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Joe Kelly is The Australian’s Washington correspondent, covering news and politics from the US capital. He is an experienced political reporter, having previously been the masthead’s National Affairs Editor and Canberra bureau chief, having joined the parliamentary press gallery in 2010.

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United States Navy Submarine USS Santa Fe transits in formation with Royal Australian Navy Collins Class Submarines HMAS Collins, HMAS Farncomb, HMAS Dechaineux and HMAS Sheean in the West Australian Exercise Area. Photo: LEUT Chris Prescott

Alternative AUKUS plan before congress

A leading US naval analyst has proposed to the US congress an AUKUS ‘alternative’ whereby the Americans would operate eight nuclear subs from Australia, but retain full control over them.

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17-10-2024 - Kamala Harris Fox News interview. Picture: YouTube

Harris fires up on ‘hostile’ Fox News

The Democrat nominee also clashed with conservative anchor Bret Baier over immigration and gender transition surgery.

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Australia's ambassador to the US Kevin Rudd with Democratic senator Jack Reed; Virginia-class attack submarine Montana

US ‘faces challenges’ to build AUKUS subs

The chair of a powerful US Senate committee says America faces ‘barriers’ in providing nuclear subs to Australia, with Kevin Rudd framing AUKUS as a key response to Xi Jinping’s China.

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China RisingWorld

Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd (left) greets Vice President of the Peoples Republic of China Xi Jinpoing at Parliament House in Canberra, Monday, June 21, 2010. The Vice president is making a state vsit to Australia. (AAP Image/Alan Porritt) NO ARCHIVING

The Rudd manifesto: Ambassador warns of Xi’s mission to reshape global order

Kevin Rudd’s new book exploring Xi Jinping’s ideological mission warns the Chinese threat to the existing international order is peaking and a post-Xi world could see Beijing shift back to the political centre.

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CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos FEBRUARY 13, 2023: Prime Minister Anthony Albanese with former Prime Minister, Dr Kevin Rudd at the National Apology Anniversary breakfast. The National Apology Anniversary breakfast with survivors of the Stolen Generations In the Great Hall, Parliament House Canberra.Speakers include:Deputy Prime Minister, Richard Marles,Minister for Indigenous Australians, Linda Burney; Former Prime Minister, Dr Kevin RuddTJ Mia, Noongar Elder & Member of the Stolen Generations;and Michael McLeod, Chair Message Stick Group.Picture: NCA NewsWire / Gary Ramage

Albanese must heed Rudd’s dark vision of China

Anthony Albanese must take heed of Kevin Rudd’s new book that presents a dark vision of China and Xi Jinping’s Marxist-Leninist ambitions, as Labor stabilises its relations with Beijing.

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US electionUS Politics

COACHELLA, CALIFORNIA - OCTOBER 12: Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump gestures while walking onstage for a campaign rally on October 12, 2024 in Coachella, California. With 24 days to go until election day, former President Donald Trump is detouring from swing states to hold the rally in Democratic presidential nominee, Vice President Kamala Harris' home state. Mario Tama/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by MARIO TAMA / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

Death row for migrant murderers, says Trump

Donald Trump has escalated his migrant crackdown, amid growing fears among Democrats that Kamala Harris is losing momentum.

Joe Kelly and Sabrina Siddiqui

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(FILES) In this file photo taken on October 21, 2017, (L-R) George W. Bush, Barack Obama and Bill Clinton attend the Hurricane Relief concert in College Station, Texas. - Obama, Bush and Bill Clinton are volunteering to take a coronavirus vaccine on camera if it will help promote public confidence. Obama, in an interview with SiriusXM radio, said he would be inoculated if top US infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci signs off on a Covid-19 vaccine. Freddy Ford, Bush's chief of staff, told CNN the former president also wanted to help promote vaccination. Angel Urena, Clinton's press secretary, told CNN the former president would also be willing to take a vaccine in public on television. (Photo by JIM CHAPIN / AFP)

Obama and Clinton mobilise support for Harris

Former presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton will hit the campaign trial in coming weeks, targeting key battleground states in a bid to energise the party’s base and edge out Donald Trump.

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Israel at warWorld

09-10-2024 - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his advisers hold a phone call with US President Joe Biden on October 9, 2024. (Prime Minister's Office)

Biden vows ‘ironclad’ US support on security

The US President and Israeli Prime Minister have spoken for the first time since the Israeli incursion into Lebanon.

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Benjamin Netanyahu appears to be increasingly doing things his own way, with the Israeli leader taking key decisions without informing Washington and not seeking US counsel.

Biden’s influence over Israel tested ahead of US election

The unfolding Middle East war looms as a key factor in the US election contest, with the Jewish state listening ‘less and less to America’, as Donald Trump urges Israel to hit Iran’s nuclear sites.

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LIVE: Israel at warWorld

Red Crescent says 28 killed in Israeli strike on Gaza school

The Palestinian Red Crescent said an Israeli air strike on a Gaza school killed at least 28 people on Thursday, while the Israeli military reported it struck a Hamas command centre.

Joe Kelly, Liam Mendes and Anne Barrowclough

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