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US President Donald Trump

Dead air: Trump pulls plug on broadcaster with 420 million listeners

The president’s move dims ‘a beacon that burned bright during some of the darkest hours since 1942’, one correspondent wrote.

  • David Enrich

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The macho men who bootlick Trump show us what weakness looks like

Some of the richest men in the world are genuflecting to the re-elected US president. It’s a pathetic parade of toadyism.

  • Jacqueline Maley
Donald Trump’s Make America Great Again world insist illegal migrants coming are getting the jobs.

Shock and awe: It’s impossible to do justice to an entire continent, but I’ll do my best

From deadly wildfires to air disasters and glittering inauguration balls, it’s been a whirlwind start to my stint as North America correspondent.

  • Michael Koziol
President Donald Trump.

Trump bans major US news agency for refusing to rename Gulf of Mexico

The US president has been accused of violating the First Amendment after indefinitely barring The Associated Press from the Oval Office and Air Force One.

  • Michael Koziol
Police suppressed information about a leak involving Ben Roberts-Smith, and the anti-corruption probe that followed.

‘Like an episode of Utopia’: Why uncovering the truth has become harder than ever

The process that is supposed to bring information to the public is being eroded by nonsensical nitpicking. In the process, we’re losing vital information.

  • Sam White
Masahiro Nakai, in 2011, was a boy-band star turned popular TV host.

Japanese TV execs grilled in 10-hour press conference over celebrity ‘cover-up’

Fuji Television organised a press conference to try to salvage its reputation after being accused of protecting a big star. It had a lot to answer.

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White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks at the daily briefing at the White House in Washington.

The new face of the White House is 27 and wants influencers to ask the questions

Karoline Leavitt, the youngest press secretary in White House history, fronted her first briefing flagging that there is a new sheriff in town and change is coming.

  • Michael Koziol
Cecilia Sala, left, an Italian journalist who was detained on Dec. 19 as she was reporting in Iran, is welcomed by Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni as she landed at Rome’ Ciampino airport after being released.

Freed! Italian journalist Sala walks out of Iran prison, returns home

Celilia Sala, 29, was working under a regular journalistic visa when she was detained in Tehran on December 19, accused of “violating the laws of the Islamic Republic”.

  • Crispian Balmer
Jimmy Lai pictured in 2020.

Media tycoon tells court he did not use Trump officials to influence policy on Hong Kong

Pro-democracy publisher Jimmy Lai has taken the stand for the first time since his arrest on national security charges.

  • Lisa Visentin
Julian Assange, founder of WikiLeaks, delivers a speech beside his wife Stella Assange at the European council in Strasbourg, France, on Wednesday.

‘Let us stop gagging … and killing each other’: Assange breaks his silence

The 53-year-old WikiLeaks founder has spoken publicly for the first time since being freed from a UK prison after pleading guilty to US charges.

  • Rob Harris

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