Follow along for live updates on the government shutdown layoffs and Trump's plans for a 100% tariff on imports from China.

The industry minister has defended a $600 million joint bailout of a Queensland copper smelter as "a good use of public resources". Follow live.

The federal government shutdown entered Day Nine on Thursday after Republican and Democratic bills to reopen the government failed again.

President threatens to cut ‘very popular Democrat programs’ as shutdown drags on - Trump said the hostages in Gaza will be released early next week ...

Join Emily Bazelon of The New York Times Magazine, John Dickerson of CBS News, and David Plotz of City Cast as they bring ...

Nigel Farage has been warned his controversial plans to introduce stricter rules for legal migrants will spark “tear families apart”. The Reform UK leader says he wants to abolish indefinite leave to ...

• New details: Tyler Robinson, the suspect in Charlie Kirk’s murder, apparently confessed to the killing in a small chat group on the online platform Discord, the Washington Post reported today. • ...

Opposition Leader Sussan Ley says the Manchester synagogue terrorist attack was "despicable" and "beyond words". Follow live.

A viewer complained a contributor inaccurately stated 10 million working-age British people were on out-of-work benefits. The ECU assessed whether the programme had had met the BBC’s editorial ...