Alternative facts, fake news and Trump's war on mainstream media

• COMMENT

Donald Trump's ego might dwarf Uluru, but he's exceedingly thin-skinned.

Trump ignores mass protests and addresses CIA

• ANALYSIS

The self-proclaimed counterpuncher woke from his first sleep at the White House to find the streets of the capital flooded with people protesting against him.

Donald Trump inauguration speech dark, dangerous and dystopian

• ANALYSIS

Donald Trump was defiant, populist, anti-establishment and spoke directly to an America under siege from foreign competitors, Muslim terrorists and the DC cabal.

Trump sworn in as president, gives ominous speech about the nation

Trump delivered a dark inaugural address in which he pledged fealty to all Americans but he made little overt attempt to soothe a nation still wounded from arguably the ugliest election season of modern times.

A promise to Americans, a warning to the world

• ANALYSIS

Donald Trump opted for the tone of his campaign rallies over anything presidential, casting this inauguration as more special than all that had gone before it.

Donald Trump's 'Day One' agenda: five major pledges of action

• ANALYSIS

Trump aides claim that as many as 200 draft executive orders are ready for the new President's signature.

Twilight of the Trumps

• ANALYSIS

"It really is a reality TV show."

US agencies probe suspected Kremlin-Trump election funding

Just days before Donald Trump's swearing in as American president, a news report has revealed the remarkable breadth of a joint investigation by no less than six US intelligence agencies of claims that Russia helped the Trump campaign – and of the credibility the agencies attach to information that Trump dismisses as 'crap'.

Trump inauguration looks to be celebration of controversy

• ANALYSIS

Struggling to get the usual A-list performers, Trump's inauguration planners are resorting to un-Trumplike expectations.