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Frank Chung is a senior journalist at news.com.au covering topics including local and international breaking news, politics, culture, media and technology. In his previous role as finance editor he wrote about economics, retail, industrial relations, small business, consumer affairs and real estate.

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People are seen looting stores at the Grove shopping center in the Fairfax District of Los Angeles on May 30, 2020 following a protest against the death of George Floyd, an unarmed black man who died while while being arrested and pinned to the ground by the knee of a Minneapolis police officer. - Clashes broke out and major cities imposed curfews as America began another night of unrest Saturday with angry demonstrators ignoring warnings from President Donald Trump that his government would stop violent protests over police brutality

State to allow shooting of looters

A state in the US has drafted controversial laws that would allow people to shoot looters and run over protesters who block traffic.

US Politics

A graph claiming to demonstrate voter fraud.

Truth behind viral Trump ‘fraud’ graphs

Donald Trump and Republican supporters are flooding the internet with viral graphs and charts allegedly showing evidence of voter fraud.

US Politics

US President Donald Trump speaks during a Make America Great Again rally at Richard B. Russell Airport in Rome, Georgia on November 1, 2020. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP)

‘We have a list’: Backlash to Trump allies

Joe Biden supporters have begun drawing up lists of anyone who worked with Donald Trump to hold them “responsible for what they did”.

US Politics

(FILES) In this file photo taken on September 1, 2020 US President Donald Trump (R) and US Attorney General William Barr step off Air Force One upon arrival at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland. - US Attorney General Bill Barr gave federal prosecutors blanket authorization on November 9 to open investigations into voting irregularities, as President Donald Trump claimed that he lost the presidential election due to fraud. Barr, long a close defender of Trump, stresed that his letter to US attorneys around the country was not an indication that the Justice Department had evidence yet of genuine cases. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN / AFP)

What Donald Trump’s lawsuit says

Donald Trump has launched the first in a wave of lawsuits attempting to overturn election results in close states. Here’s what it says.

US Politics

The desperate ploy to get Trump elected

In a desperate final ploy to get Donald Trump re-elected, a senior Republican has backed calls for crucial battleground states to “invalidate” results.

US Politics

Trump speech cut off after one minute

TV networks have cut away from Donald Trump’s White House remarks as he declared himself the winner of the election “if you count the legal votes”.

US Politics

JOE BIDEN DONALD TRUMP COMPOSITE - Jill Biden waves as her husband Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden speaks during election night at the Chase Center in Wilmington, Delaware, early on November 4, 2020. - Democrat Joe Biden was to make a statement early November 4 in his home city of Wilmington, his campaign said, with the White House hopeful locked in a tight race against US President Donald Trump. Several battleground states that were expected to decide the election winner were still up in the air, including Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. (Photo by ANGELA WEISS / AFP)

How US election race currently stands

If you’re just waking up and wondering what the hell is going on with the election, you’re not alone. Here’s what you need to know.

US Politics

US President Donald Trump speaks with the press ahead of a campaign rally at Green Bay Austin Straubel International Airport in Green Bay, Wisconsin on October 30, 2020. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN / AFP)

How Donald Trump can still win

The US election has flipped, with Joe Biden now looking more and more likely to win. But Donald Trump still has a fighting chance.

US Politics

An electoral worker is seen during the vote-by-mail ballots scanning process at the Miami-Dade County Election Department in Miami, Florida on October 21, 2020. (Photo by CHANDAN KHANNA / AFP)

Trump’s sensational election threat

If Donald Trump gets his way, countless votes could be thrown out – and it could plunge the nation into a brand new “constitutional crisis”.

US Politics

Fox News decision desk expert Arnon Mishkin.

Blow-up over controversial election call

The Trump campaign has furiously demanded a controversial call of a crucial state for Joe Biden be reversed – but the expert is standing firm.

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