Josephine Tovey is a New York-based reporter for The Sydney Morning Herald.
There's a new rule emerging for observers of American politics trying to understand a confusing new outburst or claim from President Donald Trump - somebody check what's happened on Fox News in the last 24 hours.
Last week federal prosecutors announced a woman had been indicted for making death threats against a parent whose child was murdered in the 2012 mass shooting at Sandy Hook elementary school. Her motivation, the US Department of Justice said, was her belief that the massacre never happened, that it was a hoax.
Though Donald Trump has barely left the gilded confines of Trump Tower in Manhattan since he won the US election on November 8, already, the city around him is marshalling its defences.
Since Donald Trump's extraordinary election victory last week, I've seen Americans around me reacted in a range of ways - celebration, street protests, crying on public transport. But one reaction that's less visible have been the quiet, concerned calls to health clinics by some women looking to obtain IUDs.
In a presidential election marked by its rancour, divisiveness and at times, downright depravity, Michelle Obama may be the only major political figure to emerge with more goodwill than she started with.
We live in a time where no beloved film can just be left to exist without a remake, reboot or sequel.
Even with the controversies over doping, the Olympics are proving an uplifting spectacle, and one we needed this year.
At the Republican Convention, attendees had the chance to wear their sexist derision for the Hillary Clinton: stickers proclaiming "Life's a bitch, don't vote for one."
With what feels like a whole generation stumbling around the streets, phones in hand, trying to "catch 'em all" this week, it would be easy to forget that Pokemon GO and augmented reality games aren't even the most significant cultural shift taking place thanks to mobile phones right now.
Two international events of the last week highlight just how disappointing Australia's approach to same-sex marriage has been, and could be in future if a re-elected Coalition government goes ahead with plans for a plebiscite.
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