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Trump to skip major annual conservative gathering for first time in decade

US president will miss the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Texas this week due to the Iran conflict, the White House said.

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New records in Trump documents case ‘raise concerns over business conflict’

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Supreme Court justices lean towards Trump in asylum-processing case

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Minnesota sues for access to evidence in killings of Good and Pretti

Lawsuit alleges US federal authorities blocked state investigators from key evidence and information.

Posters of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, both US citizens fatally shot by immigration agents. Photo: TNS
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Delta suspends VIP treatment for US lawmakers as shutdown sows airport chaos

Airline suspends ‘specialty services’ for Congress as the current environment becomes ‘increasingly difficult’.

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As I see it | Donald Trump is the purest symbol of post-truth America

Trump doesn’t care what is true about the war in the Middle East or anything else so long as what he says serves his purpose for the moment.

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US judge blocks Trump administration from detaining thousands of refugees

Boston federal judge blocks policy affecting potentially 100,000 refugees.

Federal agents during an anti-immigration raid in Minneapolis, Minnesota on February 3. Photo: AFP
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ICE agents to screen travellers at US airports as TSA absences soar

Trump orders immigration agents to the busiest airports amid a crippling budget stand-off.

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US ex-special counsel Robert Mueller dies. Trump: ‘I’m glad he’s dead’

Mueller had 34 people indicted, including Trump associates, but ultimately stopped short of a criminal indictment of the US president.

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Trump threatens to put ICE agents in US airports amid TSA funding clash

Air travel has faced major disruptions as safety officers call in sick while missing pay cheques over a partial US government shutdown.

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An airport employee holds a stop-and-go light-up sign while directing passengers waiting in long TSA queues at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Atlanta, Georgia, on Friday. Photo: Reuters
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US government sues Harvard over anti-Israel protests, ‘hostile environment’

The Trump administration is seeking to be released from its obligation to pay millions of dollars in federal funds to the university.

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Demonstrators gather to protest Harvard’s stance on the war in Gaza and show support for the Palestinian people outside Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in April last year. Photo: AFP
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US woman charged with murder after taking abortion pill in Georgia

The woman gave birth to a premature infant who died within hours after taking misoprostol.

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Trump-picked panel approves gold coin with his image: ‘the larger the better’

⁠The coin would depict a stern-looking Trump leaning over a desk and staring forward.

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FBI ‘investigating’ top US security official who resigned over Iran war

The probe into Joe Kent apparently predates his sudden departure as head of the National Counterterrorism Centre.

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Joe Kent, who has quit as director of the National Counterterrorism Centre. Photo: AP
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Iran can still attack US interests, government appears intact: US spy chief

If a hostile regime survives, it will seek ‌to begin a years-long effort to rebuild its missiles and drone forces, she told US lawmakers.

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US Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard testifies in Washington on Wednesday. Photo: AP
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US Fed defies Trump to keep interest rates unchanged amid Iran war concerns

Spiking oil prices could fuel inflation and curb growth, even as the US president repeatedly calls for rate cuts.

US-China relations

US says mainland China has no plans to attack Taiwan in 2027

Beijing seeks to control the island without the use of force, the US intelligence community confirms in its annual report on global threats.

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Science

Opinion | Why Americans should welcome China’s rise in science

Greater competition may curb the influence of politics and vested interests distorting the US innovation system.

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Crime

US House panel subpoenas Pam Bondi in Epstein probe

US attorney general faces accusations that the Justice Department has concealed the names of Epstein associates in its release of documents.

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Fashion

Explainer | All about US President Donald Trump’s favourite shoe brand, Florsheim

Trump has gifted J.D. Vance, Marco Rubio and Pete Hegseth the US$145 Lexington model … but why is the brand owner suing his administration?

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Trump administration can resume ‘third-country’ deportations, appeal court rules

Attorney General Pam Bondi called the ruling, that deports undocumented migrants to countries that are not their own, a ‘key win’.

US Attorney General Pam Bondi. Photo: EPA
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Trump administration urges judge to revisit ruling blocking Powell subpoenas

A federal judge had ruled on Friday that a DOJ investigation into Powell was intended to pressure the Fed chairman to lower interest ‌rates.

US Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell. Photo: Reuters
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BBC asks US court to dismiss Trump’s US$10 billion lawsuit

Documentary was ‘never aired in Florida – or the US’, the British broadcaster said, adding it was challenging the court’s jurisdiction.

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Judge quashes subpoenas of Fed chair, says probe was ‘politically motivated’

A ‘mountain of evidence’ suggests the subpoenas were to pressure Jerome Powell to obey Trump’s demands to cut interest rates, the judge says.

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Trump’s ‘racist hate speech’ fuelling rights violations in US, UN panel says

UN watchdog is ‘deeply disturbed’ by dehumanising language and condemns the use of lethal force in recent immigration and protest crackdowns.

US President Donald Trump on Wednesday. Photo: Reuters
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US threats and a Chinese cable scandal mark first day for Chile’s new president

The US forced Chile to cancel a Chinese undersea cable. Now the region is asking who gets to decide what infrastructure Latin America builds.

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Jose Antonio Kast was elected as Chile’s president in November after his Republican Party won just over 58 per cent of the vote. Photo: Reuters
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Election to replace Marjorie Taylor Greene leads to run-off

The race to replace high-profile conservative Greene, who resigned following a split with Trump, now heads to a high-stakes April 7 contest.

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Will Trump ‘Taco’ on Iran? Analysts say he’s looking for a way out

High oil prices and voter anger could be prompting the US president’s comments that the war could end soon.

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