Zoe Daniel
Zoe Daniel is the ABC’s US bureau chief and has been based in Washington since December 2015. She was the ABC's South East Asia correspondent from 2009 — 2013 and Africa correspondent from 2005 until 2007. Zoe co-hosted the international news program The World on News 24 and Australia Plus. Zoe is the author of Storyteller, which provides a personal insight into her life as a foreign correspondent, as well as juggling a family. Follow Zoe on Twitter or Facebook.
Flynn a high-profile fail in a fledgling Trump administration Analysis
Posted | Updated
Michael Flynn's resignation following his "loss of trust" as national security advisor follows the Obama administration relieving him of the position as Defence Intelligence chief over insubordination.
Topics: world-politics, united-states
Donald Trump's tweets are a morning wake-up call like no other
Posted | Updated
First thing each day, as I savour my morning coffee, I read the President's tweets, writes Zoe Daniel. It's a wake-up call like no other.
Topics: united-states
Much ado about Trumble
Posted | Updated
The confusion-meter hit Code Red in DC this week, with conflicting messages over the Australia-US refugee deal from the White House, the State Department, US President Donald Trump and PM Malcolm 'Trumble' Turnbull, Zoe Daniel writes.
Topics: world-politics, donald-trump, turnbull-malcolm, united-states, australia
Trump, State Dept at odds over Australian refugee deal
Posted | Updated
Australia's deal to send refugees to the United States is up in the air, with the White House saying Donald Trump has not yet decided whether to honour the agreement and the State Department saying it will go ahead.
Topics: refugees, immigration, donald-trump, government-and-politics, united-states, australia
Who is US Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch?
Posted | Updated
President Donald Trump has picked Neil Gorsuch as his nominee for the US Supreme Court, but who is he?
Topics: us-elections, donald-trump, law-crime-and-justice, united-states
Confusion as White House retreats on refugee deal with Australia
Posted | Updated
The White House says United States President Donald Trump is still considering whether a refugee deal with Australia will go ahead, just hours after press secretary Sean Spicer confirmed it would.
Topics: immigration, donald-trump, refugees, government-and-politics, world-politics, foreign-affairs, australia, united-states
Everything you need to know about what's happening in the US Analysis
Posted | Updated
You might have seen photos of mass protests at US airports over the weekend. They all kicked off because of an executive order from President Donald Trump banning travel from seven majority Muslim countries. What happened, who is affected and what will happen next?
Topics: world-politics, donald-trump, immigration, refugees, foreign-affairs, government-and-politics, united-states
Trump's first week as President: Exhausted yet?
Posted | Updated
Welcome to series two of the most watched reality TV series of our time. This week has been a whirlwind of executive orders, alternative facts and rogue tweets — and not from the President, writes Zoe Daniel.
Topics: world-politics, us-elections, united-states
The Trump era of unpredictability is set to begin
Posted | Updated
Hang the bunting, raise the flags, polish the silverware — it's inauguration week in the US where President-elect Donald Trump will become POTUS and a new era in American politics will officially begin, writes Zoe Daniel.
Topics: us-elections, government-and-politics, community-and-society, world-politics, united-states
'He's got to lead': Trump fans descend on Washington
Posted | Updated
Donald Trump supporters share their hopes and expectations for his presidency on the ride to Washington for the presidential inauguration.
Topics: us-elections, government-and-politics, world-politics, united-states
Trump's new show: Who wants to pick a millionaire?
Posted | Updated
The tree is cut, the lights are up and the snow showers are beginning. It's winter in America, where the political climate has changed beyond anyone's expectations over the past year.
Topics: world-politics, government-and-politics, us-elections, united-states
Criminal probe launched into deadly California warehouse fire
Posted
Authorities open a criminal investigation into a blaze that ripped through a warehouse dance party in California, killing at least 36 people.
