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Trump official revises Statue of Liberty poem to defend migrant rule change

A top US immigration official has revised a quote inscribed on the Statue of Liberty in defence of a new policy that denies food aid to legal migrants.

August 13, 2019

Trump campaign sues California over new law requiring candidates to release tax returns

August 06, 2019

Sen. Bernie Sanders and Sen. Elizabeth Warren speak during the first of two U.S. Democratic presidential primary debates hosted by CNN on Tuesday in Detroit's Fox Theatre. (Paul Sancya/The Associated Press)

Sanders, Warren fight back at U.S. Democratic debate against moderate rivals

July 31, 2019

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July 27, 2019

‘Trump’s a racist, but who cares’

Donald Trump is being slammed for racist tweets (again), but who cares? This isn’t about racism, it’s about maths, argues Joe Hildebrand.

July 27, 2019

Despite the shocking attempts at grammar and punctuation, President Trump remains quite proud of his tweets. Picture: Nicholas Kamm/AFP.Source:AFP

July 24, 2019

5 key takeaways from Robert Mueller's testimony before Congress

Moments after being sworn in for his testimony on Capitol Hill Wednesday morning, former special counsel Robert Mueller again doubled down on his commitment not to take his testimony beyond the bounds of his 448-page report.

July 24, 2019

July 24, 2019

Robert Mueller's Made-For-TV Moment Arrives: "This Is The Super Bowl of Hearings"

"Bob Mueller is not known for providing riveting TV," CBS News bureau chief Christopher Isham cautioned.

July 24, 2019

MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images Special Counsel Robert Mueller gave a brief update on his report on May 29.

July 15, 2019

Republicans silent as Trump renews racist attack on congresswomen

Condemnation of Trump’s attack on the congresswomen was widespread on Sunday, with the four Democrats, senior party figures and mainstream press outlets condemning them as racist

July 15, 2019

Donald Trump tweeted that ‘the Radical Left Congresswomen’ should apologize to ‘our Country, the people of Israel and even to the Office of the President’. Photograph: Carlos Barría/Reuters

July 14, 2019

Trump under fire for racially-charged tweets against congresswomen

US President Donald Trump has been accused of racism after posting tweets attacking Democratic congresswomen.

July 14, 2019

EPA / Rashida Tlaib (centre), who responded by calling Trump 'a lawless and complete failure of a president', with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (left) and Ayanna Pressley (right)

July 12, 2019

US Labour Secretary Alex Acosta resigns over Epstein case

US Labour Secretary Alex Acosta is resigning amid criticism of his brokering of a plea deal for financier Jeffrey Epstein in a child sex case.

July 12, 2019

July 11, 2019

Trump abandons census efforts, but will still pursue citizenship info

U.S. president orders records on non-citizens be handed over to Commerce Department

July 11, 2019

U.S. President Donald Trump stands between Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, left, and Attorney General Bill Barr, right, to announce his administration's effort to gain citizenship data during an event at the White House Rose Garden in Washington on T

July 10, 2019

Trump labor secretary who cut Epstein deal plans to slash funds for sex trafficking victims

Democrats condemn as ‘amoral’ Alex Acosta’s proposed 80% funding cut for US agency that combats child sex trafficking

July 10, 2019

Us labor secretary Alexander Acosta has proposed a drastic cut to the International Labor Affairs Bureau that experts say would put the lives of children at risk. Photograph: Evan Vucci/AP

June 28, 2019

Woman who could beat Donald Trump

Senator Kamala Harris is being touted the Democrats’ best chance for beating Donald Trump in the 2020 US election. Here’s why.

June 28, 2019

Democratic presidential candidate Senator Kamala Harris.Source:AP

June 28, 2019

Supreme Court agrees to hear DACA case in win for Trump administration

The court will hear the case during its next term, which begins in October, and a decision likely wouldn't come until 2020.

June 28, 2019

Immigration activists chain themselves up as they stage a civil disobedience to shut down Independence Avenue on Capitol Hill on March 5, 2018.Alex Wong / Getty Images file

June 27, 2019

Citizenship question on 2020 census? SCOTUS says it's complicated

The Supreme Court has effectively blocked the Trump administration from adding a citizenship question to the 2020 census, arguing that the government’s reasoning for the proposal was inadequately explained.

June 27, 2019

June 27, 2019

‘BORING!’ says Trump as Democrats argue if Russia or climate change pose greater risk to US

The first Democratic debate saw 10 largely-interchangeable candidates square off to trade platitudes in a free-for-all plagued with technical difficulties, mysterious shifts into Spanish, and belligerent posturing.

June 27, 2019

June 25, 2019

President Trump hires Stephanie Grisham to replace Sarah Sanders as press secretary

The announcement was made Tuesday by the first lady via Twitter.

June 25, 2019

Stephanie Grisham, spokeswoman for first lady Melania Trump, has been named the new White House press secretary. (Photo: Chris Kleponis, epa-efe)

June 23, 2019

Trump: If it was up to John Bolton we’d be fighting WHOLE WORLD at once

Donald Trump has confirmed that his top foreign policy adviser wants to embroil the US in multiple international conflicts. But the US president insists he retains final say on whether American missiles are to fly into Iran.

June 23, 2019

John Bolton sits behind Donald Trump during a White House event earlier this year. © REUTERS/CARLOS BARRIA

June 19, 2019

Democrats accuse ex-Trump spokeswoman Hope Hicks of not answering questions in congressional testimony

Hicks’ name appears more than 180 times in the Mueller report’s text and footnotes.

June 19, 2019

Former White House communications director Hope Hicks arrives for a closed-door interview with the House Judiciary Committee in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, June 19, 2019. (Photo: Andrew Harnik, AP)

June 17, 2019

Trump’s picks for administration jobs keep dropping out. But why?

The White House did not respond to a request for comment.

June 17, 2019

Andrew Puzder's Senate confirmation hearing was scheduled to begin Thursday. Video provided by Newsy Newslook

June 17, 2019

Seven surprises from Trump's ABC interview

From expelling an aide for coughing to insisting he is treated worse than assassinated US Civil War leader Abraham Lincoln, to whether UFOs exist, President Donald Trump dropped a number of notable lines in his extended television interview.

June 17, 2019

ABC NEWS / Trump was interviewed over two days in the run up to his campaign launch