The moment Trump's press conference degenerated into chaos
There was anticipation about which Trump would appear before the hacks. Alas, those expecting the worst weren't disappointed.
Paul McGeough is chief foreign correspondent for the Sydney Morning Herald.
There was anticipation about which Trump would appear before the hacks. Alas, those expecting the worst weren't disappointed.
Oh, that Donald is a devil, isn't he? Or maybe he isn't.
Professorial to the end, President Barack Obama finished his farewell speech to Americans with a brief lecture in language and tense – "yes we can" became "yes we did."
It was a heart-stopping moment at the intersection of American politics and intelligence – three spy chiefs confronting a Republican President-elect who for months has been mocking them, to tell him that yes, despite all his bluster, Russia had been rooting for him to defeat his Democratic challenger.
The chaos in Turkey is mostly of President Erdogan's making.
There's a strong end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it whiff to Donald Trump's White House appointments
It's easier to be hairy-chested in a tweet than to give a considered explanation of what you are about – and so, as Donald Trump recruits another Putinette to his leadership team, Americans can only wonder at what the self-declared "smart person" is up to in his pro-Russian shtick.
As Russian-backed Syrian regime forces grind the last rebel fighters into defeat, the imminent fall of the besieged city of Aleppo heralds a collision.
Physically, it was in well-heeled Chevy Chase, where Connecticut and Nebraska Avenues cross, that the cops captured a gunman after he opened fire in the Comet Ping Pong pizzeria on Sunday.
Barack Obama told Americans that the weight of the presidency would restrain Donald Trump. Now we know that everything is up for grabs.
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