Former US President Donald Trump celebrated his 78th birthday Friday by hosting a ticketed event for his "club 47" fan club in Florida in a bid to continue his appeal to young voters. It was a relatively inexpensive event compared to some of his usual high-dollar fundraisers. Trump’s social media presence, and appearances with popular influencers such as Logan Paul, are helping the him maintain his popularity among youth voters in comparison to Biden.

Sky News contributor Emily Carver says Prince Harry’s relationship with his family has reached an “all-time low”. Prince Harry has been issued a stern warning from King Charles over his persistent "complaining" about the royal family in public. “There’s such a huge amount of pressure for him to reach out to try and reconcile their relationship but it just seems as though he’s just simply too stubborn to do so,” Ms Carver said. “What a loss to lose your family in this way.”

Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party has overtaken the ruling Conservatives in opinion polling – adding a "further blow" to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, says Sky News host Danica De Giorgio. “Farage announced his surprise return to politics last week – saying he only decided to run because it was so far the dullest, most boring electoral campaign we have ever seen,” Ms De Giorgio said. Sky News contributor Emily Carver sat down with Ms De Giorgio to discuss UK politics.

Sky News host Danica De Giorgio says CFMEU boss John Setka has Anthony Albanese “wrapped around his finger”. The Prime Minister has fired up at reporters after being peppered with questions about John Setka's threats to the AFL, as its CEO responded to demands from the union leader that the league sack its head of umpiring. “Mr Setka, acting like a petulant child, chucking a tantrum, throwing his toys on the floor – is vowing to proceed with a work-to-rule campaign to disrupt AFL projects,” Ms De Giorgio said. “This thuggery could have a massive impact on AFL in this country – yet Albo today couldn't bring himself to push back against his union mates – and stand up for Australia.”

Former Nine chairman Peter Costello was unable to “worm his way out” of resigning from his board position after he was filmed knocking over a journalist at Canberra airport, according to The Australian’s media writer Sophie Elsworth.

Sky News host Danica De Giorgio says it has been 60 years since Beatlemania swept Australia. “The Beatles’ tour started in Adelaide in June 1964 where 300,000 people lined the streets,” Ms De Giorgio said. “It ended up being the largest ever crowd to welcome the group.” Authors Andy Neill and Greg Armstrong sat down with Ms De Giorgio to discuss the 60th anniversary of Beatlemania in Australia.

Bowel Cancer Australia Ambassador Mark Allen says Olympic athletes are reaching the pinnacle of their sport and “we are letting their parents down”. The parents of Olympic swimmer Ariarne Titmus are expected to have to fork out $20,000 on tickets for the Games to watch her swim. “That's absolutely insane – I hate hearing that,” Mr Allen said. “You know the sacrifices parents make for their kids, that’s not fair.”

Sky News host Steve Price says concern is growing among medical professionals as bowel cancer drop for “the second year in a row”. “These are the bowel cancer testing kits that you get mailed after you are a certain age,” Mr Price said. “The numbers of people actually doing it is dropping.” Bowel Cancer Australia Ambassador Mark Allen sat down with Mr Price to discuss testing rates for one of the nation's deadliest cancers and how they've dropped for the second year in a row.

Sky News host Steve Price has urged Opposition leader Peter Dutton to tackle immigration at the next election as it becomes a huge political issue. “Dutton is onto something with his nuclear gamble,” Mr Price said. “Let’s see if he's brave enough to tackle the elephant in the room that will send the left into a tailspin and put up the ‘Australia is full mate’ sign. Time will tell.”

Victorian Shadow Treasurer Brad Rowswell says former Victorian premier Daniel Andrews receiving a Companion of the Order of Australia is “rewarding failure”. Mr Andrews and former Western Australian premier Mark McGowan have been awarded the nation’s highest honour in the 2024 King’s Birthday Honours. “I’m actually fully on board with Sam Newman on this one – AC, absolute crap,” Mr Rowswell said.

