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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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President Donald Trump speaks with reporters in front of the West Wing of the White House, Thursday, May 8, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Bad for Australia: US reveals first trade deal

The US has inked its first post tariff trade deal with the United Kingdom the beneficiary – but there is one detail that will disappoint Australia.

(FILES) (COMBO) This combination of pictures created on March 30, 2025 shows US President Donald Trump at the White House on March 24, 2025, in Washington, DC, and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on March 18, 2025. Since his return to the White House, President Donald Trump has turned US foreign policy upside down, sent shock waves through the financial markets and turned the Oval Office into one

US slams Russia: ‘It’s asking too much’

In another sign that Vladimir Putin is testing Donald Trump’s patience, the US vice president has rubbished Moscow’s initial Ukraine peace plan.

This photograph shows black smoke rising from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel signalling that cardinals failed to elect a new pope in the first ballot of their conclave in the Vatican on May 7, 2025. (Photo by Andreas SOLARO / AFP)

Smoke rises: First results for pope vote

Smoke has risen from the Vatican after the 133 cardinals took part in their first vote for a new pope.

Donald Trump and Mark Carney in the Oval Office.

‘I still believe it’: Trump doubles down

The meeting, in the White House, between US President Donald Trump and Canadian PM Mark Carney was never going to go smoothly.

Trump Alcatraz prison plan blasted

‘Nuts, absurd, dumb’: Trump plan mocked

Donald Trump’s idea to reopen the world’s most famous jail has been labelled “not serious” with a $400m price tag to do just the bare minimum.

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‘Feel sick’: Aussie star in tears at result

Media personality Abbie Chatfield has broken down in tears at the election result, while other influencers expressed their feelings.

Current Affairs

Antony Green bids farewell to the ABC. Pictures: ABC

‘Stupid hours’: TV election icon calls it quits

Iconic election analyst Antony Green almost choked up as he crunched the numbers one last time and said goodbye to the studio.

Prince Harry hits back in explosive interview after huge court loss. Picture: BBC.

Palace returns serve after Harry’s bombshell

Prince Harry has given a bombshell interview after losing his latest court battle but Buckingham Palace has swiftly returned serve.

King Charles pointed message to Donald Trump

Charles’ not very subtle message to Trump

King Charles and Queen Camilla will drop by Canada this month in what seems to be a subtle – but direct – reminder to the US President.

(FILES) Elon Musk looks on during a Cabinet Meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House March 24, 2025 in Washington, DC. During his time as US President Donald Trump's controversial cost-cutting billionaire adviser, Elon Musk grabbed nearly as much media attention as the US president. The South African-born 53-year-old's official title is the non-descript

‘Better off’: Claims Tesla looked to axe Musk

Elon Musk has furiously denied reports that the board of Tesla became so concerned about his lack of focus on the firm it looked to find a new CEO.

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