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In Trump’s America, even words are under attack

Efforts to control language never work. Banning something only makes it more powerful.

  • Liz Gooch

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A protester is arrested by California Highway Patrol near the federal building in downtown Los Angeles on Tuesday.

Los Angeles is at war with Trump’s vision of America

The inner core of America’s second-largest city looked more like a war zone readying for an air raid as a new 8pm curfew aimed to curb rampant looting and vandalism.

  • Michael Koziol
Donald Trump and Xi Jinping have been at loggerheads over tariffs, but hope to agree on export controls for China’s rare earth minerals.

After two days of talks, Trump’s China trade deal is right back where it started

After a marathon round of talks, US and Chinese negotiators arrived back at the same starting point they brokered one month ago.

  • Lisa Visentin
US President Donald Trump after his speech at Fort Bragg on Tuesday.

‘Democracy is under assault’: Governor slams Trump as LA gets curfew

In a televised speech to Californians, Gavin Newsom accused the president of assaulting democracy and said there were no longer any checks and balances on the president’s power.

  • Michael Koziol and Catherine Naylor
Composite image of Michael Lewis, Donald Trump and the White House for The Morning Edition.

‘Someone needs to punch the bully’: What it will take to save the American Empire from ruin

Decimating government departments was only the beginning of Donald Trump worsening every risk the United States could possibly face. But, as The Big Short author and sea change predictor Michael Lewis says, once a bully is knocked off their high horse, it’s “amazing what happens in the school yard.”

  • Samantha Selinger-Morris
LA protests timeline.

Visual story: How LA’s rage, chaos and force unfolded day by day

Central Los Angeles is placed under curfew as President Donald Trump sends hundreds of US Marines to the city to back up police after days of protests. Here’s how events have unfolded.

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The detention facility at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba.

Trump mulls sending migrants from UK and Ireland to Guantanamo

The US is preparing to send potentially thousands of foreigners to the infamous American military base, including the citizens of countries from friendly nations.

  • John Hudson and Alex Horton
US President Donald Trump on Air Force One on Friday. He says he has no plans to speak with Elon Musk and isn’t thinking about the Tesla boss.

Has Trump created an opportunity for the euro to displace the US dollar?

Donald Trump’s trade wars may have opened a window of opportunity for the European Union to realise a long-held ambition: establishing the euro as the world’s reserve currency.

  • Stephen Bartholomeusz
Trump gestures after speaking to troops at Fort Bragg in North Carolina on Tuesday.

US military marches into political firestorm as troops deploy to Los Angeles

The deployment of marines to LA while the military prepares for a grand parade on the other side of the country is an uneasy juxtaposition for America’s armed forces.

  • Helene Cooper
The escalation of a US-China trade war could have flow-on effects to Australia.

The US and China thrashed out their trade fight for 20 hours. Here’s what they agreed to

In a new round of negotiations that were sparked by a phone call between the US president and his Chinese counterpart, officials emerged vowing to resurrect a fragile truce.

  • Lisa Visentin

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