US President Trump has told Kevin Rudd that “all is forgiven” after a tense moment at the White House when he was reminded of his previous attacks before he was appointed as Australia’s ambassador.

A rift has emerged within the Liberal Party over calls for Australia’s Ambassador to the United States Kevin Rudd to be sacked.

As the Coalition calls for Kevin Rudd to be sacked, the prime minister sang his praises and found an unlikely ally back home.

There are calls for former PM Kevin Rudd to be stripped of his role as US ambassador after he was embarrassingly roasted by US president Donald Trump.

Former prime minister Malcoim Turnbull says any talk of removing Kevin Rudd as ambassador to the United States should be ignored.

President Donald Trump and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese sign a landmark $8.5 billion rare earth minerals deal amid rising tensions over China’s export controls.

US President Donald Trump on Monday expressed disdain towards Australia’s ambassador, former prime minister Kevin Rudd, as the two sat face-to-face

President Trump signed a pact with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to boost US access to rare earths and other critical minerals. Hayley Channer, Director of the Economic Security Program at Sydney University's US Studies Centre,