Optus boss Stephen Rue rejects the telco misled Communications Minister Anika Wells on the day of triple-0 outage, as executives from the company face a Senate inquiry today.  Follow live.

It’s a consequential week ahead for Donald Trump’s presidency, with the impacts of the government shutdown spreading and major off-year elections slated for Tuesday. Follow for live updates.

It's not clear when millions of families will get November SNAP benefits, even after judges ruled the government needs to make partial payments.

Federal food aid is on the line as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is poised to run out of money on Saturday amid the ongoing government shutdown. A federal judge on Friday ...

Zohran Mamdani, the front-runner, and his rivals, Andrew M. Cuomo and Curtis Sliwa, are racing to turn out voters before Election Day on Tuesday. Polls are open Sunday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

President Donald Trump and GOP leaders say they’ll consider extending the enhanced tax credits that otherwise expire at year's end — but only after Democrats vote to reopen the government. In the ...

“Disrupting SNAP means American children will go hungry,” said Quinton Lucas, mayor of Kansas City, Missouri. “Families will ...

The Opposition in Maharashtra held a massive protest in Mumbai on Saturday. NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar alleged that the ...

The building strain on lawmakers to end the impasse was exemplified by the nation's largest federal employee union calling on Congress to immediately pass a funding bill and end the shutdown.

Nearly 1 in 6 Americans lives in a “distressed” community. Where they live and what they experience could explain a lot about our politics.

Fitzroy has long endured a tense tug of war between gentrification and a battle to hold on tightly to its creativity, ...