Lidia Thorpe has torn up a censure motion passed against her after the rogue senator interrupted King Charles’ visit to Australia with a headline-grabbing protest. Foreign Minister Penny Wong moved a censure motion against Ms Thorpe in the Senate on Monday morning, claiming her outburst during the King’s visit last month sought to ‘incite outrage and grievance’. Ms Thorpe was not in the chamber to hear the censure motion, which passed by 46 votes to 12, prompting her to rip it up while on live TV on Sky News.

Democratic lawmakers are admitting that they may have missed the mark in the 2024 election and are calling on their colleagues to stop ‘preaching down’ to Americans. And Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) says that her party could learn a thing-or-two from Republicans after their sweeping wins this election cycle that will see the GOP with a trifecta in the House, Senate and White House next year. Asked why Democrats lost, Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-Fla.) said his party needs to stop ‘canceling’ people that might disagree with them on something.

Strictly Come Dancing’s Chris McCausland showed his support for his dance partner Dianne Buswell with a sweet gesture after she broke down in tears. The comedian, 47, was on hand to offer emotional support to the ballroom dancer, 35, as the pair received feedback from the judges on Saturday. The couple, who are current favourites to win the competition, took to the dancefloor at Blackpool’s iconic Tower Ballroom for the latest episode of the BBC show.

Sir Keir Starmer was last night accused of ‘kowtowing’ to China as he prepared to cosy up to the country’s authoritarian leader later today. The Prime Minister signalled a thaw in relations as he said he will take a ‘pragmatic’ approach towards Beijing’s communist regime. Sir Keir will become the first British Prime Minister in six years to hold direct talks with President Xi Jinping as he tries to boost trade with the world’s second biggest economy.

Alex Jones has declared ‘the cavalry is here’ as attorneys for Elon Musk’s X jumped in to help put a temporary pause on the sale of his controversial Infowars to The Onion. The satirical news publication said the bid was sanctioned by the families of Sandy Hook Elementary victims who won a $1.4 billion defamation lawsuit against Jones in 2022 over his egregious on-air insistence that the elementary school massacre was a hoax. But a federal judge has questioned the secretive bidding process, with Jones believing it gives him a chance to reclaim his outlet.

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California Governor Gavin Newsom and his wife have moved their family to an exclusive part of the state where all four of his children are now enrolled in Marin County schools. The Democrat, touted as a possible future presidential candidate, will keep his six-bedroom $3.7 million in Fair Oaks in suburban Sacramento home where he will stay with spouse Jennifer Siebel Newsom some nights of the week. But he will relocate his children 90 miles away to a $9.1 million home in Kentfield, Marin County where his eldest child Montana has just enrolled in high school at The Branson School – with tuition fees of up to $60,000 a year.

Ministers are desperately drawing up contingency plans to tackle food shortages if farmers strike over inheritance tax changes. Transport Secretary Louise Haigh said the Government would ensure food security if it faces militant action over the plans. Some farmers have warned that they could stop production which could empty supermarket shelves and prompt panic buying.

Kamala Harris’s campaign paid more than double what was previously thought to Oprah Winfrey as Democrats continue to fundraise past the election after going into debt to run a presidential bid. Reports emerged that Harris’s campaign paid Winfrey’s Harpo Productions $1 million as part of a very pricey and short run for the White House. But now, the New York Times reports that two people familiar with the matter reveal the full price of the event with Winfrey cost closer to $2.5 million.