Victorian Shadow Treasurer Brad Rowswell says the Victorian government is on track to fall “well short” of their goal to build 80,000 homes per year. As soon as next month, the population of Victoria will hit 7 million people – due in part to an intake of students and migrants. “You’ve got government ministers saying that it may not happen,” Mr Rowswell said.

Sky News host James Morrow has discussed the “big issues” driving American voters ahead of the 2024 US presidential election with CT Group Managing Director Larry Grossman. “Obviously on the Republican side, migration and the border that’s the thing that they're pushing very hard to fire everybody up,” Mr Morrow said. “But it looks like the Democrats are going to push abortion, reproductive rights and try to get those suburban voters back, suburban female voters back.

Sky News host James Morrow says the post-modern era allows the “destruction of national symbols” after pro-Palestine protestors were filmed defacing statutes in front of the White House. “Last week we saw the shocking images of statutes vandalised and trashed right outside the White House, defaced by Free Gaza activists,” he said. “Remember this is some of the most policed ground on the planet with everyone from DC Metro and park police to the Secret Service, able to do something about this if given the order.”

Sky News host James Morrow says America and the West are in the middle of a “revolution of thought” with woke ideologies taking over. “America and really the West are in a transformative state right now,” he said. “Just as people were disorientated but didn’t really have words to describe what was going on when they lived through the protestant reformation or the Industrial Revolution – we are in the middle of a new revolution of thought right now.”

CT Group Managing Director Larry Grossman has weighed in on who he thinks will win in Virginia in the 2024 US presidential election. Mr Grossman's comments come as recent polling shows President Joe Biden and former president Donald Trump tied in Virginia. “I think the Democrats should, you know, keep an eye on Virginia, but I think on election night, Virginia would be one that people would be surprised if it's not called early for the Democrats,” Mr Grossman told Sky News host James Morrow.

University of Sydney political scientist Professor Simon Jackman analyses Joe Biden’s “gradual decline” since taking office. Mr Jackman said if President Biden puts on a poor performance during the first debate with Donald Trump and has a “major decline” then the Democrats may put another candidate forward. “I've met Biden personally twice now, the first time in 2016,” Mr Jackman told Sky News Australia. “It's been a big eight years. He's a visibly older guy.”

Sky News host Rita Panahi has mocked The View’s “champagne socialist” host Sunny Hostin after she compared Black Republicans to unicorns. Ms Hostin read out statistics to support her claim most Black voters support the Democrats. She also claimed the idea of a Black person voting for Donald Trump is “despicable”.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says it’s important that the government “gets it right” regarding social media age verification. It comes as the prime minister during a media conference on Friday was asked about the government-funded trial of age-verification technology and when it was supposed to take place. “We need to make sure that we get it right, young people need to be kept smart and safe online,” Mr Albanese said. “What we need to make sure is young people, because they are smart, with VPNs and various methods as well, we need to make sure that any measures designed to keep people safe are effective and that’s why you have a trial.”

Hunter Biden is officially a convicted felon. The president’s son was this week charged with a federal gun conviction, making him the first ever child of a sitting president to be convicted of a crime. Sky News All Stars James Morrow, Liz Storer and Kosha Gada take a deep dive into the conviction, with some commentators arguing Hunter is another victim of the US legal system and others saying the case was a sham and a smokescreen for Hunter Biden’s more serious crimes that will now go untouched.

Shadow Foreign Minister Simon Birmingham says he welcomes Chinese Premier Li Qiang's visit to Australia. Mr Li is set to visit Australia on the weekend making it the first visit to Australia by a Chinese premier since 2017. “It is a welcomed visit by Premier Li, and it’s far better as I have said on many occasions for China to engage in dialogue than to pursue standoff,” Mr Birmingham said. Mr Birmingham claimed for the visit to be successful the Albanese government needs to be open and upfront with China. “This visit needs to be one where the Albanese government is open enough and upfront about the global concerns we have in terms of China not using its role to put pressure on Russia and Iran and those who are responsible for such destruction in the globe,” he said.