Zoe Daniel is the ABC’s US bureau chief and has been based in Washington since December 2015. She was the ABC's South East Asia correspondent from 2009 — 2013 and Africa correspondent from 2005 until 2007. Zoe co-hosted the international news program The World on News 24 and Australia Plus. Zoe is the author of Storyteller, which provides a personal insight into her life as a foreign correspondent, as well as juggling a family. Follow Zoe on Twitter or Facebook.
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| UpdatedCriticism of Donald Trump's health care plan seems to be bipartisan. The leak of his 2005 tax return turned out to be a useful distraction.
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| UpdatedNot anymore, according to ABC Washington bureau chief Zoe Daniel. But in her latest wrap from the US, she writes the new President has actually begun to bury a few hatchets.
Topics: donald-trump, world-politics, government-and-politics, united-states
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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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| UpdatedDonald Trump is bypassing mainstream media outlets, which he calls "fake news", and giving favour to conservative news organisations. So how should the media respond?
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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.
Topics: world-politics, foreign-affairs, donald-trump, us-elections, united-states
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A hastily-made press conference, some big love-ins and a round of golf made for another big week in the White House, ABC Washington bureau chief Zoe Daniel writes.
Topics: foreign-affairs, world-politics, united-states
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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.
Topics: world-politics, us-elections, united-states
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| UpdatedFirst thing each day, as I savour my morning coffee, I read the President's tweets, writes Zoe Daniel. It's a wake-up call like no other.
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| UpdatedThe confusion-meter hit Code Red in DC this week, with conflicting messages over the Australia-US refugee deal from the White House, the State Department, US President Donald Trump and PM Malcolm 'Trumble' Turnbull, Zoe Daniel writes.
Topics: world-politics, donald-trump, turnbull-malcolm, united-states, australia
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| UpdatedAustralia's deal to send refugees to the United States is up in the air, with the White House saying Donald Trump has not yet decided whether to honour the agreement and the State Department saying it will go ahead.
Topics: refugees, immigration, donald-trump, government-and-politics, united-states, australia
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| UpdatedPresident Donald Trump has picked Neil Gorsuch as his nominee for the US Supreme Court, but who is he?
Topics: us-elections, donald-trump, law-crime-and-justice, united-states
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| UpdatedThe White House says United States President Donald Trump is still considering whether a refugee deal with Australia will go ahead, just hours after press secretary Sean Spicer confirmed it would.
Topics: immigration, donald-trump, refugees, government-and-politics, world-politics, foreign-affairs, australia, united-states
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| UpdatedYou might have seen photos of mass protests at US airports over the weekend. They all kicked off because of an executive order from President Donald Trump banning travel from seven majority Muslim countries. What happened, who is affected and what will happen next?
Topics: world-politics, donald-trump, immigration, refugees, foreign-affairs, government-and-politics, united-states
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| UpdatedWelcome to series two of the most watched reality TV series of our time. This week has been a whirlwind of executive orders, alternative facts and rogue tweets — and not from the President, writes Zoe Daniel.
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| UpdatedHang the bunting, raise the flags, polish the silverware — it's inauguration week in the US where President-elect Donald Trump will become POTUS and a new era in American politics will officially begin, writes Zoe Daniel.
Topics: us-elections, government-and-politics, community-and-society, world-politics, united-states
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| UpdatedDonald Trump supporters share their hopes and expectations for his presidency on the ride to Washington for the presidential inauguration.
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| UpdatedThe tree is cut, the lights are up and the snow showers are beginning. It's winter in America, where the political climate has changed beyond anyone's expectations over the past year.
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Authorities open a criminal investigation into a blaze that ripped through a warehouse dance party in California, killing at least 36 people.
Topics: fires, disasters-and-accidents, united-states
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President-elect Donald Trump hits the road for a series of post-election thank-you events. His journey will take him to the places where his Make America Great Again slogan and rejection of political correctness spoke to the country's working classes.
Topics: us-elections, government-and-politics, world-politics, united-states
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| UpdatedConservative senator Cory Bernardi warns the Liberal Party not to ignore the lessons of Donald Trump's victory in the US presidential election, saying major parties on both sides face an unprecedented challenge from populist movements.
Topics: government-and-politics, federal-government, federal-parliament, liberals, liberal-national-party-queensland, world-politics, united-states
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| UpdatedFollowing the death of Fidel Castro and with Raul Castro and the Cuban Communist Party still in power, supporting positive change will be an early diplomatic test for incoming US president Donald Trump, Washington bureau chief Zoe Daniel writes.
Topics: foreign-affairs, communism, community-and-society, united-states, cuba
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It's been a week of transitioning, tweeting and talking turkey in the US, where the whole country is about to take a much-needed holiday for Thanksgiving.
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| UpdatedAll eyes are on Trump Tower, which is now the centre of the known universe ahead of the presidential transition.
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Donald Trump's victory has provoked fear and concern for some children as they try to understand what his presidency means for America. So Washington bureau chief Zoe Daniel asked her two children for their feelings on the US election.
Topics: government-and-politics, federal-government, us-elections, family-and-children, children, united-states
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| UpdatedTrump cakes, hats in glass cases and a cash bar have kicked-started a volatile four years in the US, ABC Washington bureau chief Zoe Daniel says.
Topics: us-elections, event, government-and-politics, elections, united-states