonel who served Hawaii in Congress was tipped for a senior national security role after becoming a Trump ally. The 43-year-old formally announced that she joined the Republican Party at a campaign rally alongside Trump in the summer. She will be nominated to succeed current DNI Avril Haines …

The US President-elect has said that he does not want his children in his forthcoming administration US President-elect Donald Trump has said that he doesn’t want his children to serve in the new administration. Trump made the remarks on Wednesday during an interview with Fox News, following his election victory over his Democratic opponent Kamala Harris. “I said, ‘that’s enough …

Republican candidate Donald Trump has won 295 Electoral College votes, surpassing the 270 needed to become president. Republican candidate Donald Trump was elected 47th president of the United States on Wednesday after securing the swing state of Wisconsin. At the time of publication, Trump had claimed 295  electoral votes while Harris won 226, according to the Associated Press (AP). Trump …

Donald Trump’s triumphant return to the Oval Office will be a clear message for Australia’s major parties and certainly influence their plans to win votes at the next election. As the United States map flashed red and the blue wall fell in this week’s elections, the realisation began to dawn on Canberra that economic issues were at the heart of …