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Benedict BrookUS correspondent

Benedict is an award-winning journalist and news.com.au’s US Correspondent, based in New York. He moved to Australia in 2006 and worked in corporate communications and journalism, becoming assistant editor of LGBTI publication the Star Observer before joining news.com.au in 2015. He writes on a range of topics from weather to retail and infrastructure. Benedict has won a Kennedy Award for environmental reporting and was nominated for another, for breaking news, in 2020. He has been nominated twice for an ACON Honour Award for his writing on the LGBTI community.

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As tens of thousands of people protest across the US and Europe, Donald Trump has issued a message urging Americans to “hang tough”.

‘HANG TOUGH’: Trump’s bold message as US erupts over tariff fiasco

As tens of thousands of people protest across the US and Europe, Donald Trump has issued a message urging Americans to “hang tough”.

China said on Friday it would slap 34 percent tariffs on all imports of US goods from April 10 after Washington imposed steep new levies on Chinese products.

China slaps whopping tariff on all US goods

Beijing has forcefully hit back at steep new US tariffs but Donald Trump has mocked the move as China “playing it wrong”.

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China said on Friday it would slap 34 percent tariffs on all imports of US goods from April 10 after Washington imposed steep new levies on Chinese products.

China slaps whopping tariff on all US goods

China said on Friday it would slap 34 percent tariffs on all imports of US goods after Washington imposed steep new levies on Chinese products.

Empire State Building in New York to be lit up in green and gold in honour of Kylie Minogue and the Great Barrier Reef Foundation. Picture: Benedict Brook

Aussie pop star gets huge US honour

One of Australia’s biggest exports will get a huge US honours today – and the pop star herself has said it’s “mind blowing”.

Donald Trump is set to ditch 'liability' Elon Musk from his inner circle 'in the coming weeks'. Picture: Supplied

‘Liability’: Musk to leave White House

Reports have emerged that Donald Trump has told Elon Musk his time in his inner circle is up amid disquiet at his “unpredictable” actions.

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LOS ANGELES, CA - FEBRUARY 06: Neil Young performs onstage during the 2015 MusiCares Person of The Year honoring Bob Dylan held at Los Angeles Convention Center on February 6, 2015 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Michael Tran/FilmMagic)

Star fears he’ll be banned from America

Music legend Neil Young has said he is concerned he could be barred from re-entering the US due to his negative views of Donald Trump.

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Elon Musk speaks at a town hall Sunday, March 30, 2025, in Green Bay, Wis. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Phelps)

Musk’s plea to President Trump

Elon Musk has called for the arrest of several high profile individuals over a “giant” scheme running under the American public’s nose.

FILE - French far right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen attends a party meeting in Nanterre, France, Thursday, Jan. 12, 2012. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon. File)

Major European leader sentenced to jail

The leader of a major political party who had been touted as France’s next President has been convicted of a $5m fraud and is now unable to stand.

(COMBO) This combination of pictures created on March 17, 2025 shows, L-R, US President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on March 13, 2025 and Russia's President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin in Moscow on March 13, 2025. Putin and Trump will speak by phone on March 18, 2025, as one US official expressed hope the two could agree a Ukraine ceasefire within

Trump: ‘I’m pi**sed off with Putin’

The American president appears to be fed up with Vladimir Putin, saying he is “very angry, pi**sed off” with the Russian leader, in a new interview.

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‘Idiotic’: Iconic retailer’s new name slammed

A household name which has been open across the UK for more than 200 years will disappear within months in another sign of retail woes.

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