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Liberals agree to postpone announcement of shadow cabinet in attempt to broker agreement two days after dramatic split. Follow today’s news liveNSW floods map: record-breaking rain in charts and mapsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastMinns says community ‘no doubt bracing’ for more bad news after flooding deathThe NSW premier is “bracing for more tough news” following news of a death in the state’s inundated mid-north coast.It’s devastating for that man and his family and his friends. a tight-knit community on the mid-north coast, and to lose anyone in these natural disasters is obviously horrifying. So

President says he will speak with advisers about taking public firms that support about 70% of US mortgagesUS politics live – latest updatesDonald Trump said he will make a decision in the near future about taking Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac public, a move which he said he is giving “very serious consideration”.In a post on Truth Social, the US president said he will speak with treasury secretary, Scott Bessent; commerce secretary, Howard Lutnick; and federal housing finance director, William Pulte, about doing so. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/21/trump-fannie-mae-freddie-mac Author : Coral Murphy Marcos and agencies Publish date :

US president ambushes Cyril Ramaphosa with videos and papers claiming to support false allegations amid questions over refugee status for white AfrikanersTrump ambushes South African president in Oval OfficeAnalysis: Trump’s claims ignore reality in South AfricaA federal judge has rejected a bid by the US treasury department to cancel a union contract covering tens of thousands of IRS staff, Reuters reports, in an early blow to Donald Trump’s efforts to eliminate collective bargaining rights for many federal workers.US district judge Danny Reeves in Lexington, Kentucky, said in a written opinion late on Tuesday that the department lacked legal standing to

After months of mounting anger from voters and pressure from MPs No 10 accepted a change had to be madeRarely are British voters united by one issue, but Labour MPs returning to Westminster after the local election campaign this month all reported a single policy dominating all others: cuts to the winter fuel allowance.“It is all people wanted to talk about on the doorstep,” said one. “Some were upset about the coming cuts to disability benefits, some were exercised by immigration. But everyone was angry about winter fuel payments.” Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/may/21/its-all-people-wanted-to-talk-about-how-labour-u-turned-on-winter-fuel-payment-cut Author : Kiran Stacey Political