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US debt surpasses historical $20 trillion

The United States has now officially accumulated a $20 trillion debt. The ceiling was broken after the White House allowed the Treasury to borrow more money.

September 12, 2017

Associated Press Recently planted palm trees lie across the road in Miami Beach Sept. 10, 2017.

Florida takes stock of widespread damage as Irma pushes into Georgia

September 11, 2017

A lawsuit suggesting Saudi agents were involved in the planning of 9/11 looks to be going ahead. Picture: Spencer/Platt/Getty/ImagesSource:News Corp Australia

Saudi Arabian government may have funded ‘dry run’ for 9/11 hijackings

September 11, 2017

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September 11, 2017

Irma batters Florida with torrential rain, hurricane-force winds; 5 dead

The storm is headed north this morning toward Gainesville and Tallahassee, bringing dangerous wind gusts with it.

September 11, 2017

September 05, 2017

Daca Dreamers: US scraps young undocumented immigrants scheme

However, existing recipients will not be affected for at least six months.

September 05, 2017

AFP / Activists prayed on the Mexican side of the US border for the Daca programme to be retained

September 05, 2017

'We are Americans': Activists protest Trump's decision to end DACA

Several activists who blocked 5th Avenue in front of Trump Tower were arrested, the National Lawyers’ Guild (NLG) confirmed to RT.

September 05, 2017

September 05, 2017

Ending DACA: Trump gives Congress 6-month deadline on immigrant youths program

Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced the decision on Tuesday at the Department of Justice.

September 05, 2017

Supporters of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program recipient during a rally outside the Federal Building in Los Angeles, California, U.S., September 1, 2017. © Kyle Grillot / Reuters

August 29, 2017

'A real potential for loss of life and injury': Why Houston didn't evacuate

Devastating floods have forced Houston's mayor to defend his decision not to order evacuations

August 29, 2017

An evacuee rests at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston Monday. The city was still largely paralyzed Monday, and there was no relief in sight from the storm that spun into Texas as a Category 4 hurricane. (The Associated Press)

August 28, 2017

Storm Harvey: 'Catastrophic' flooding expected to worsen

"Catastrophic" flooding in the US state of Texas is only expected to worsen in coming days as waters rise following a storm of historic proportions.

August 28, 2017

Interstate highway 45 is submerged from the effects of Hurricane Harvey seen during widespread flooding in Houston, Texas, 27 August 2017. / AFP / Flooding has turned Texas roads - even highways - into rivers

August 27, 2017

The scene in Houston: A city under siege from Harvey's floodwaters

Water from Harvey gushed into the KHOU 11 building Sunday forcing employees to evacuate the building.

August 27, 2017

August 23, 2017

President Trump threatens to shutdown US government over funding for Mexican border wall

PRESIDENT Trump has threatened to shut down the US government over funding for his promised wall on the Mexican border as a critical deadline looms.

August 23, 2017

President Donald Trump has threatened to shut down the government over his border wall. Picture: AP Photo/Alex Brandon

August 21, 2017

Trump pledges support for Afghanistan

President Donald Trump has said a hasty US withdrawal from Afghanistan would leave a vacuum for terrorists to fill.

August 21, 2017

Donald Trump made the address at prime time in the US

August 21, 2017

US President Donald Trump mocked for staring at total solar eclipse

WHILE Australians did not get to see the great American eclipse, we did get to see President Donald Trump watching it. Some would argue that was better.

August 21, 2017

President Donald Trump looks at the eclipse without glasses. Picture: Andrew Harnik/AP

August 19, 2017

Thousands march through Boston week after Virginia bloodshed

Events are planned around the country, in cities including Atlanta, Dallas and New Orleans.

August 19, 2017

August 15, 2017

Trump maintains there was ‘blame on both sides’ at Charlottesville rally

A FIERY Donald Trump has stood up for people who protested in a racially charged rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, renewing his assertion that there was “blame on both sides”.

August 15, 2017

US President Donald Trump speaks to the press about protests in Charlottesville in the lobby at Trump Tower in New York. Picture: AFP/Jim Watson

August 13, 2017

White House says Trump's condemnation of Virginia clashes includes white supremacists

FBI leads probe into car attack that killed woman during protest in Charlottesville

August 13, 2017

The moment a vehicle is driven into a group of protesters demonstrating against a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Va., on Saturday is captured in this photo. (Ryan M. Kelly/The Daily Progress via AP)

August 13, 2017

Charlottesville violence: US President Donald Trump condemned for silence over white supremacist ’terrorism’

US PRESIDENT Donald Trump’s apparent refusal to condemn far-right hate groups after a white nationalist rally in Virginia turned deadly has been attacked by politicians, many from his own party.

August 13, 2017

President Donald Trump arrives to speak regarding the ongoing situation in Charlottesville on Saturday. Picture: Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP

August 13, 2017

Charlottesville violence: man charged with murder was pictured at neo-Nazi rally

THE man accused of ramming a car into a crowd of anti-racism protesters in the United States was photographed that morning holding a shield with the emblem of a white supremacist group.

August 13, 2017