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‘Your head will spin’: What Trump will do on ‘Day One’

Most US presidents are judged on their first 100 days. Donald Trump plans to get plenty done on “Day One”. But how much can he actually pull off?

  • Angus Holland

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Elon Musk is using his X megaphone to spread his own political views and false claims.

Elon Musk blames female firefighters of colour for LA fires

As Los Angeles burns, the man with the ear of the new president is helping spread false claims and racist ideas for political outrage.

  • Pranshu Verma, Will Oremus and Trisha Thadani
President Joe Biden speaks in the Roosevelt Room at the White House in Washington.

Biden labels end of Facebook fact-checking ‘anti-American’

The US president also insisted he could have beaten Donald Trump during a wide-ranging press conference just days before he leaves office.

  • Farrah Tomazin
TikTok is challenging the Biden administration legislation in the US Supreme Court.

US Supreme Court takes up TikTok ban: What you need to know

The US government wants TikTok to divest from its Chinese parent company. The video-sharing platform, fearing being shut down in the US, has embarked on a legal challenge against the law.

  • Ann E. Marimow and Cristiano Lima-Strong
The awkward interactions between key figures during Jimmy Carter’s funeral.

Awkward ghosting and a death stare: The curious dynamics at Jimmy Carter’s funeral

A rare, frosty handshake between Donald Trump and the former vice president who defied him. An awkward ghosting. And warm, unexpected smiles. Here’s how the scenes unfolded.

  • Chris Zappone, Tom McKendrick and Chris Paine
Donald Trump has lost his bid to delay sentencing in his hush money criminal case. He was convicted over falsifying business documents to hide the payment to porn star Stormy Daniels (left).

Supreme Court rejects Trump’s bid to delay sentencing in hush money case

Chief Justice John Roberts and Trump-appointed Justice Amy Coney Barrett joined with the court’s three liberals in rejecting his emergency motion.

  • Lindsay Whitehurst, Michael Hill and Michael R. Sisak
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Donald Trump begins his second term with few checks to restrain his actions.

Term-limited and immune from accountability, Trump’s power is unprecedented

If Trump dismantles American democracy, Australia must answer a tough question.

  • Bruce Wolpe
President Joe Biden, first lady Jill Biden watch as a joint services body bearer team carries the casket of former President Jimmy Carter during the state funeral at Washington National Cathedral in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025.

‘God bless you, Jimmy Carter’: Ex-president’s funeral provides rare moment of unity

President-elect Donald Trump and former president Barack Obama shared a laugh. Trump even shook Mike Pence’s hand.

  • Farrah Tomazin
Former president Donald Trump sits in the courtroom for his hush money trial at the Manhattan criminal court

Trump asks Supreme Court to block sentencing in his hush money case in New York

Trump’s lawyers turned to the nation’s highest court after New York courts refused to postpone the sentencing.

  • Farrah Tomazin
Donald Trump at a press conference on Tuesday.

Trump blames Biden, California governor as Los Angeles fires intensify

The president-elect put the blame for the fires on the California governor, as Los Angeles residents expressed anger about the scale and speed of the response.

  • Stephanie Peatling

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