Budget

• 미 하원은 2026년 4월 29일 상원에서 승인된 예산 결의안을 채택하여 Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) 및 Customs and Border Protection (CBP)에 수십억 달러의 자금을 지원할 수 있는 길을 열었습니다. • 공화당은 필리버스터를 우회하는 절차를 활용해 이 계획안을 통과시켰으며, Doris Matsui 하원 의원을 비롯한 민주당 측에서는 이를 다른 시급한 사안보다 단속을 우선시하는 처사라고 비판했습니다. • 이번 조치는 국경 보안 논쟁과 중간 선거 압박이 지속되는 가운데 Trump 행정부의 이민 정책을 뒷받침하는 것입니다.

• Treasurer는 Commonwealth Bank 팟캐스트에서 ‘사람들이 과거에 내린 결정을 인정’하는 것을 목표로 한다고 밝혔습니다 • 최신 업데이트를 위해 Australia 뉴스 라이브 블로그를 팔로우하세요 • 속보 이메일, 무료 앱 혹은 일간 뉴스 팟캐스트를 신청하세요

Government sources in multiple states say they are worried about the breadth of the changes and possible costsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe states are increasingly on edge about Labor’s efforts to cut NDIS spending in next month’s budget, with officials asking the health minister, Mark Butler, to explain planned savings before a major speech this week.It comes as the treasurer, Jim Chalmers, flagged on Monday morning that cuts to the NDIS will be “easily the most important part of the savings package that we will present on budget night”. Continue reading...

• Amazon Prime Video approved a 10-season fantasy series adaptation of Rachel Vincent's bestselling novel "The Fractured Crown" with a reported $200 million production budget. • The series stars Saoirse Ronan as the lead character and begins filming in New Zealand in September 2026, with the first season expected in 2027. • This investment positions Amazon as a major competitor to HBO's "Game of Thrones" legacy, with showrunner Beau Willimon ("House of Cards") overseeing the adaptation.

The prime minister has weathered the crises – for now – and there is a growing recognition that Australia is too vulnerable to world eventsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAnthony Albanese’s fuel diplomacy tour of Asia has already started paying dividends, but the real test could still be to come.After last week’s rush to Singapore and pulling forward a planned visit, the prime minister dashed back to Australia from Malaysia on Thursday, to survey the damage at one of the nation’s only remaining fuel refineries. The hastily arranged trips, were to show a leader on the job; to demonstrate Albanese’s attention to the fuel crisis. Continue reading...

Trump ally grilled by lawmakers over ‘terrible decisions’ on vaccines, public health and funding cuts to key programsUS politics – latest updatesVaccines and public health dominated a frequently contentious hearing with Robert F Kennedy Jr on Thursday before the US House ways and means committee.Kennedy, the controversial health secretary and a longtime vaccine opponent, has overseen sweeping changes to routine vaccination recommendations and has promoted misinformation even amid the biggest measles outbreak in decades. Continue reading...

Proceedings brought to halt as protesters condemn Russ Vought for slashing Pepfar program amid sweeping aid cutsProtesters decrying delays to funding in the battle against HIV/Aids charged into a congressional hearing where the Trump administration’s budget czar, Russell Vought, was testifying in Washington on Wednesday.The demonstrators disrupted the proceedings on Capitol Hill and twice brought the hearing to a halt. Continue reading...