Nick O'Malley

Nick O'Malley

Nick O'Malley is the United States correspondent for The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age.

Paris attacks: Barack Obama rejects Rupert Murdoch's call on Christian refugees

Nick O'Malley "We don't add religious tests to our compassion," President says.

Paris attacks: US governors threaten to reject Syrian refugees

Upset at Republicans on refugees: President Barack Obama speaks during a news conference following the G-20 Summit in Antalya, Turkey.

Nick O'Malley President Barack Obama is facing an insurrection from state governors who are declaring they will refuse to accept refugees from Syria in the wake of the Paris attacks by Islamic State militants.

Paris attack aftermath: talk turns to war

State of emergency: Francois Hollande declares the closing of France's borders.

Nick O'Malley As France continues to count its dead and wounded, and the world comes to terms the scope of the co-ordinated attacks on Paris, talk has turned to war.

Will Donald Trump's rant at opponents and Iowa voters mark his demise?

Up close and very personal ... Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has made a stinging attack on his opponents.

Nick O'Malley Billionaire presidential candidate lashes out at all and sundry, including potential supporters, but that won't necessarily hurt him.

Missouri: when black lives matter

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Nick O'Malley Outspoken black activism over racism has spread from the Black Lives Matter movement to US university campuses.

The power of US college football

Missouri's Michael Sam sings the school song after Missouri defeated Indiana in an NCAA college football game in 2013.

Nick O'Malley Pressure on former University of Missouri president Tim Wolfe to resign was coming from all sides, but the pressure that mattered the most came from the Tigers, the University of Missouri football...

Republican debate held in a 'safe space' after CNBC debacle

Republican presidential candidates, from left, Marco Rubio, Donald Trump, Ben Carson, Ted Cruz, Carly Fiorina and Rand Paul take the stage during the Republican presidential debate at Milwaukee Theatre on Tuesday.

Nick O'Malley Candidates have no problems dealing with easy questions and format gets approval from Republican party boss.

US students turn on reporter, faculty in quest for justice

A sign is posted where student protesters have put up tents on the University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri.

Nick O'Malley Professor of mass media asks for "muscle" to deal with reporter who wanted to interview her.

The US pipeline from the school playground to prison yard

Images from a video taken by a Spring Valley High School student shows Senior Deputy Ben Fields flipping a girl to the ground and dragging her from the classroom.

Nick O'Malley The involvement of police officers in schools in disciplining students has led to minority children being criminalised for trivial actions.

Barack Obama in final Trans-Pacific Partnership push

President Barack Obama wrote that the deal would be good for American workers.

Nick O'Malley China will write the rules for trans-Pacific trade if the United States doesn't, President says.

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Ben Carson adamant that pyramids of Egypt built for grain storage

Think of them as grain silos in pyramid shapes.

Nick O'Malley Retired brain surgeon has taken lead off Donald Trump in polls of Republican presidential candidates.

Latino voters turn up the heat on Trump with offensive language video

Children of Mexican heritage deliver the anti-racism message using offensive language and gestures in a video designed to polarise.

Nick O'Malley What the tycoon says about Latinos isn't funny, but some of them use humour and children swearing in a bid to end his run for president.

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Donald Trump's ripping account of America's crippling launched

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks about his new book, Crippled America.

Nick O'Malley While billionaire claims he has the support of women and Hispanics, the polls show otherwise.

US election: Republican candidates turn on 'left wing' media

Republican presidential candidate Senator Ted Cruz.

Nick O'Malley The Republican presidential nominees have at last found a common enemy.

Republican debate: Marco Rubio steams past one-time mentor Jeb Bush

Jeb Bush, centre, stands with Mike Huckabee, left, and Marco Rubio, right, during the debate.

Nick O'Malley There was arguably one clear winner and two losers in the third Republican debate in Boulder, Colorado, on Wednesday night.

'Crazy': Third Republican debate gets under way

Republican presidential candidate Ohio Governor John Kasich speaks to supporters during a rally in Westerville, Ohio on Tuesday.

Nick O'Malley A day before the third Republican debate is to kick off, the frustration of embattled establishment candidates is starting to show.

South China Sea: US Navy warship sails by China's artificial islands, says US

The USS Lassen, a US Navy guided-missile destroyer, was sent to challenge the 12-nautical-mile territorial waters that China has claimed around artificial islands.

Philip Wen, Nick O'Malley A US guided-missile destroyer has travelled near China's artificial islands.

Donald Trump looks more likely as presidential candidate, worrying Republicans

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump throws a copy of <em>The Wall Street Journal</em> after criticising its coverage of his campaign during a rally in Jacksonville, Florida.

Nick O'Malley The Republican Party establishment that has spent the northern summer reassuring itself that Donald Trump's campaign would flame out is now grappling with the unsettling notion that he could –...

Donald Trump longs for Saddam and Gaddafi days

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump throws a copy of The Wall Street Journal after criticising its coverage of his campaign during a rally in Jacksonville, Florida, on Saturday.

Nick O'Malley Just when you think The Donald has said it all, he reveals a little something else in another interview.

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'Blah, blah, blah': Could this be the sound of Jeb Bush's White House bid dying?

Nick O'Malley With his headquarters cutting staff and his poll numbers stagnant, the anointed frontrunner is faltering as Donald Trump and Ben Carson prosper.