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President Donald Trump insisted on Thursday that stocks and the US economy would "boom" despite a rout on global markets sparked by his worldwide tariffs.

The Pentagon inspector general's office will investigate Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth's use of commercial messaging app Signal to discuss air strikes on Yemen, a memo released Thursday said.

Exclusive: The party’s Bennelong candidate Scott Yung was described as ‘young Chinese talent’ in the videos that are still live on his pagePolls tracker; election guide; full federal election coverageAnywhere but Canberra; interactive electorates guideListen to the first episode of our new narrative podcast series: GinaGet our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcastA Liberal candidate for an ultra-marginal seat in Sydney says famous Chinese actors based in Beijing voluntarily provided glowing character references describing him as a “young talent” and were not paid to do so.Guardian Australia has confirmed the actors approached by Scott Yung’s campaign separately charge several thousands of dollars for similar short video endorsements and personalised messages. Continue reading...

The firings come on the heels of a meeting between Trump and far-right activist Laura Loomer, who presented her research to the President, making a case for the removal of certain staffers deemed insufficiently committed to Trump's agenda.

Republican pollster Sarah Longwell thinks that President Donald Trump's carefully crafted image is faltering as his economic policies leave Americans desperate. "Trump's carefully curated impression, you know, through his years on 'The Apprentice,' for voters is that he's a businessman. So, I hear it over and over and over again when people say, look, I don't like his personality or, you know, I don't always like the way he behaves this way or that. But he's a businessman, and I think he's going to lower prices. I think he's going to do good things for the economy. And so right now, what you're seeing is Donald Trump taking a knife to the mythology that keeps him above water with people."Trump has a base support of about 32%, she cited. Those are voters who "will have to be living on the street before they will admit that Donald Trump has ruined the economy."ALSO READ: 'Decimated for 60 years': GOP senator warns tariff backlash has dearly cost RepublicansOther voters, however, voted for Trump over inflation and higher prices. Those are the voters Trump is starting to lose. "So, you're starting to hear people really worry about the fact that Donald Trump doesn't seem to be paying attention to the economy," Longwell said. "That is not what he is focused on. And it's starting to come up even in groups that are very supportive of him. They say, I like what Elon's doing. You know, I'm still optimistic, but even those people will express concern about the potential of tariffs.""These are just consumers who wanted things to be cheaper," she continued. "And [if] Donald Trump raises prices on them, they will abandon him very fast."Longwell said this comes from those she polled before the tariffs went into effect. During a later segment, Longwell told Wallace that there are simply some Americans who need to "touch the hot stove" before they learn it can burn them. "I think, to voters, until they feel the negative personal consequences from what Trump is doing — and I think the tariffs, I've started to hear it in the groups. And last time I was on your show was really the first time it had started to bubble up. It's the economic stuff. Even DOGE. Some people are nervous about it. They don't love Elon Musk, but people have to feel — they have to touch the stove, right? They have to feel the negative personal consequences before they're really going to turn on him."That's why she thinks tariffs will be the thing that bursts the Trump bubble. See the videos below or at the link here. - YouTube www.youtube.com - YouTube youtu.be

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has been a vocal supporter of Netanyahu, inviting him to Hungary shortly after the arrest warrant was issued in November. Orban has stated that the ICC's ruling would have "no effect" in his country.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Muhammad Yunus, the Chief Advisor of the interim government in Bangladesh, sat side by side during the official dinner hosted by the Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra.

Canada said it would impose a 25 percent tariff on some autos imported from the United States, retaliating against President Donald Trump's levies that came into affect on Thursday.