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Congress approves funding bill, ignoring Trump demand over shutdown
Donald Trump urged the US government shutdown to “start now”, but a bipartisan a deal was approved by Republicans and Democrats alike at the last minute.
- by Lisa Mascaro, Farnoush Amiri and Matt Brown
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Musk helped kill a bill. But much of what he spread was misinformation
The X owner, an unelected figure, not only used his outsize influence on the platform to help sway the US Congress, he did so without regard for the facts.
- by Melissa Goldin
Republicans scramble to stop shutdown after Trump takes Musk’s advice
Trump rejected a bipartisan spending deal negotiated by the Republican Speaker, after a “kill the bill” campaign by Elon Musk on X.
- by Richard Cowan, Andy Sullivan, Katharine Jackson and Bo Erickson
Meet Australia’s best friend in Washington... no, not Kevin Rudd
A man known as “Two Sub Joe” has become Canberra’s can-do contact with Washington’s powerbrokers.
- by Farrah Tomazin
Republicans on House Ethics reject release of report on Matt Gaetz
In one his first jobs as VP-elect, J.D. Vance is seeking to rally support for Trump’s controversial nominee for attorney-general.
- by Farrah Tomazin
Who is Pete Hegseth, Donald Trump’s pick as secretary of defence?
The former infantry captain is a co-host of Fox News Channel’s Fox & Friends Weekend, and became friends with Trump.
‘Will of the people’: Musk adds his voice to Senate GOP leadership contest
There are three contenders for Mitch McConnell’s job. The SpaceX chief executive knows who he is backing.
- by Farrah Tomazin
‘Trump proofing’ begins as Democrats face power vacuum
Some Democratic governors are moving to inoculate their states from Trump’s policies, raising their profiles as the party searches for a new leader.
- by Cleve R. Wootson Jr., Marianna Sotomayor and Tyler Pager
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US Votes 2024
Knife’s edge: How the US election result will change the world
Donald Trump and Kamala Harris have two radically different sets of policies that will have great consequence not just for Americans, but for the rest of the world.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
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‘They cheat like hell’: The fallout from the attack on the Capitol
Hare-brained schemes and legal loopholes helped cause havoc after the last presidential election. But there are many ways to contest a result. How?
- by Angus Holland
Opinion
US Votes 2024
Why the heck isn’t Kamala Harris running away with this election?
In many ways, it’s because in the US political parties no longer serve the function they used to. Now, they are better seen as religious organisations.
- by David Brooks
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