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Quad leaders: Anthony Albanese, Donald Trump, Narendra Modi and Sanae Takaichi.

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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President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump arrive for the premiere of her documentary movie in Washington.

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
Donald Trump’s name is affixed to the Kennedy Centre facade in Washington on Friday.

‘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
Members of the National Guard gather two of their colleagues were shot near the White House.

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 National Guard members are in critical condition after a targeted shooting two blocks from the White House; the suspect is in custody.
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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.

The twin towers of the World Trade Centre, on September 11, 2001.

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
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National Guard personnel keep watch near the Capitol, in Washington DC, on Friday.

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
National Guard troops and the US Capitol Police keep watch on the Capitol in March 2021 amid heightened security.

‘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
Ken Medley during the ‘No Kings’ protest in Seattle, United States of America, on Saturday 14 June 2025. fedpol Photo: Alex Ellinghausen

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
Israeli embassy aides Sarah Milgrim and Yaron Lischinsky were shot dead outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington DC.

‘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