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Tom Minear is News Corp Australia’s US correspondent. He was previously based in Melbourne with the Herald Sun, where he started in 2011 and held positions including national political editor and state political editor. Minear has won Quill and Walkley journalism awards.

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‘Turned on the water’: Trump slams ‘fake’ fire excuses

Donald Trump has urged Californians to “enjoy the water” that he claims is now flowing abundantly to the wildfire prone state which is now on flood watch.

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CASTAIC, CALIFORNIA - JANUARY 22: (EDITOR'S NOTE: Alternate crop) A firefighter works as the Hughes Fire burns on January 22, 2025 in Castaic, California. The wildfire has spread 9,400 acres and has prompted mandatory evacuations just over two weeks after the Eaton and Palisades Fires caused widespread destruction across Los Angeles County. Brandon Bell/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by Brandon Bell / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

‘Immediate threat to life’: New wildfires plague LA

Another fast-moving blaze has forced 50,000 Californians under new evacuation orders and thousands more firefighters to be deployed as more wildfires break out in the LA region.

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Donald Trump's first one-on-one interview since his inauguration on Fox News. Supplied

‘Tattoos all over their face’: Trump’s brutal call

The newly sworn-in president was quick to stir up fresh controversy in his first formal interview from the Oval Office. See the video

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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio meets with Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong at the State Department in Washington, DC, on January 21, 2025. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP)

‘Australia’s interests’: Wong’s move on AUKUS and tariffs

Australia’s argument to avoid Donald Trump’s tariffs and maintain the AUKUS pact has been delivered, with Foreign Minister Penny Wong meeting US Secretary of State Marc Rubio.

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