Australia's housing crisis is facing a new pressure point. The US led war in Iran is pushing up global energy prices, driving construction costs higher and making it harder to build new homes at the same time. Causality data shows that home values in Sydney and Melbourne are now falling as higher fuel prices and rising interest rates rate weigh on buyers.Let's get more now with Nerida O'Connor's, who's the chief economist at real estate group Ray White. He's also the chair of the Australian Construction For ...

Today, Donald Trump wrote, I'm winning a war by a lot. Things are going very well. Let's check in with Congressman Adam Smith of Washington State.He's the top Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee. Congressman Smith, you are as well positioned as anyone in the Congress to know what's happening in this war with your jurisdiction over the Defense Department. Do you agree with Donald Trump's statement that he's winning a war, things are going very well.Yeah. First of all, the statements are nonspecifi ...

The longest-running cabinet secretary in hisry was the first woman member of the cabinet, Frances Perkins, the pioneering social worker in New York who served in Franklin Delano Roosevelt's administration when he was governor of New York and then became his secretary of labor for every day of his presidency, which ended in his death in the 13th year of his presidency after winning re-election to a fourth term. Donald Trump's labor secretary had a remarkably long run for someone who appears to be completely ...

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There are some new records just smashed at the Boston Marathon today. A Kenyon runner crossed the finish line to win for the second year in a row and shattered a 15-year course record, clocking in at just over two hours. It is a double repeat for Kenya.Another Kenyon star just defended her title in the women's division, her second straight win in Boston. Congratulations to them. ...

A battle over reputation and reporting. >> You want to attack my character. Come at me.Bring it on. I'll see you in court. >> Today, FBI Director Cash Patel filed a defamation suit seeking a staggering $250 million against the Atlantic Monthly Group after its April 17th story citing anonymous sources reported that bouts of excessive drinking and erratic behavior have put his job on the line.NBC News has not independently verified that reporting. The story claims on multiple occasions the director security d ...

Speaker Mike Johnson swore in Democratic Congresswoman on the Lilia Mejia five days after she cruised to victory in New Jersey's 11th district. For those counting, it's 45 fewer days than it took Johnson to swear in Congresswoman Adelita Grijalva. Mejia, an unabashed progressive, won the race by 20 points.That's a larger margin than both former Congresswoman turned New Jersey Governor Mikey Sherrill and former Vice President Kamala Harris earned in the district in 2024. And it's yet another warning sign for ...

but in current conservative media world the legend of cash patel how does that read look i think there's you know going into this even before this he was having some trouble because there's a lot of animosity directed toward him at the way that the epstein situation was handled they feel like he participated in a cover up there's a frustration that he wasn't honest and forthright about the extent of the Epstein files that were available when there were opportunities to disclose this information he didn't th ...

Tonight, outrage after an Israeli soldier appeared to have damaged a statue of Jesus with a sledgehammer. Molly Hunter joins us now. And Molly, the Israeli military is responding to that image.Tom, that's right. This disturbing photo shows an Israeli soldier smashing a statue of Jesus after it has been torn off the cross. And tonight, the Israeli military say the photo is real, adding, "The soldier's conduct is wholly inconsistent with the values expected of its troops." Now, here's the statue before it was ...

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