Sky News host Chris Kenny says Melbourne's street protests were a display of “ugly, selfish anarchy”. “What we saw on the streets of Melbourne today was a national disgrace,” Mr Kenny said. “This was anarchy on our streets, ugly, selfish anarchy.”

Donald Trump and Kamala Harris have sparred over foreign policy, health care, and illegal immigration during their fiery presidential debate. However, a dispute over whether illegal immigrants have been eating pet cats will likely be the standout moment. “In Springfield, they’re eating the dogs, the people that came in – they’re eating the cats, they’re eating the pets of the people that live there,” Mr Trump said during the debate.

The Nationals candidate for the new WA electorate of Bullwinkel says she is confident she will win the seat. Mia Davies, a former WA minister and state opposition leader, is turning her focus to Canberra after 16 years in the WA Parliament. This week, Ms Davies joined farmers in Canberra rallying against the Albanese government’s policy to end live sheep exports, which she says will impact livelihoods in her electorate. “Thousands of farmers from all over Australia turned up to say we’ve had enough, we’ve had a gutful,” Ms Davies said.

Sky News contributor Kosha Gada says Kamala Harris successfully seized her airtime and used soundbites to push an advantage. Donald Trump and Kamala Harris have concluded their first, and possibly only, presidential debate, as the two candidates remain neck and neck in the race for the White House. “It really is all about seizing the airtime, getting your soundbite in, getting the optics you want to have show through and then in the days and weeks that will follow … is all going to get chopped up and amplified on the internet and repurposed for different narratives,” Ms Gada said. “I think she [Harris] understands that, and all that prep work was clearly about that … she did succeed in using her airtime to her advantage.”

In a fiery debate moment, Donald Trump claimed that President Joe Biden "hates" Vice President Kamala Harris. The comment made during the ABC US Presidential election debate follows Harris becoming the top Democratic contender for the 2024 election, removing Biden from his reelection bid. Trump pointed to past reports of tension between Biden and Harris, despite the President's public backing. The former president went on to question the authenticity of Biden’s support for Harris’s campaign while referencing Biden’s removal from the 2024 Democratic ticket after receiving “14 million votes.” “He can’t stand her, but he got 14 million votes. They threw him out. She got zero votes," Mr Trump claimed. Trump also criticised Harris for being the first to exit the 2020 Democrat presidential race and described her as a "failure" for leaving early.

Former US president Donald Trump has revealed Vice President Kamala Harris immediately called him after their first presidential debate to organise another one. Mr Trump and Ms Harris have concluded their first, and possibly only, presidential debate, as the two candidates remain neck and neck in the race for the White House. “She immediately called for a second debate,” Mr Trump said while speaking to reporters after their first debate concluded.

We are less than an hour away from Donald Trump facing off against Kamala Harris in the most important debate of her political career. The debate will be held at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – right next to the iconic Independence Hall. Pennsylvania is a must-win state that carries 19 electoral college votes.

Sky News Political Reporter Andrew Clennell says the Coalition doesn’t want to give the Albanese government “a win” on its PPL reforms. New parents would be able to opt to get cash instead of extra super on their paid parental leave under a new Coalition proposal. “Like with aged care yesterday – how they indicated to the government they were going to support it and now suddenly they are not supporting it – we are getting to the pointy end now,” Mr Clennell said. “We are getting closer to an election and they don’t want to give the government a win on anything.”

US Vice President Kamala Harris will use a shorter podium than Donald Trump during their upcoming presidential debate on ABC, according to a source familiar with the setup. The difference in podium sizes is intended to minimise the noticeable height disparity between the two candidates on a split screen, Axios reports. A Trump campaign official mocked the podium difference, likening Harris’s smaller podium to the "kids' table at Thanksgiving", the outlet reported. Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris are set to hold their first, and possibly only, presidential debate, with both candidates neck and neck in the race for the White House. Join Skynews.com.au to watch live from 11am AEST.

