{"id":954986,"date":"2026-11-06T17:58:11","date_gmt":"2026-11-06T17:58:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/954986\/"},"modified":"2026-11-06T17:58:11","modified_gmt":"2026-11-06T17:58:11","slug":"trump-arch-blocked-by-judge-new-zealand-prepares-for-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/954986\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump arch blocked by judge, New Zealand prepares for election"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to our coverage of world events and the fallout from the US midterm elections.<\/p>\n<p>The construction of US President Donald Trump\u2019s famous \u2018Arc De Trump\u2019 has been temporarily blocked after an hours long debate with community members who oppose the operation. <\/p>\n<p>This article covers world news on Friday (Australia time). For Saturday\u2019s live updates, <a class=\"body-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.news.com.au\/world\/world-events-live-updates\/live-coverage\/743bc70be8ee0da63c474bb237c24e56\" title=\"www.news.com.au\" data-tgev=\"event119\" data-tgev-container=\"bodylink\" data-tgev-order=\"743bc70be8ee0da63c474bb237c24e56\" data-tgev-label=\"world\" data-tgev-metric=\"ev\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>New Zealand is bracing for one of the tightest elections in recent years as the National and Labour parties battle against a one per cent difference, a recent poll finds. <\/p>\n<p>Louisiana Senator David Cassidy has fuelled rumours that Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth may lose his job, calling US intervention in the Iran war \u201ca mistake\u201d. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"poster-img\" src=\"https:\/\/content.api.news\/v3\/images\/bin\/14a59ce8b612f99c3a0a01ad37a94663\" data-sctrack=\"op-poster-img\" alt=\"'End of the Trump era': Tucker Carlson buries Trump\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/p>\n<p>One of America\u2019s most prominent Democrats, California Governor Gavin Newsom, has also dropped a post-midterms bombshell, announcing that he\u2019ll commute the sentences of everyone on his state\u2019s death row &#8211; 548 people in total.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile Tucker Carlson, a popular broadcaster and one of Mr Trump\u2019s former media allies, has declared \u201cthis is the end of the Trump era\u201d in the wake of the midterm results.<\/p>\n<p>Read on for more updates from Friday. <\/p>\n<p>Read related topics:<a class=\"topic_tag\" href=\"https:\/\/www.news.com.au\/topics\/donald-trump\" data-tgev-container=\"story-topic-links\" data-tgev-label=\"Donald Trump\" data-tgev-order=\"1\" data-tgev-metric=\"npv\" data-tgev=\"event10\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Donald Trump<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Welcome to our coverage of world events and the fallout from the US midterm elections. 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