Trump's tweets distraction from decisions being made at White House
What are we missing by covering the US president's tweets, scandals, and outrages?
Paul McGeough is chief foreign correspondent for the Sydney Morning Herald.
What are we missing by covering the US president's tweets, scandals, and outrages?
It was a huge gamble by the president and Paul Ryan, who authored the disputed bill – their credibility is as much on the line as that of the congressional rebels.
At a conference, at which Foreign Affairs Minister Julie Bishop represented Australia, Tillerson spoke of setting up "interim zones of stability" for returning refugees.
In keeping with the first days of spring, Tuesday is bright and sunny in Washington. But a "big, grey cloud" hangs over the White House.
It was another extraordinary day in Washington as officials and public realise there are no brakes on this President.
A history-making takedown of Washington as a national and global centre of power, amounting to the "deconstruction of the administrative state."
It was not from sordid leaks but from the public record that a judge sitting in Hawaii found sufficient proof that Trump's intent was to discriminate against Muslims.
Donald Trump has a credibility problem – with some of his fellow Republicans in Congress and in his cabinet, because of his habit of throwing things out there and leaving it for them to clean up his mess.
Members of Congress are walking away – either on equity grounds or because the Trumpcare bill doesn't drive sufficient stakes through the heart of Obamacare.
As with Donald Trump's Russia business, the sacking of Bharara is a peculiar, unexplained business.
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