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Funeral home owner who stashed nearly 190 decomposing bodies sentenced to 20 years prison
Jon Hallford and his co-defendant sent grieving families fake ashes and spent fraudulent funds on cryptocurrency, luxury items from stores like Gucci and Tiffany & Co, and even laser body sculpting.
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Trade
Trump terminates trade talks with Canada over tax on digital companies
The move underlines the Trump administration’s deep distaste for measures it regards as discriminatory imposts on American tech giants, such as Australia’s News Bargaining Code.
- by Michael Koziol
Trump handed ‘giant win’ as Supreme Court curbs judges’ power to block his orders
The US president said a handful of “radical left judges” could no longer overrule his rightful powers. Dissenting judges decried “a grave an attack on our system of law”.
- by Michael Koziol
Trump demand on Australian defence spending would leave $200b crater in budget
The mounting pressure from Washington comes as the Albanese government grapples with the ballooning cost of NDIS and pressure from states to spend more on health.
- by Michael Koziol, James Massola and Millie Muroi
America’s most unwanted and the urgent cable that reveals where Trump wants them to go
The global dealmaking efforts show the measures the US president is willing to take to fulfil his aspirations for mass deportations, even if it means flying immigrants into danger.
- by Edward Wong, Zolan Kanno-Youngs, Hamed Aleaziz and Minho Kim
Opinion
US politics
Nothing prepared me for Trump being called ‘daddy’ in public
The minute geopolitics intersects with “daddy” as a term of endearment, we have officially entered end times.
- by Kate Halfpenny
Anna Wintour to hand over the reins of American Vogue after 37 years
Wintour will step down from day-to-day editing of the magazine, but will retain control as Vogue’s global editorial director and the chief content officer for publisher Condé Nast.
- by Michael Koziol
Hegseth channels old TV role as he berates reporters over Iran bombing coverage
The US Defence Secretary clashed with reporters at a news conference that provided new details on the military operation but shed little light on the damage inflicted.
- by Michael Koziol
Pentagon leaders detail US attacks on Iran
News conference provided new details on the impressive military operation against Iran's nuclear sites, but shed little light on the damage inflicted.
Hegseth's exchange with Fox News reporter
The US defence secretary grew frustrated when reporter Jennifer Griffin asked about satellite imagery that showed trucks lined up at one of Iran's nuclear sites in the days before the US bombing operation.
‘Credible intelligence’ of severe damage to Iran’s nuclear sites: CIA
The Trump administration has moved to dispel scepticism about the efficacy of America’s strikes by scheduling a news conference that the US president said would provide “irrefutable” evidence of the mission’s success.
- by Michael Koziol
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