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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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UPDATEDUS Politics

Mike Waltz resigns as national security adviser

‘Fired the wrong guy’: Trump official out

One of Donald Trump’s most senior advisers is out of the White House, but the Democrats have said the “wrong guy” was booted.

UpdatedWorld Economy

President Donald Trump speaks during an event about investing in America in the Cross Hall of the White House, Wednesday, April 30, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump confirms trade deals, nations named

Donald Trump confirms he has made potential trade deals with three countries — but they are not Australia.

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President Donald Trump speaks on his first 100 days at Macomb County Community College Sports Expo Center, Tuesday, April 29, 2025, in Warren, Mich. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump boasts: ‘Nothing will stop me’

Donald Trump has delivered a new set of declarations in a fiery self-congratulatory speech to celebrate his first 100 days in office.

Brazil's Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira speaks during the BRICS foreign ministers' meeting at Itamaraty Palace in Rio de Janeiro, Monday, April 28, 2025. (Mauro Pimentel/PoolÃÂ viaÃÂ AP)

Superpower pact slaps down global demands

The BRICS bloc has gathered under the spotlight of global disorder this week to lay out a plan for everything from Donald Trump to Gaza.

TOPSHOT - US President Donald Trump speaks after signing an executive order in the Oval Office of the White House on April 9, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP)

‘They are sick’: Trump fury at sinking polls

Donald Trump has lashed out calling for an investigation after a series of polls found his popularity sinking as he reaches 100 days in office.

Travel Incidents

A major power outage has caused chaos along the Iberian Peninsula, leaving millions in the dark across Spain and Portugal.

‘Apocalyptic’: Millions hit by mass blackout

A major power outage has caused chaos along the Iberian Peninsula, leaving millions in the dark across Spain and Portugal.

Former U.S. Rep. George Santos, left, leaves federal court after being sentenced to more than seven years in prison for fraud and identity theft, Friday, April 25, 2025, in Central Islip, N.Y. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

US pollie jailed for 7 years over Botox, porn

The Republican was expelled from the US Congress for using stolen donor cash to bankroll designer suits, Botox and porn subscriptions.

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(FILES) (COMBO) This combination image of two pictures created on April 4, 2025 shows US President Donald Trump (L) in Miami, Florida, on April 3, 2025, and China's President Xi Jinping (R) in Beijing on March 5, 2025. With his storm of tariffs on Chinese goods, US President Donald Trump on April 2025 has torched ties with Beijing and likely wrecked any hope of meeting his counterpart Xi Jinping in the near term, analysts say. (Photo by Mandel NGAN and Pedro Pardo / AFP) / To go with AFP story China-US-diplomacy-politics-trade-economy,ANALYSIS by Matthew Walsh

Furious China tells Trump to ‘just stop’

Donald Trump has claimed that Beijing and DC are already in talks about tariffs, but China has said the direct oposite.

UPDATEDEurope

A Police car arrives to the high school Notre-Dame de Toutes-Aides following the killing of one student and the wounding of three others by a student in a knife attack, in Nantes, western France, on April 24, 2025. A student armed with a knife attacked four of his classmates before being subdued by teaching staff, according to information obtained by AFP from a source close to the case. (Photo by Loic VENANCE / AFP)

‘Blood everywhere’: Student stabbed to death

A student has died in a French high school after another student allegedly stabbed several classmates in horror scenes.

Claims of ongoing trade talks with Washington are “baseless”, China has said.

China calls BS on Trump’s latest tariff claim

Beijing’s comments come a day after Donald Trump suggested there were active discussions with China about tariffs.

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