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‘MAGA warrior’, ex-MMA fighter: This is Trump’s pick to run homeland security
Oklahoma senator Markwayne Mullin has been a staunch defender of the Trump administration’s mass deportation campaign.
- by Madeleine Ngo
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Kristi Noem grilled over how she handled the deadly Minneapolis shootings
Illinois Senator Dick Durbin grilled Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem before Senate Judiciary Committee.
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Trump's White House
Trump sacks Kristi Noem, the face of his immigration crackdown
The US president announced the home security secretary – the first person to be dumped from his cabinet in his second term – would be replaced at the end of the month.
- by Michael Koziol
Australians on sub that sank Iranian warship in Indian Ocean
Two Australian sailors were aboard the US nuclear-powered sub that sank an Iranian frigate, amid reports US-backed Kurdish rebels are ready for a ground assault against Iranian troops.
- by Michael Koziol and Andrew Probyn
US lawmakers vote to subpoena Pam Bondi over Epstein files
Members of the congressional House Oversight Committee, including five Republicans, voted to force Donald Trump’s attorney-general to provide a deposition.
- by Michael Koziol
Analysis
Middle East at war
A seven-page proposal was on the table. Then Trump learnt a tantalising fact
For months before Saturday’s strike on Iran, politicians and analysts argued about the country’s nuclear capability. Trump cut through them.
- by Michael Koziol
‘This isn’t Winston Churchill we’re dealing with’: Trump sprays Starmer, says Iran decimated after more strikes
The president denied Israel forced his hand in starting the war, and said new strikes have taken out multiple rounds of potential candidates to replace former supreme leader Ali Khamenei.
- by Michael Koziol
Father who gave teen a rifle for Christmas found guilty of murder after school shooting
Prosecutors said Colin Gray knew his son, Colt, was obsessed with school shooters and had a bedroom shrine to the gunman in the 2018 massacre at Florida’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.
- by Jeff Martin
Bill Clinton distances himself from Epstein in videos released from his testimony last week
The former Democratic president said he first remembered meeting Epstein when he flew aboard the financier’s private jet in 2002 for the Clintons’ humanitarian work, and they parted ways the year after.
- by Stephen Groves
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Trump's White House
Calling allies cowards is not the Trump administration’s most strategic play
Just weeks ago, the president had to apologise for belittling US allies over their war effort in Afghanistan. Now his war secretary is sticking the boot in anew over Iran.
- by Michael Koziol
Melania Trump just did something no first lady has ever done
Trump was the first spouse of a world leader to preside over a UN Security Council meeting, where she discussed children in conflict – just days after the US joined Israel in attacking Iran.
- by Edith M. Lederer and Farnoush Amiri