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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

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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
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
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eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant said she was seeking legal advice over the US government’s request she testify.

Australia’s online safety commissioner stares down US Congress threats

Senior bureaucrats from the Attorney-General, Foreign Affairs and Communications are working with the eSafety Commissioner as she resists demands to testify in Washington.

  • Brittany Busch
Epstein

‘Just doesn’t look good for him’: Why Trump and those in his orbit are untouchable

The Epstein files unveiled a litany of wealthy, smart, powerful men apparently unbothered by the exploitation of women and girls. But as far as the Trump administration is concerned, the saga is now effectively over.

  • Michael Koziol
US President Donald Trump speaks to reporters in the Oval Office on Tuesday (Washington time).

Trump wants Republicans to ‘take over’ voting ahead of midterm elections

In a long rant on a conservative podcast, the US president repeated unproven claims about illegal immigration and voter fraud.

  • Michael Koziol
Bill and Hillary Clinton (left) and Jeffrey Epstein.

Clintons raise white flag after months-long battle to avoid testifying on Epstein

Bill and Hillary Clinton have claimed the push to make them testify is part of a plot to target them as US President Donald Trump’s political adversaries.

  • Annie Karni