Joe Kelly

Joe KellyNational Affairs editor

Joe Kelly is the National Affairs Editor. He joined The Australian in 2008 and since 2010 has worked in the parliamentary press gallery, most recently as Canberra Bureau chief.

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(FILES) US Representative Matt Gaetz, Republican of Florida, speaks during the third day of the 2024 Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on July 17, 2024. US President-elect Donald Trump announced on November 13, 2024, that he intendds to nominate right-wing firebrand lawmaker Matt Gaetz US Attorney General. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP)

Trump ‘admits Gaetz may not be confirmed’ as claims mount

Claims that Matt Gaetz had sex with a 17-year-old minor at parties where illegal drugs were present are derailing his chances of confirmation as Attorney-General.

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(COMBO) This combination of pictures created on November 12, 2024 shows US entrepreneur and former Republican presidential hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy (L) speaks during the second day of the 2024 Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, July 16, 2024, and SpaceX, Twitter and electric car maker Tesla CEO Elon Musk looks on as he speaks during his visit at the Vivatech technology startups and innovation fair at the Porte de Versailles exhibition center in Paris, on June 16, 2023.. US President-elect Donald Trump on November 12, 2024 said Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk will lead a so-called Department of Government Efficiency alongside American entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS and Alain JOCARD / AFP)

Trump’s DOGE team will move swiftly to slash bureaucrats

Charged with eliminating government waste, Vivek Ramaswamy says he and Elon Musk will push for cuts to the Pentagon, Health and Education as well as government contractors.

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Trump’s radical policy bonfire will burn for at least a generation

Rising from the ashes of his 2020 defeat, the ignominy of the Capitol Building riot and two assassination attempts, Donald Trump will retake the presidency brimming with confidence, a sense of historic mission … and a powerful mandate.

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(FILES) Former Republican presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. gestures as he speaks ahead of Former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump at a campaign rally at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, November 1, 2024. US President-elect Donald Trump announced on Thursday that he is nominating Kennedy to be the US Secretary of Health and Human Services. (Photo by KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI / AFP)

The vaccine sceptic who says he’ll Make America Healthy Again

Robert Kennedy says he’ll fight to end the US’s chronic disease epidemic, but his appointment as Health Secretary has major ramifications, from the future of the social safety net to food and drug regulation.

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(FILES) Former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump (2nd L) shakes hands with US politician Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as he invites him former US Representative Tulsi Gabbard (R) and US commentator Tucker Carlson onto the stage during a campaign rally at the Gas South Arena in Duluth, Georgia, on October 23, 2024. US President-elect Donald Trump announced on Thursday that he is nominating Kennedy to be the US Secretary of Health and Human Services. (Photo by CHRISTIAN MONTERROSA / AFP)

Robert F Kennedy named new Health Secretary, Republicans clinch House

Donald Trump has nominated Robert Kennedy Jr to head up the Department of Health and Human Services, and his criminal lawyer as deputy Attorney-General, to work with Matt Gaetz in the Justice Department.

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How deep will the Washington clear-out go?

Donald Trump’s nomination of Matt Gaetz as Attorney-General and Pete Hegseth as Defence Secretary have rocked Washington and show the President-elect is serious about purging the deep state

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US President-elect Donald Trump gestures as he attends a meeting with House Republicans at the Hyatt Regency hotel in Washington, DC on November 13, 2024. (Photo by Allison ROBBERT / AFP)

GOP alarm at Gaetz nomination

Donald Trump faces a backlash over his nomination as attorney-general as he unveiled more of his cabinet.

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Marco Rubio nominated as Secretary of State

Donald Trump rounds out his national security team by nominating Marco Rubio for Secretary of State and Matt Gaetz as his next Attorney-General after meeting Joe Biden in the Oval Office.

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(COMBO) This combination of pictures created on November 12, 2024 shows SpaceX, Twitter and electric car maker Tesla CEO Elon Musk (L) looks on as he speaks during his visit at the Vivatech technology startups and innovation fair at the Porte de Versailles exhibition center in Paris, on June 16, 2023, former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump (C) looks on during a campaign rally at PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on November 4, 2024, and US entrepreneur and former Republican presidential hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy (R) speaks during the second day of the 2024 Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, July 16, 2024.. US President-elect Donald Trump on November 12, 2024 said Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk will lead a so-called Department of Government Efficiency alongside American entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy. (Photo by AFP)

Musk to lead ‘Manhattan Project of our time’: Trump’s picks rock DC

The world’s richest man has been given 18 months to slash the size of the US government, and a Fox News host has been tapped to serve as Pentagon chief as Donald Trump shakes up DC.

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**NETWORK USE ONLY- NETWORK NEWS PREMIUM CONTENT: NO THE AUSTRALIAN/NO NEWS.COM/NO SKY NEWS ** Ambassador of Australia to the United States, Hon Kevin Rudd, at his residence in Washington DC. PIC MUST CREDIT - Noah Willman

Former US ambassadors, Abbott defend Rudd over Trump saga

Two former Australian ambassadors to Washington, as well as former prime minister Tony Abbott, have defended Kevin Rudd as the nation’s top man in America, arguing that Australia must continue to support him after a member of Donald Trump’s inner circle appeared to question his viability.

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