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Illinois attorney general says president’s actions are ‘un-American’ and there is no emergency as Pentagon official confirms plans to send troops to cityRahm Emanuel, a Democratic former Illinois congressman, chief of staff to former president Barack Obama, and a former mayor of Chicago, also appeared on CNN on Sunday urging people to reflect that Trump, in two terms of office, had only ever deployed US troops in American cities, never overseas.Emanuel said if he was still mayor he would call on the president to act like a partner and, although crime was coming down, to “work with us on public

The 21-year-old spoke of being bullied and battling mental health issues, and said she will focus on issues including housing, domestic violence and the climate crisisFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralia’s youngest senator battled depression and bullying before her election, and has dealt with misogyny and Pauline Hanson since.Labor’s Charlotte Walker, a South Australian who turned 21 on election night, delivered her first speech on Monday night. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/aug/25/australias-youngest-senator-describes-depression-whack-responses-and-a-pet-related-white-lie-in-first-speech Author : Tory Shepherd Publish date : 2025-08-25 07:58:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs

Exclusive: Environment department document states that Burrup peninsula site near Woodside gas plant ‘under threat of injury or desecration’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe environment minister, Murray Watt, has been advised by his department to declare a protection order over part of the Burrup peninsula in Western Australia due to its significance as an Aboriginal site, a government affidavit filed in the federal court shows.A Murujuga traditional custodian, Raelene Cooper, applied in 2022 to protect the area’s cultural heritage from nearby industrial activities, including Woodside’s planned extension

US government is seeking to show a pattern of corruption among Smartmatic executives that allegedly involved bribes and money laundering, new court filing showsThe justice department is alleging in a new court filing that three Smartmatic executives who were indicted last year on bribery and money-laundering charges transferred money from a 2018 voting machine contract with Los Angeles county into slush funds that were originally set up to pay bribes to election officials in Venezuela and the Philippines between 2012 and 2016 to obtain and retain lucrative election contracts.Prosecutors say one of the executives transferred an undisclosed amount from the