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Anti-government zealots have been plotting for years to tear down the 140-year-old legal tradition of staffing federal agencies with nonpartisan career professionals.

Sports Mole provides score predictions and previews for all of Saturday's Women's World Cup fixtures, including Japan vs. Norway.

The staff writer talks with David Remnick and the singer Adeem the Artist about the increasingly polarized politics of Nashville. Plus, James McBride on his new novel.

A disease spread by fleas is becoming more common and deadlier in Los Angeles, California. In a new report this week, health officials say that recorded cases of flea-borne typhus have steadily risen in LA since 2010, with the highest tally seen last year. Additionally, three people are thought to have died from…

WEATHERMAN Owain Wyn Evans is the latest star to sign up for the new series of Strictly Come Dancing.

THEY met on the set of Queen biopic Bohemian Rhapsody when he portrayed Radio Ga Ga hitmaker Freddie Mercury and she played his girlfriend Mary Austin.

The Toronto Blue Jays travel to Fenway Park to face the Boston Red Sox with both teams still very much alive for an AL wild-card berth.

How we're betting Japan vs. Norway on Saturday.

Welcome back for another Friday breakdown of the MLB PrizePicks board.

So many men overstuff their pants pockets—and nothing kills style faster. Heed these tips to streamline your lower half.

As the chaotic consolidation of college sports continues, the 108-year-old Pac-12 would be left with just seven members committed to it beyond 2024.

Australia can learn from the Los Angeles-based National Women’s Soccer League franchise which is two-thirds owned by women including Portman, Eva Longoria and Jennifer Garner.

The separation of the wealthiest couple in Australia, Andrew and Nicola Forrest, has focused attention on the division and control of shares in mining juggernaut Fortescue, Australia’s 10th-biggest company.

Fringe conspiracy groups have increasingly disrupted council meetings across Melbourne, in some cases lobbing abuse and threats at councillors.

One in three Australian women report giving birth to be traumatic. Now maternity experts have joined mothers with birth-related PTSD in calling for a national inquiry.

A trove of documents released to parliament also included an email between Liquor and Gaming staff, querying the agency’s partnership with the “largest money laundering club in NSW”.

The ‘worst fears’ of owners are that there will be no money left to fix millions of dollars worth of defects on Toplace developments.

A proposal to start the 2024 season in Sydney will be put to the AFL Commission next month in a potentially radical shift of the fixture.

In the 21st century, politicians can speak to voters directly – and raise money off them – leaving parties with far less influence on their behaviour.

Logies gatecrasher Suzan Mutesi said she felt like Cinderella going to the ball but “now it appears I have really upset the ugly sisters”.

Australia’s top-selling cars are becoming more of a threat to other motorists, pedestrians and cyclists, as sports utility vehicles and utes replace family sedans.

TITLE DEEDS: Meanwhile, celebrity agent Nick Fordham makes it three in a row in Woollahra and a finance industry veteran buys Alan Joyce’s Mosman mansion.

Trumpism wasn’t an Australian outfit; it was an American fashion that we tried on briefly, but shrugged off and left on fitting room floor.

Before continuing, I want to stress that Dr Whittle seemed a very nice man, a good communicator with a brain the size of a planet open to all possibilities.

They are causing environmental destruction and scaring some residents into staying inside, as the pests use the Yarra River as a highway to push further into suburbia.