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From souvenirs and blanket media coverage, there’s now confusion and concerns around “paranoia” and “Russiophobia” in the US, with some experts fearing the relationship may end badly.
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| UpdatedDonald Trump won't attend the annual White House Correspondents' Association dinner, an annual event in which he was roasted by Barack Obama in his last appearance as president.
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| UpdatedMuhammad Ali's son is detained by immigration officials at a Florida airport and questioned about his ancestry and religion, a family friend says.
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| UpdatedScientists in the US are coming together to fight back against Trump's apparent attack on their profession.
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| UpdatedUS President Donald Trump tells a conservative conference he will make a massive budget request for one of the "greatest military build-ups in American history".
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| UpdatedDonald Trump's chief of staff Reince Priebus asked a top FBI official to dispute media reports the US President's campaign advisers were frequently in touch with Russian intelligence agents during the election, a White House official says.
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| UpdatedThe ABC’s US bureau chief has recapped the week that was as President Trump marks his second month in the job.
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| UpdatedDonald Trump's chief strategist Steve Bannon makes a rare public appearance, slamming the media and urging Republicans to get behind their President.
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| UpdatedUS President Donald Trump says he wants to build up the US nuclear arsenal to ensure it is at the "top of the pack", saying the United States has fallen behind in its atomic weapons capacity.
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| UpdatedMexico reacts with anger to a Trump administration plan to deport non-Mexican illegal immigrants over their border if they entered the US from the southern neighbouring nation.
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| UpdatedIn a throwback week reminiscent of former candidate Trump, the President went face to face with the media before jetting off to Florida for a rally in front of his legions of fans. Bureau Chief Zoe Daniel, Correspondent Greg Jennett and producers Brooke Wylie and Roscoe Whalan try to separate fact from fiction in week four of the Trump Administration.
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| UpdatedPresident Donald Trump's administration revokes landmark guidance issued to public schools in defence of transgender student rights, reversing course on a signature initiative of former Democratic president Barack Obama.
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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.
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United States President Donald Trump has appointed Lieutenant General Herbert Raymond McMaster as his new national security adviser.
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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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| UpdatedSwedes have been scratching their heads and ridiculing US President Donald Trump's remark that suggested a major incident had happened in 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.
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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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Donald Trump has promised to boost US manufacturing and punish companies for moving jobs overseas, during a visit to a South Carolina Boeing factory to celebrate the unveiling of the company's latest Dreamliner jet.
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| UpdatedPresident Donald Trump promises to boost US manufacturing and punish companies for moving jobs overseas, during a visit to a South Carolina Boeing factory to celebrate the unveiling of the company's latest Dreamliner jet.
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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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| UpdatedMilitary collaborations between the US and Russia are off the table, Defence Secretary James Mattis says, an apparent blow to Donald Trump's suggestions the two nations could fight together against Islamic State.
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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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