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Jennifer Vasquez Sura, the wife of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, speaks to the media during a press conference.

Disappearances to contactless hellholes is how dictatorships work

Innocent people are being sent to an El Salvador jail – and this is just the beginning. Anyone could be tapped on the shoulder and their rights will vanish.

  • Ezra Klein

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From left, Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin meets with US Vice President J.D. Vance, his daughter Mirabel, his wife Usha, and their sons Ewan and Vivek at the Vatican.

Vatican notes ‘exchange of opinions’ over migrants, prisoners in Vance meeting

US Vice President J.D. Vance has met with the Vatican’s No. 2 official amid tensions over the US crackdown on migrants.

  • Nicole Winfield
Protesters form an “Impeach & Remove” human banner on Ocean Beach in San Francisco.

‘Shame!’ Protesters across US rally again to condemn Trump policies

Thousands of demonstrators rallied at hundreds of events to speak out against the US president’s handling of immigration, civil liberties, job cuts and many other issues.

  • Jesus Jiménez and Minho Kim
Trump thinks this battleground will play to his strengths. Australians will recognise the territory

US Supreme Court blocks deportation of Venezuelan migrants, for now

The court issued the order after the men’s lawyers asked it to intervene on an emergency basis, saying they faced imminent deportation without the judicial review the justices previously ordered.

Seated from left: Lauren Sanchez and Kerianne Flynn. Standing from left: Amanda Nguyen, Katy Perry, Gayle King and Aisha Bowe.

I’ve got a rocket for these space cadets and their pantomime of feminism

The whole exercise was emblazoned with such drippy femininity that all womankind was implicated. It was a test of the implicit feminist pact to Support Women. I suspect I failed it.

  • Jacqueline Maley
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ALP and LNP housing policies cruel, cynical and inadequate

Readers comment on the ALP and LNP housing policies.

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Angry constituents in Fort Madison, Iowa peppered the 91-year-old senator with questions about Donald Trump’s presidency.

In small-town America, a senator under siege has Australia on his mind

From the town halls of rural Iowa to the farms of Kentucky, Australia’s reluctance to accept imports of US beef is a hot topic.

  • Michael Koziol
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The hills were alive with the sound of negligence

Leaving listeners in a radio daze.

For years iron ore exports have delivered huge profits to BHP, Rio Tinto, Fortescue and other miners, making it the nation’s most lucrative export.

BHP boss says China holds key to the world avoiding recession

The Chinese demand driving resource giant BHP’s output of Australia’s largest commodity export, iron ore, will fade as President Donald Trump’s tariffs reduce global growth.

  • Simon Johanson
Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell speaks during an event hosted by the Economic Club of Chicago.

Jerome Powell says Trump’s tariffs are a threat to inflation and jobs

The US Federal Reserve Board’s usually cautious chairman says Trump’s tariffs will lead to higher inflation and lower US economic growth. That won’t go down well in the White House.

  • Stephen Bartholomeusz

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