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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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US president Donald Trump appears on a giant screen as he adresses Donald Trump global elites via video conference at the World Economic Forum in Davos on January 23, 2025. (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP)

‘Shocked gasps’ at Donald Trump’s new threat

The US President has warned business and political leaders from every world nation that they will pay dearly for not playing by his rules.

The 2025 Oscars nominations have been announced.

Huge Aussie star gets first ever Oscars nom

An Australian star who was thought to be a solid chance for one of the Oscars top gongs has been overlooked – but another has got their first nomination.

Within hours of Donald Trump's inauguration, the administration took down the Spanish-language version of the official White House website.

Image that has 64 million Americans worried

Users were met with the confronting image when on the official White House website.

Daddy, the nickname for Trump that's gaining in popularity. Picture: Benedict Brook

‘So damn creepy’: New Trump name shocks

Move over “The Donald,” there’s a new nickname for the President gaining traction in Washington DC, and some are spun out by it.

Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk gestures as he speaks during the inaugural parade inside Capitol One Arena, in Washington, DC, on January 20, 2025. (Photo by ANGELA WEISS / AFP)

Musk responds after hand gesture furore

Elon Musk has taken to social media after he – twice – made gestures at a Trump rally which closely resembled a fascist-style salute.

TOPSHOT - US President Donald Trump gives a thumb's up as he arrives for the inaugural parade inside Capital One Arena, in Washington, DC, on January 20, 2025. (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP)

Trump stuns with warning to the world

Donald Trump is planning to hit America’s closest trading partners with punishing tariffs, and has also put the world on notice.

Kamala Harris merchandise is now half price

Final Trump humiliation for Kamala Harris

Kamala Harris’ plum role has just ended and she lost the top job to Donald Trump – and yet salt was rubbed into the wound one more time.

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Disastrous start to Trump victory rally

Huge numbers of tickets were issued to Donald Trump’s “victory rally,” yet thousands were left outside in freezing conditions as the man came on stage.

‘Rug pull’: Wild $TRUMP coin shifts

‘Griftpocalypse’: Trump crypto plummets

Donald Trump’s meme coin, $TRUMP, surged overnight but has pulled back considerably with some calling it a ‘rug pull’.

Donald Trump supporters gather in Washington DC for his inauguration. Picture: Benedict Brook

‘Disappointed’: Trump supporters frustrated

An army of the MAGA faithful has trooped into the US capital but with a major change to the inauguration many are now wandering the streets in frustration.

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