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| UpdatedThe United States are not calling on Australia to increase its military presence in Iraq and Syria, Julie Bishop says after meeting with Vice-President Mike Pence.
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US President Donald Trump has delivered his first public condemnation of anti-Semitic incidents in the United States after a new spate of bomb threats to Jewish community centres around the country and massive vandalism in a Jewish cemetery.
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| UpdatedUS President Donald Trump delivers his first public condemnation of anti-Semitic incidents in the United States after a new spate of bomb threats to Jewish community centres around the country and massive vandalism in a Jewish cemetery.
Topics: donald-trump, government-and-politics, world-politics, judaism, religion-and-beliefs, community-and-society, united-states
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Walking away from the United States alliance could force Australia to ramp up defence spending by tens of billions of dollars, Australia's former defence chief Sir Angus Houston says, February 21, 2017.
Topics: defence-and-national-security, donald-trump, foreign-affairs, government-and-politics, australia, united-states
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Renewed protests against US President Donald Trump flared on the Presidents Day holiday, with grassroots activists vowing to take to the streets in cities including New York, Chicago and Washington DC, February 21, 2017.
Topics: donald-trump, community-and-society, world-politics, united-states
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| UpdatedDonald Trump has selected 54-year-old career officer General HR McMaster to be his new national security adviser. This is what we know about him.
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| UpdatedThe selection of Lieutenant General Herbert Raymond McMaster to replace Michael Flynn surprises some observers who wonder how the General, who is known for questioning authority, will deal with a White House that has not welcomed criticism.
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| UpdatedUS Vice President Mike Pence assures the European Union that the Trump administration will develop their cooperation in trade and security and backs the EU as a partner in its own right.
Topics: defence-and-national-security, world-politics, government-and-politics, foreign-affairs, donald-trump, belgium, united-states
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Reporter Diamant Salihu from Stockholm discusses Donald Trump's remark suggesting a major incident had happened in Sweden, February 20, 2017.
Topics: donald-trump, world-politics, terrorism, immigration, sweden, united-states
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| UpdatedThe Department of Homeland Security drafts sweeping new guidelines aimed at aggressively detaining and deporting immigrants living in the US illegally, and issues directives for the immediate construction of a border wall.
Topics: world-politics, donald-trump, immigration, united-states
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| UpdatedSwedes have been scratching their heads and ridiculing US President Donald Trump's remark that suggested a major incident had happened in Sweden.
Topics: world-politics, terrorism, government-and-politics, donald-trump, immigration, us-elections, united-states, sweden
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| UpdatedA day after falsely suggesting there was an immigration-related security incident in Sweden, President Donald Trump says his comment was based on a television report he had seen.
Topics: terrorism, government-and-politics, donald-trump, world-politics, immigration, us-elections, sweden, united-states
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Donald Trump has held his first rally as US President, telling the crowd he wanted to be "among my friends and among the people" and speak to them "without the filter of fake news".
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| UpdatedDonald Trump holds his first rally as US President, telling supporters he wants to be "among my friends" and to speak to them "without the filter of fake news".
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| UpdatedUS President Donald Trump's new travel ban executive order will exclude green card residency holders, Secretary for Homeland Security John Kelly says.
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| UpdatedIt's no secret Donald Trump isn't a fan of the media, but today the US President dramatically stepped up his attack on news outlets.
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| UpdatedThe Trump administration denies it is working on a plan to use the National Guard to help round up illegal immigrants in up to 11 US states.
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| UpdatedBeverley O'Connor speaks with Joy Pullman, the managing editor of the conservative news website The Federalist, about Robert Harward's decision to reject an offer to become US President Donald Trump's national security adviser.
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| UpdatedPrime Minister Malcolm Turnbull suggests US President Donald Trump is wasting his time hitting out at media coverage, citing Winston Churchill's remark that "politicians complaining about the newspapers is like a sailor complaining about the sea".
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| UpdatedRussia, Hillary Clinton, Michael Flynn and fake news. Donald Trump's aggressive media conference was wide-ranging — here's some of the key things he touched on.
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| UpdatedDonald Trump mounts an aggressive defence of his young presidency, lambasting reports that his campaign advisers had inappropriate contact with Russian officials and vowing to crack down on the leaking of classified information.
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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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| 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.
Topics: world-politics, donald-trump, us-elections, united-states
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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.
Topics: world-politics, unrest-conflict-and-war, donald-trump, territorial-disputes, united-states