Conor Duffy is North America correspondent. He was previously the ABC's environment reporter, Andrew Olle scholar, and has worked at Lateline, 7.30 and AM.
Conor has reported from Canberra, Hobart, Brisbane and Townsville, and has been assigned to report for the ABC from Thailand, Cambodia, New Zealand and Chile.
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| UpdatedA special election in Atlanta, Georgia is the latest election victory for President Donald Trump and the Republican Party — despite the rolling scandals and three live inquiries into allegations of coordination between his team and Russia.
Topics: world-politics, government-and-politics, donald-trump, united-states
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| UpdatedUS senator John McCain accuses North Korea of murdering Otto Warmbier, effectively labelling the explanation that the student took a sleeping pill and ended up in a coma as rubbish, writes Conor Duffy.
Topics: world-politics, government-and-politics, community-and-society, drug-use, united-states, korea-democratic-people-s-republic-of
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| UpdatedBill Cosby's trial has ended in a mistrial due to a hopelessly deadlocked jury, but the circus is likely to be repeated, with prosecutors immediately announcing they will retry him.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, sexual-offences, judges-and-legal-profession, united-states
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Duelling press conferences, supporters and protesters screaming at each and people waving placards and blowing bubbles while marching around the court house. Conor Duffy reports on the mayhem caused by the deadlocked jury in the Bill Cosby trial.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, laws, courts-and-trials, sexual-offences, australia
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| UpdatedIn this most political and partisan of cities, pubs ring out to the sound of ex-FBI director James Comey's testimony and the cheers of thousands of Washingtonians who had dodged work to hang on every word.
Topics: world-politics, donald-trump, united-states
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| UpdatedThe image of the former FBI chief typing notes in his FBI car outside Trump Tower after his first encounter with the then-President-elect is extraordinary. North America correspondent Conor Duffy breaks down James Comey's written testimony.
Topics: world-politics, donald-trump, united-states
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| UpdatedComedian Bill Cosby's trial in the United Sates is full of theatrics and courtroom drama very different to the static, more reserved scenes we're used to in Australia, writes North America correspondent Conor Duffy.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, judges-and-legal-profession, arts-and-entertainment, united-states
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| UpdatedSarah Pulver is fighting a rare genetic cancer for a third time, and the prospect of doing it without Obamacare means worrying not just about living, but also bankrupting her family.
Topics: donald-trump, health-administration, health-insurance, health-policy, world-politics, united-states
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| UpdatedFrom a pioneering online drug-dealing kingpin who swaggered under a pirate alias, allegedly facilitating the sale of $250 million worth of drugs, to a reaffirmed life sentence — Ross Ulbricht's fall is complete.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, crime-prevention, courts-and-trials, drugs-and-substance-abuse, united-states
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| UpdatedFresh from a gruelling 24 hours putting out fires, the White House is facing a new and potentially even more damaging scandal, writes North America correspondent Conor Duffy.
Topics: donald-trump, us-elections, world-politics, united-states
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One radical way to beat the housing affordability crisis is to take matters into your own hands, find an empty building and move in — which is exactly what one group of squatters did 13 years ago in New York's East Village.
Topics: housing-industry, community-and-society, housing, united-states
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| UpdatedUndocumented immigrants make up as much as 70 per cent of the US' agricultural workforce, but as Donald Trump nears 100 days in office, workers fear they will be deported and forced to leave their families behind.
Topics: donald-trump, immigration, community-and-society, law-crime-and-justice, farm-labour, united-states
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| UpdatedDonald Trump is eight times his age and a much more experienced litigator, but nine-year-old Levi Draheim isn't fazed and is looking forward to seeing the US President in court over his climate change policies.
Topics: donald-trump, climate-change, united-states
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The build up to the reveal of Donald Trump's 2005 tax returns was breathless, but all we got was a reminder of the difference between US and Australian media, writes Connor Duffy.
Topics: donald-trump, world-politics, government-and-politics, us-elections, united-states
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| UpdatedShootings, bombings, desecrated cemeteries and racist graffiti — minority groups in the United States say the number of race hate crimes are increasing in President Donald Trump's America.
Topics: race-relations, donald-trump, multiculturalism, immigration, religion-and-beliefs, islam, judaism, united-states
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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.
Topics: donald-trump, government-and-politics, world-politics, united-states
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| UpdatedThousands of young Donald Trump supporters gather with likeminded individuals for the annual Conservative Political Action Conference, but back on their university campuses they say they experience daily conflict when they express their support for the President.
Topics: donald-trump, government-and-politics, community-and-society, united-states
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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.
Topics: world-politics, us-elections, donald-trump, united-states
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| UpdatedDonald Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau vow to push ahead with closer trade ties and downplay their differences over refugees in their first face-to-face meeting at the White House.
Topics: government-and-politics, world-politics, donald-trump, trade, united-states, canada
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| UpdatedWhile international outrage over Donald Trump's executive order banning refugees countries continues to grow, some of his supporters are praising the "amazing" move and the US President's ability to deliver on one of his election campaign promises.
Topics: donald-trump, immigration, refugees, united-states
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| UpdatedDonald Trump will today unveil his pick for the Supreme Court and with the US President demonstrating early that he plans to push boundaries, they are likely to be kept busy.
Topics: government-and-politics, donald-trump, world-politics, united-states
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| UpdatedDonald Trump signs an executive order formally pulling the US out of the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal, while also ordering the US government to stop hiring more workers.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, trade, world-politics, international-law, us-elections, united-states, australia, asia
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| UpdatedIn an unusually forceful and combative inaugural address, the new US President makes it clear he will bring the radical change he brought to the campaign trail to life in the White House.
Topics: world-politics, us-elections, united-states
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As protesters prepare to descend on Washington for Donald Trump's inauguration, one woman is lending her voice, and music, to the cause.
Topics: world-politics, music, community-and-society, united-states
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| UpdatedIncoming first lady of the United States Melania Trump is already breaking the conventions set by the women who have come before her.
Topics: government-and-politics, activism-and-lobbying, women, united-states