The senators tried to impress upon the president that they needed to reach a bipartisan agreement.
NSW Treasurer’s ‘people’s budget’ targets cost of living
The NSW budget is full of cash splash giveaways thanks to a $3.9 billion surplus, but the Treasurer has denied his “people’s budget” is “a series of electoral bribes” to win the next election.
Optus brand battered by World Cup streaming fail
Optus is working around the clock to fix its streaming service after a series of embarrassing blackouts during the World Cup, but will the telco run out of time?
Income tax cut battle raging as Labor rejects most of the Government’s plan
The Federal Opposition says it will not vote for most of the Government’s plan to cut income tax over seven years.
CEO Musk emails staff alleging employee ‘sabotage’
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Tesla Inc Chief Executive Elon Musk said on Monday in an email to staff that an unnamed Tesla employee had conducted “extensive and damaging sabotage” to the company’s operations including allegedly making unspecified code changes to its manufacturing operating system and sending what the email said was sensitive Tesla data to unnamed third parties.
Puan, world’s oldest known Sumatran orangutan, dies aged 62 in Australian zoo
The primate was euthanised at Perth zoo leaving 54 descendants around the world
Zookeepers have paid emotional tribute to the world’s oldest known Sumatran orangutan, “a grand old lady” who died at a Western Australian zoo on Monday.
Puan was given to Perth zoo in 1968 and is believed to have been born in Sumatra 1956. At 62 years she lived well beyond her typical life expectancy and was recognised by the Guinness Book of Records as the oldest verified member of her species in 2016.
What’s on TV: ‘Luke Cage,’ ‘Preacher’ and ‘Westworld’
The FIFA World Cup is already rolling along, but this week we're getting ready for the second season of Marvel's Luke Cage on Netflix. AMC has the season premiere of Preacher and Comedy Central brings Drunk History while Westworld wraps up season two…
At least six people close to Trump almost certainly knew about offers from Russians of dirt on Clinton
The number could be as high as 10 — including the president.
Nielsen becomes the public face of Trump’s family separation policy
‘We will not apologize,’ the DHS secretary said during a day-long defense amid a growing political uproar over the practice and the administration’s erroneous claims.
‘Trump started this, and Trump can end this’: Democrats urge president to reverse immigration policy
Pelosi led a group of House Democrats as they toured a San Diego facility housing migrant children separated from their parents.