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U.S. economic growth cooled significantly in the fourth quarter of 2025, which the Trump administration attributed to last fall’s record-long federal government shutdown and softer consumer spending. Gross domestic product rose at a 1.4 percent seasonally adjusted, inflation-adjusted annual rate in the final three months of last year, the Commerce Department said Friday, well below the 2.5 percent pace expected by economists. The reading marked a steep slowdown from the third quarter’s 4.4 percent gain. Federal government spending fell at a 16.6 percent rate, subtracting nearly 1.2 percentage points from headline GDP. The department said the shutdown’s full impact “cannot be quantified,” though reduced services by federal workers…Open
Queensland Police said no one was injured in the incident and officials do not believe there is an active threat to the public. The suspect will face Brisbane Magistrates Court on Saturday.