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Ordinary Australians are shunning big political parties, who they feel don't understand them, and are looking to alternatives like Pauline Hanson. As US historian Thomas Frank says, we're starting to sound just like Americans did at the last presidential election.
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| UpdatedIt was all pomp, ceremony and snipers on rooftops in Washington, DC, this week as the US President gave his first speech to Congress in a kind of replacement State of the Union.
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Donald Trump's Attorney-General Jeff Sessions has recused himself from an investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 White House election after admitting he met with Russia's US ambassador during the presidential campaign.
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| UpdatedUS Attorney-General Jeff Sessions removes himself from an investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election, following revelations he twice met with the Russian ambassador and did not say so when pressed by Congress.
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Supporters of Donald Trump are more likely to believe what he says, and even after they are shown it is not true, they still want to vote for him, research shows.
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| UpdatedThese are the people who could determine what happens following the revelation about US Attorney-General Jeff Sessions' conversations with Russia's ambassador.
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| UpdatedTop Democrats call on US Attorney-General Jeff Sessions to resign after it emerges he had two conversations with the Russian ambassador during the presidential campaign last year, but failed to disclose them at his confirmation hearing.
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Wall Street's blue chip Dow Jones Industrial Average surges through 21,000 points for the first time on President Donald Trump's speech to Congress.
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| UpdatedIn emotional moment, US President Donald Trump saluted a slain Navy SEAL's wife in the audience during his address to Congress.
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President Donald Trump struck a decidedly different tone to his usual campaign-style rhetoric in his first address to Congress, writes Conor Duffy.
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Travel experts are calling it the "Trump Slump" — a drop-off in interest in travel to the US that is not only affecting the countries the President has targeted.
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US President Donald Trump in his first address to Congress said "Mandating every American to buy government-approved health insurance was never the right solution for our country".
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US President Donald Trump, in his first address to Congress, paid tribute to Ryan Owens, the Navy Seal who died "battling against terrorism and securing our nation".
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US President Donald Trump in his first address to Congress has spoken about his budget that "calls for one of the largest increases in National Defence spending in American history".
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US President Donald Trump, speaking in his first address to Congress, says he has directed the Department of Defence to developed a plan to "demolish and destroy" the Islamic State group.
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President Donald Trump says "We want all Americans to succeed, but that can't happen in an environment of lawless chaos. We must restore integrity and the rule of law at our borders.
For that reason, we will soon begin the construction of a great, great wall along our southern border."
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| UpdatedDonald Trump addresses Congress for the first time and issues a broad call for overhauling the nation's healthcare system, significantly boosting military spending and plunging $1 trillion into upgrading crumbling infrastructure.
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Donald Trump has started his first address before a joint sitting of the US Congress. Here is the first few minutes.
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| UpdatedDonald Trump addresses Congress for the first time and issues a broad call for overhauling the nation's healthcare system, significantly boosting military spending and plunging $1 trillion into upgrading crumbling infrastructure.
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Russia blocks a bid by Western powers to impose sanctions on Syria over the use of chemical weapons, marking one of the first confrontations between Moscow and Washington at the United Nations since Donald Trump took office.
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US President Donald Trump has pointed the finger of blame at Barack Obama and "his people" for the ongoing demonstrations against his administration, adding that they were likely responsible for the leaks coming out of the White House as well.
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| UpdatedWe're likely to hear more about the US President's plans to fund tax cuts and change Obamacare when he appears before the joint sitting for the first time
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| UpdatedDonald Trump points the finger of blame at Barack Obama and "his people" for the ongoing demonstrations against his administration, adding that they were likely responsible for the leaks coming out of the White House as well.
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Cambodia's authoritarian Prime Minister Hun Sen sympathises with US President Donald Trump's antipathy towards the media, saying both he and Mr Trump see the press as stirring anarchy.
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| UpdatedUS President Donald Trump is preparing to release an updated executive order on immigration — here's a breakdown of what we can expect from it.
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