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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| UpdatedFake blood, simulated gunfire and barricades. Two Australian men were horrified by how American schools prepare children for a massacre. Now their ad is shaking up the country.
Topics: schools, disaster-prevention, government-and-politics, children, child-health-and-behaviour, social-media, mental-health, united-states
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| UpdatedA New York county has been plagued by one of America's worst measles outbreaks. As tensions mount between locals, anti-vaxxer groups are trying to taking advantage of the chaos.
Topics: vaccines-and-immunity, infectious-diseases-other, government-and-politics, health, adolescent-health, infant-health, united-states, israel
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| UpdatedHe declared the refugee swap agreed by Malcolm Turnbull and Barack Obama "a stupid deal". But the revelation that two alleged murderers were settled in Australia shows Donald Trump may have had the last laugh.
Topics: donald-trump, immigration, refugees, scott-morrison, turnbull-malcolm, united-states, australia, rwanda
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| UpdatedDemocrats and Republicans are gearing up for another battle over the Mueller Report. It might take an election to see a resolution, writes Zoe Daniel.
Topics: donald-trump, us-elections, world-politics, government-and-politics, democrats, constitution, united-states
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The Trump administration is digging up a 200-year-old policy to justify possible military intervention in Venezuela, writes Zoe Daniel.
Topics: government-and-politics, world-politics, donald-trump, venezuela, united-states, russian-federation, cuba
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To beat Donald Trump, Democrats are going to have to face the reasons why he won in 2016 and good ol' Uncle Joe might not cut it, writes Zoe Daniel.
Topics: government-and-politics, world-politics, us-elections, united-states
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| UpdatedAustralian comedian and composer Eddie Perfect has written the score for the stage version of Beetlejuice, which is about to premiere in New York.
Topics: opera-and-musical-theatre, theatre, arts-and-entertainment, comedy-humour, united-states
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| UpdatedUS President Donald Trump, who embraced WikiLeaks with giddy joy, may head the administration that finally brings Julian Assange to face the music when predecessor Barack Obama would not, writes Zoe Daniel.
Topics: donald-trump, world-politics, information-and-communication, journalism, foreign-affairs, united-states, united-kingdom
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| UpdatedJoe Biden is seen as the Democrats' best chance to beat Donald Trump in the next election, but will they support him now that seven women have come forward?
Topics: world-politics, us-elections, donald-trump, united-states
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| UpdatedJames Comey's firing is at the core of the Democrats' push for the release of special counsel Robert Mueller's full report into Russian collusion, writes Washington bureau chief Zoe Daniel.
Topics: donald-trump, world-politics, united-states
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| UpdatedIt appears special counsel Robert Mueller has left a twist in the tail of his report that will prevent this sorry saga from being finally put to rest, writes Washington bureau chief Zoe Daniel.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, foreign-affairs, donald-trump, australia, united-states
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| UpdatedSpring has sprung in Washington and Donald Trump has been tweeting with a vengeance. On his hit list this week was Special Counsel Robert Mueller, the 'fake news' media, advisor Kellyanne Conway's husband and the late John McCain.
Topics: government-and-politics, us-elections, world-politics, united-states
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| UpdatedSome (former) allies of President Donald Trump have a bad roll of the dice this week, with prison sentences, revelations about pardons and mountains of evidence that are turning heads in Washington, writes Zoe Daniel.
Topics: donald-trump, world-politics, law-crime-and-justice, united-states
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Donald Trump is under investigation again, and after Michael Cohen's bombshell testimony last week, the Democrats are casting a wide net. They could be fishing for impeachment grounds, but there's no knowing what they'll find.
Topics: us-elections, donald-trump, world-politics, government-and-politics, united-states
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| UpdatedDonald Trump's summit in Vietnam ended abruptly and without a deal. The ABC's Washington bureau chief Zoe Daniel writes that it won't be enough to distract from the president's problems at home.
Topics: donald-trump, world-politics, government-and-politics, united-states, vietnam, korea-democratic-peoples-republic-of
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For the world's sake, let's hope US President Donald Trump can control his own fire and fury in Hanoi, while he meets with the man who could unleash it, write Zoe Daniel and Emily Olson.
Topics: donald-trump, government-and-politics, world-politics, vietnam, united-states
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After another successful test flight, Richard Branson believes he will be sending members of the public into space by the end of this year.
Topics: air-and-space, business-economics-and-finance, science-and-technology, offbeat, united-states, perth-6000
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| UpdatedDonald Trump will need to keep his cool in his second summit with Kim Jong-un, but Robert Mueller is lurking in the background, and he could infuriate the President, writes Zoe Daniel.
Topics: donald-trump, government-and-politics, world-politics, united-states
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| UpdatedAs far as Thursdays go in Washington, February 14 is nothing to sneeze at. Donald Trump's set to avert a government shutdown and declare a national emergency, which could be a precedent-setting moment in US politics, writes Zoe Daniel.
Topics: donald-trump, world-politics, government-and-politics, immigration, community-and-society, united-states
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| UpdatedDonald Trump targeted the policies of Elizabeth Warren and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in his State of the Union speech, writes the ABC's Washington bureau chief Zoe Daniel. He wants to make "socialism" a dirty word.
Topics: donald-trump, world-politics, government-and-politics, united-states
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US President Donald Trump simultaneously called for unity while criticising Democrats for threatening to investigate his links with Russia. But it was Nancy Pelosi who stole the show.
Topics: donald-trump, world-politics, us-elections, immigration, united-states
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One analyst says the US President's State of the Union address will be a chance for him to reset the agenda heading into the 2020 elections, but a sudden surge of bipartisanship seems like a stretch, writes Zoe Daniel.
Topics: donald-trump, world-politics, government-and-politics, united-states
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| UpdatedRobert Mueller says his evidence file on Roger Stone spans "several hard drives", and the ABC's Washington bureau chief Zoe Daniel writes that his indictment is more important than it might seem.
Topics: world-politics, government-and-politics, donald-trump, united-states
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| UpdatedThe US President was forced into a corner over the shutdown by Nancy Pelosi, but her victory in the State of the Union battle is just one in the bigger war, writes the ABC's Washington bureau chief Zoe Daniel.
Topics: world-politics, government-and-politics, donald-trump, united-states
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| UpdatedIn Chesapeake, Virginia, many families are relying on the generosity of others as the long-running government shutdown forces them to go without their primary income from the US Coastguard, Washington Bureau chief Zoe Daniel writes.
Topics: world-politics, united-states