US Senate
The tide has turned decisively against Ukraine, can US help keep it in the fight?
US President Joe Biden signed off another billion-dollar assistance package just as the tide was turning against the Ukrainians on the battlefield.
- by Rob Harris
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Violence crisis demands urgent response
Violence against women is under focus yet again – something that never seems to change.
A brewery worker’s drink-driving defence: his stomach made the alcohol
A number of drink-driving acquittals have resulted from a rare condition known as auto-brewery syndrome, in which a person’s gut effectively brews alcohol inside the body.
- by Ali Watkins
Opinion
USA
The US may get a one-week shutdown reprieve, but chaos in Congress continues
This is no way to run a country. For the fourth time this financial year, the US Congress appears likely to avert a government shutdown by passing a stopgap funding measure.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Republicans sink bipartisan border bill at Trump’s direction
A plan to curb the record number of illegal immigrants crossing the US-Mexico border has been torpedoed at the behest of Donald Trump, who plans to campaign on the crisis.
- by Farrah Tomazin
Democratic staffer sacked for US Senate sex tape
The decision comes after footage surfaced on the right-wing news website, The Daily Caller, which released the illicit video.
- by David Millward
America running out of money to fund Ukraine’s defence
The flow of financial support and weapons from the United States will soon grind to a halt if Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky can’t convince US senators in an upcoming video call.
- by Jeff Mason and Patricia Zengerle
Opinion
US politics
Why America is reduced to a wretched choice: dodderer Biden or diddler Trump
The US political system is riddled with inbuilt flaws that sideline worthy presidential candidates while the aged refuse to relinquish power.
- by Nick Bryant
‘Xi Jinping is loving this’: Republican showdown over military grips Senate floor
Senator Tommy Tuberville’s rejection of hundreds of military confirmations would be remembered as a “national security suicide mission”, according to one angry Republican.
- by Lolita Baldor and Mary Clare Jalonick
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Mass shooting
Gunman suspected of killing 18 in Maine found dead near his former worksite
The discovery of the body of Robert Card, 40, ends a 48 hour manhunt after the most lethal episode of gun violence in the US state’s history.
- by Gabriella Borter
Biden, Xi agree to meet for talks amid high tension between US and China
The US wants China to step up its role on the world stage and has been disappointed by Beijing’s support for Russia and its silence over the conflict in the Middle East.
- by Didi Tang, Matthew Lee and Aamer Madhani