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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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Surprising faces expected in Trump cabinet

There are few old and new names being touted for Donald Trump’s cabinet, including one very controversial playmaker.

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Wild scenes: MAGA descend on Trump Tower

Jubilant Trump supporters made a beeline for his Manhattan skyscraper after his victory denouncing Kamala Harris and the Democrats as “godless”.

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‘Terrifying’ Musk post explodes on X

In a ‘terrifying’ post on X, Elon Musk appeared to hint that he would be working in the White House.

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Voters at the Art and Design High School in New York Upper East Side on election day 5 November 2024. Picture: Benedict Brook

‘Terrified’: US voters in panic mode

US voters have been flocking to the polls but in one Democratic stronghold there is a noticeable sense of panic emerging.

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DAY OF RECKONING: Chilling sign election headed for chaos

The first results of the US election have just been announced as polls open for Americans to make their choice between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris.

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Leading pollster says trend line going against Kamala Harris

‘They’re lying’: Pollster’s shock election call

Trump and Harris are neck-and-neck, but a famous pollster says there’s one key metric pundits are ignoring, and it’s not good for one candidate.

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(COMBO) This combination of pictures created on October 31, 2024 shows US Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris (L) speaking during a campaign rally at Reno Expo Center in Reno, Nevada, on October 31, 2024 and former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaking at a campaign rally at Lee's Family Forum in Henderson, Nevada, October 31, 2024.. (Photo by LOREN ELLIOTT and Ian Maule / AFP)

Wild Trump tactic could see Harris win

Donald Trump has been having a field day in the last week of the campaign with a new tactic – but an expert said it could fail and even backfire.

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Elon Musk a no-show at election court case

Musk’s brazen move in ‘Trump cheque’ furore

The Tesla and Space X billionaire failed to turn up at US court over allegations his multimillion election giveaway is breaking the law.

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Donald Trump arrived at a rally in a garbage truck.

Trump pulls off outrageous election stunt

Donald Trump has immediately responded to a comment from Joe Biden that threatened to derail Kamala Harris’ campaign at the eleventh hour.

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Heat double whammy set to hit millions

Unseasonably warm heat is building in Australia’s interior getting set to shoot across the country to our major cities over the coming days.

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