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Eric Swalwell speaking at a town hall meeting in Sacramento, California, last week.

‘Creepy’: He rose to the top ranks of US politics, even as the rumours swirled

Allies including former House speaker Nancy Pelosi say they knew nothing about the misconduct allegations, with one saying the congressman led a “double life”.

  • Liz Goodwin

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Pam Bondi.

Trump fires Pam Bondi as US attorney-general

The decision follows a tumultuous year in which she oversaw the release of the so-called Epstein Files and ill-fated attempts to prosecute her boss’s political enemies.

  • Michael Koziol
Donald Trump during his primetime address.

Key takeaways from Trump’s address: no end date for Iran war, few details on strategy ahead

The Iran war is fast becoming a signature of his second-term agenda and the speech was a capstone to a remarkable day flexing presidential power.

  • Lisa Mascaro and Paul Wiseman
Protesters rally in St Paul, Minnesota, where the backlash to Trump immigration crackdown has been one of the strongest.

Millions of Americans rally against Trump – even in small town West Virginia

With the war in Iran raging and prices at home surging, some “No Kings” protesters think even the deep-red Republican heartlands are showing signs of Trump fatigue.

  • Michael Koziol
George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston, where security wait times hit four hours this week.

Four-hour waits, queues out the door: US airports crippled by shutdown

Lawmakers were nearing a solution to end a 40-day partial government shutdown that has crippled America’s major airports. But it’s a rare case of a deal Donald Trump doesn’t want to make.

  • Michael Koziol
Attorney-General Pam Bondi.

US lawmakers vote to subpoena Pam Bondi over Epstein files

Members of the congressional House Oversight Committee, including five Republicans, voted to force Donald Trump’s attorney-general to provide a deposition.

  • Michael Koziol
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Claude is so entrenched within the US Defence Department – Pete Hesgeth’s “Department of War” – that the administration has, despite the immediacy of Trump’s directive, given the department six months to phase it out and  replace it with Anthropic rivals’ models.

Trump declares war on one of his weapons

Even as Donald Trump directed government agencies to “immediately cease” all use of Anthropic’s Claude AI tools last week, they were being used to launch the assault on Iran.

  • Stephen Bartholomeusz
President Donald Trump holds up a fist after disembarking Air Force One at Palm Beach International Airport .

‘It’s a war’: US Democrats demand ‘immediate’ Congress vote on Iran strikes

Democrats have accused President Donald Trump of usurping the legislative branch’s power to declare war.

  • Michael Koziol
US President Donald Trump has threatened higher tariffs on any country that “played games” with his new tariff regime.

Trump’s new tariffs will look nothing like the old ones

The tariffs that replace those deemed illegal by the US Supreme Court will require a much more complex and time-consuming process than Trump’s initial “beautiful” tariffs.

  • Stephen Bartholomeusz
Donald Trump speaks to reporters after the US Supreme Court rejected his tariffs. Supreme Court judges will be attending the address.

Trump goes to war over this State of the Union

Donald Trump will claim – to an audience of more than 30 million people – that the country is the strongest it’s ever been. But that’s not the real story.

  • Bruce Wolpe