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A steady stream of foreign dignitaries flowed through the doors of the White House this week, but it was an unceremonious exit for one key national security adviser. North America Bureau Chief Zoe Daniel, producers Roscoe Whalan and Brooke Wylie, along with visiting ABC correspondent Greg Jennett tackle the spin, strategic relationships, and "fake news" during another explosive week of the Trump Administration.
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| UpdatedOfficials are racing to drain more water from a lake behind the battered Oroville Dam, as new storms begin rolling into Northern California.
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| UpdatedWhile most nations have been enthusiastic supporters of the "two-state solution", the two peoples with the most at stake simply cannot negotiate their way clear to make it happen, writes chief foreign correspondent Philip Williams.
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US President Donald Trump slammed intelligence officials and the media over what he called the "very, very unfair" treatment of his ousted national security adviser Michael Flynn.
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| UpdatedDonald Trump uses a series of explosive tweets to blame the media and "illegally leaked" intelligence information for bringing down his national security adviser Michael Flynn.
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Strong economic data and more talk of tax cuts by the US President sent Wall Street higher overnight, despite the increasing likelihood of a March rate rise.
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US Defence Secretary Jim Mattis has told NATO allies that they must start increasing defence spending by year-end or the Trump administration will "moderate its commitment" to them.
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| UpdatedFast-food chain executive Andrew Puzder formally withdraws his name from consideration to be US Secretary of Labor amid mounting concerns he might not win enough Republican support to get confirmed by the US Senate.
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President Donald Trump has urged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to curb settlement activity, but avoided any explicit endorsement of a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, a longstanding bedrock of US Middle East policy.
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| UpdatedRussia's intervention in Syria and Islamic State on the agenda as US Defence Secretary James Mattis arrives in Brussels for NATO talks.
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| UpdatedUS President Donald Trump's Defence Secretary warns NATO allies that they must honour military spending pledges to ensure the United States does not "moderate" support for the alliance.
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| UpdatedDonald Trump drops US insistence on a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, a longstanding bedrock of Middle East policy, even as he urges Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu to curb settlement construction.
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Beverley O'Connor speaks to intelligence officer and author Malcolm Nance about Vladimir Putin's role in the US election.
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| UpdatedPhone records and intercepted calls show members of Donald Trump's presidential campaign had repeated contact with senior Russian intelligence officials in the year before the US election, according to US media reports.
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YouTube and Disney cut ties with influential YouTube star PewDiePie after he posted several videos that were deemed anti-Semitic, including one where he paid Indians $5 to hold up signs reading "Death to all Jews".
Topics: social-media, internet-culture, community-and-society, arts-and-entertainment, united-states
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The US Office of Government Ethics says the White House should consider disciplinary action against presidential adviser Kellyanne Conway for appearing to violate government ethics rules by publicly endorsing Ivanka Trump products.
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| UpdatedCalifornians who were ordered to evacuate due to a threat from the tallest dam in the US can now safely return to their homes and businesses may reopen, authorities say, although a warning remains.
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| UpdatedMichael 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.
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| UpdatedAlthough details are still unclear over how and why the half-brother of North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un was killed, government officials and independent experts all say the assassination looks like the work of North Korean agents.
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| UpdatedWhite House spokesman Sean Spicer said that former national security adviser Michael Flynn either misled Vice President Mike Pence and others, or forgot "critical details" about his call with Russia's ambassador to the US, creating "a critical mass and an unsustainable situation."
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Atlanta Falcons fans are still clearly feeling the Super Bowl loss, with the city's zoo naming a baby Madagascar hissing cockroach "Tom Brady".
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| UpdatedDonald Trump was informed in late January that Mr Flynn had not told Vice-President Mike Pence the whole truth about conversations he had with Russia's ambassador to the US before Mr Trump took office, White House spokesman Sean Spicer says.
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