President Donald Trump’s administration said Tuesday that it will move to withhold SNAP food aid from recipients in most Democratic-controlled states starting next week unless those states provide …

It’s about more than denying inflation

Rental changes were introduced in Northern Territory without giving notice to tenants, which the court unanimously ruled was a denial of procedural fairness * Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast A public housing policy which saw tenants in the Northern Territory charged a flat rental rate based on the number of bedrooms in their home has been ruled unlawful by the high court, after a three-year challenge brought by residents from two remote Indigenous communities. The Remote Rental Framework, introduced in stages by the NT government between December 2021 and February 2023, raised rent by up to 200% for two-thirds of Aboriginal tenants living in remote communities in the NT, with more than 5,300 homes affected. Continue reading...

The city of San Francisco filed a lawsuit against some top food manufacturers on Tuesday, arguing that ultraprocessed food from the likes of Coca-Cola and Nestle are responsible for a health crisis.

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said she is considering pulling food benefits from several Democratic-led states unless they provide more detailed information on recipients of aid.

At the start of a Cabinet meeting just after noon ET on Tuesday, President Donald Trump made his seemingly obligatory reference to “Sleepy Joe” Biden.

The proposed changes, which the government claims are needed to combat AI-generated requests, would also reduce what documents can be released * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast The Albanese government’s proposal to introduce fees for freedom of information requests and reduce what documents can be released has been widely slammed by opposition and crossbench senators as “undemocratic” and evidence of Labor’s “addiction to secrecy”. The Labor-chaired Senate inquiry released its report on Wednesday recommending the bill be passed but the Coalition, the Greens, and senators David Pocock and Jacqui Lambie all submitted their own reports condemning the plans. Continue reading...

Hanover Park police officer Radule Bojovic returned to full duty status this week as he awaits the outcome of his court proceedings, officials said.

The proceedings Tuesday didn't outlast Trump's August Cabinet meeting, which stretched on for more than three hours.

Pope Leo criticises Islamophobic and anti-migrant activists

The world's largest warship is now patrolling the Caribbean north of Venezuela. It carries 4,000 US sailors and 75 fighter jets. We've been tracking it for the past week.

Putin doesn’t want peace –and Trump’s baffling error has made it easy for him

The outlook for Gaza and a future Palestinian state could become clearer in 2026. But Gaza’s partition could become indefinite

The health secretary has accused the British Medical Association of "juvenile delinquency" and behaving like "moaning minnies" after the union announced that resident doctors will go on strike in the run-up to Christmas.

European Union negotiators reached an agreement early Wednesday to phase out all imports of Russian gas by the fall of 2027, a move aimed at choking off a major source of revenue for Moscow nearly fou...

White House names Adm Frank M Bradley as officer who ‘directed the engagement’, distancing Hegseth from accountability

A strategic analysis of Detachment 201 and the unprecedented fusion of corporate and military power In a move that formalises the military-industrial complex for the digital age, the U.S. Army has qui...

The NT government has effectively outsourced public housing and accountability to organisations like Venture and Yilli Housing which have become taxpayer-funded distractions from a broken housing syst...

The US hasn’t just left Ukraine vulnerable; it is also provoking Xi’s intensifying attitude towards what he considers a renegade province, says Guardian foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdall

Fossil fuel company plans to expand exploration in Beetaloo basin

In what are dangerous times for democracies around the world, parliament’s overhaul of nature laws in the EPBC Act shows ambitious reform remains possible

CDC data shows that Gen Z bears a disproportionate share of our national gun violence crisis.