Deputy Opposition Leader Sussan Ley has hit back at the Albanese Labor government after they accused the Coalition of walking away from super with its new proposal. Her remarks come as new parents are set to be given the option to opt for cash over extra super on their paid parental leave due to a new Coalition proposal. “We trust parents to be able to make the choices that suit them and their families,” Ms Ley told Sky News Australia. “The option is still there under our plan for them to put that money into superannuation.”

A video of Vice President Kamala Harris as the girlfriend of former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown has recently resurfaced. The video circulated on social media on Tuesday and was part of an ABC News segment from nearly 30 years ago. The segment featured a story about Brown, who would eventually become San Francisco’s Mayor, and a young Harris. The VP, a 29-year-old prosecutor in the Alameda County District Attorney’s Office, was asked if she was Brown’s daughter. Harris responded “No I’m not” to the question because the vice president was dating Brown at the time. Brown was still married at the time, but claims he and his wife were separated. According to the New York Post, Harris and the married Brown’s relationship began in 1994 and ended sometime in 1995. The pair’s relationship ended the same year Brown was elected as San Francisco's Mayor.

The four-person crew of Space X’s Polaris Dawn mission will make history – taking part in the first privately funded spacewalk. The crew, who have already blasted off from Cape Canaveral in Florida, will spend five days in space, carrying out a two-hour private spacewalk while in orbit. Previously, only government-funded astronauts have taken part in spacewalks.

The federal government has set its sights on big tech companies – flagging a raft of new laws. Labor has suggested taxing big tech firms to compensate news media providers after social media giant Meta pulled out of the News Media Bargaining Code in March. The Prime Minister is promising to protect Australia's young people online by enforcing age restrictions on social media. The Opposition is describing the government's new approach as a distraction despite calling for a similar scheme in June.

US President Joe Biden has welcomed the women's college basketball champions to the White House. President Biden congratulated the University of South Carolina for their 38 and 0 season. Mr Biden joked that he placed a bet on the team.

It's estimated just under half of East Timor's population, totalling around 600,000 people, turned out to hear Pope Francis speak. The crowd shielded themselves from the heat under a sea of yellow and white umbrellas – representing the colours of the Vatican flag. The Pope's visit to East Timor is part of a 12-day tour of countries in the Asia-Pacific region.

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton is calling out Labor's approach to mining and primary industries – warning the Albanese government's environment and energy policies risk a potential hung parliament. Mr Dutton will address mining bosses on Wednesday, promising his government would be their 'best friend'. Senior industry figures claim any minority government involving the Greens or Teals would be an 'unmitigated disaster' and hopes Labor or the Coalition will form government in their own right.

Sky News host Paul Murray is joined by Reform UK Leader Nigel Farage to talk about the massive upcoming US presidential debate between former president Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris. Ms Harris will come face to face with Trump for the second US presidential debate and their first clash since US President Joe Biden dropped out of the race in July. With the debate just around the corner, it will take place just as Trump's poll numbers jumped up ahead of Harris' for the first time in weeks in The New York Times/Siena Poll.

Reform UK Leader Nigel Farage says despite Kamala Harris being vice president for four years Americans “barely know” her. “The thing is, Harris is untested, it sounds bizarre to say it,” Mr Farage told Sky News host Paul Murray. “She's been able in the last few weeks to get away with the scripted speech, the big stage, a couple of A -list celebrities. “This is different, can she answer questions? Can she display knowledge when there's not an autocue to hand.”

Sky News contributor Liz Storer slams the “old rhetoric” from former US House speaker Nancy Pelosi, who suggested that 30 per cent of Republicans are racist, sexist and homophobic. “This is such old rhetoric from the Dems,” Ms Storer said. “Now the label is applied to anyone who wouldn’t support the Democrats.”

Sky News contributor Liz Storer discusses Germany tightening its border controls to crackdown on immigration. “This time it’s only because the Germans have given them such a belting at the state election,” Ms Storer said. “The parliament knows we’ve got to act on this, otherwise we’re dead in the water.”