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Crisafulli to lobby Washington to secure Queensland Quad summit
The premier is ramping up his push for US President Donald Trump and other Quad leaders to hold their next leaders’ summit in Queensland.
- Cameron Atfield
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- Donald Trump
Trump renamed my beloved Kennedy Centre. Now, shamefully, he’s shuttering it
After Donald Trump added his own name to Washington’s mecca for the performing arts, few wanted to perform there.
- Bill Wyman
‘Going to grab a pickaxe’: Kennedy family furious after Trump adds name to memorial
The new lettering on Washington DC’s “living memorial” to JFK marks the latest effort by the administration and its allies to remake the capital in Trump’s image.
- Se Young Lee
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- Crime
Immigration war looms after Trump declares DC shooting ‘act of terror’
The suspected shooter – reportedly an Afghan national who came to the US in 2021 – was subdued and detained by other troopers after what is being described as a “targeted” attack.
- Michael Koziol
Two US National Guard troops shot near the White House in targeted attack
Two National Guard members are in critical condition after a targeted shooting two blocks from the White House; the suspect is in custody.
They’ve waited years for justice. Now, these 9/11 families are losing hope
Almost 24 years on from September 11, many relatives of victims are facing up to the possibility that those accused of orchestrating the attacks will never face trial.
- Carol Rosenberg
Trump team backs down in stoush over police takeover in Washington, DC
Officials in the US capital took the Trump administration to court after it tried to put a federal official in charge of the city’s police department.
- Lindsay Whitehurst and Stephen Groves
‘Bloodthirsty criminals’: Trump seizes control of Washington police, deploys National Guard
The US president says he will send in National Guard troops to the US capital to combat a “crime emergency”, but the statistics show violence there is decreasing.
- Michael Koziol
- Analysis
- Trump's America
While Trump enjoyed a military parade, millions attended ‘No Kings’ protests
Protests spread across the United States on Saturday as the president surveyed a military parade through the streets of the capital.
- James Massola
‘A star couple’: Israeli embassy workers gunned down on cusp of a life together
Yaron Lischinsky had planned to propose to his American partner, Sarah Milgrim, with an engagement ring he had purchased just this week.
- Michael Koziol