Topics: fires, disasters-and-accidents, united-states
Trump begins thank-you tour around US
Posted
President-elect Donald Trump hits the road for a series of post-election thank-you events. His journey will take him to the places where his Make America Great Again slogan and rejection of political correctness spoke to the country's working classes.
Topics: us-elections, government-and-politics, world-politics, united-states
Bernardi warns Liberals must learn lessons from Trump victory
Posted | Updated
Conservative senator Cory Bernardi warns the Liberal Party not to ignore the lessons of Donald Trump's victory in the US presidential election, saying major parties on both sides face an unprecedented challenge from populist movements.
Topics: government-and-politics, federal-government, federal-parliament, liberals, liberal-national-party-queensland, world-politics, united-states
How will Castro's death affect US-Cuba relations? Analysis
Posted | Updated
Following the death of Fidel Castro and with Raul Castro and the Cuban Communist Party still in power, supporting positive change will be an early diplomatic test for incoming US president Donald Trump, Washington bureau chief Zoe Daniel writes.
Topics: foreign-affairs, communism, community-and-society, united-states, cuba
Trump's transition on course amid Hamilton intermission
Posted
It's been a week of transitioning, tweeting and talking turkey in the US, where the whole country is about to take a much-needed holiday for Thanksgiving.
Topics: world-politics, government-and-politics, us-elections, united-states
The presidential transition is a YUGE task
Posted | Updated
All eyes are on Trump Tower, which is now the centre of the known universe ahead of the presidential transition.
Topics: government-and-politics, us-elections, world-politics, united-states
Children grapple with what Donald Trump for president means
Posted
Donald Trump's victory has provoked fear and concern for some children as they try to understand what his presidency means for America. So Washington bureau chief Zoe Daniel asked her two children for their feelings on the US election.
Topics: government-and-politics, federal-government, us-elections, family-and-children, children, united-states
Expect some speed bumps in a volatile four years in the United States of Trump (photos)
Posted | Updated
Trump cakes, hats in glass cases and a cash bar have kicked-started a volatile four years in the US, ABC Washington bureau chief Zoe Daniel says.
Topics: us-elections, event, government-and-politics, elections, united-states
Daniel: Clinton victory was never 'clear-cut'
Posted | Updated
Trump supporters told me over and over that he would win in a landslide and it seemed to me they were right, according to what I was seeing with my own eyes in Pittsburgh, writes Washington bureau chief Zoe Daniel.
Topics: federal-election, us-elections, government-and-politics, foreign-affairs, world-politics, united-states
What will a Trump presidency mean for the world?
Posted | Updated
How will president-elect Donald Trump's promise to Make America Great Again affect the world? ABC's correspondent Zoe Daniel takes a look at everything from immigration to foreign policy and trade.
Topics: event, us-elections, government-and-politics, world-politics, immigration, united-states
Clinton backers nervous, Trump bullish in campaign's final hours
Posted | Updated
So who is going to win? It is the question on everyone's lips as this volatile presidential election campaign comes to a close. There's no clear answer, but Zoe Daniel breaks down what we know.
Topics: us-elections, world-politics, government-and-politics, united-states
Trump, Clinton clash over economy in White House race
Posted
US presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump have battled over the strength of the economy in the final stretch of their race for the White House.
Topics: us-elections, world-politics, government-and-politics, united-states
The upshot of a 'yuge' week is clear: Trump has a clear shot at winning
Posted | Updated
It's fitting that after a campaign that's been topsy-turvy in so many ways, we enter the straight with almost unreadable polls and an election that looks like being a photo finish between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, writes the ABC's Zoe Daniel.
Topics: us-elections, government-and-politics, elections, world-politics, united-states
Two Iowa police officers shot dead in ambushes, suspect caught
Posted | Updated
A 46-year-old suspect known to police is detained after two Iowa police officers were shot and killed while sitting in their patrol cars in what police are calling unprovoked ambushes.
Topics: police, death, united-states
Connect with ABC News
Got a news tip?
If you have inside knowledge of a topic in the news, contact the ABC.
