Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Modi cracks jokes at White House as Biden hails new era for US-India ties
Narendra Modi’s state visit to Washington included something unusual for the Indian leader: taking questions from journalists.
- Nandita Bose and Patricia Zengerle
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- USA
Time to enshrine women’s rights into the US constitution
The US Supreme Court abortion ruling has taken women’s rights back half a century. The only real action that can be taken now is to amend the constitution, which written by white men 250 years ago.
- Shivani Gopal
Ocasio-Cortez calls on Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas to resign
Senator Cory Booker said that the legitimacy of the Supreme Court was at stake and that “clearly” the justice should have recused himself from decisions related to the election.
- Amy B Wang
Nancy Pelosi says Republican should be investigated for tweeting threatening video
One ethics expert said that the Republican’s threatening behaviour could violate both House ethics rules and federal criminal statutes.
- David Morgan
‘The haters hated’: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez defends ‘tax the rich’ gown
Ocasio-Cortez cited a spike in Google searches for “tax the rich” as evidence her outfit had encouraged people to research America’s “f-cked up tax code”.
- Matthew Knott
- Opinion
- World politics
It’s time for a new era of respect
We can see each other not as adversaries but as neighbours. We can treat each other with dignity and respect.
- Amanda Vanstone
‘I thought I was going to die’: AOC talks Capitol attack, past sexual assault
US congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez describes in gripping detail how she hid from the violent mob in the Capitol and the fear she felt when a man demanded: “Where is she?”
- Katie Glueck
Texas man charged with threatening to ‘assassinate’ Ocasio-Cortez
The Deomocratic congresswoman has said she experienced “a very close encounter where I thought I was going to die” during the Capitol riots.
- Christopher Bing
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- US votes 2020
The challenges ahead for Joe Biden's first term
After his victory speech, the President-elect's team unveiled a transition plan outlining his administration's first term policy priorities: COVID-19, economic recovery, racial equity and climate change.
- Farrah Tomazin
Biden's radical climate change plan could overturn the world's efforts
Once viewed with mistrust by climate change activists, Joe Biden's radical plan could supercharge global efforts to embrace serious emissions reduction.
- Nick O'Malley
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