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The March 7 edition

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Family members hold aloft a photo of Ajike Owens at her memorial service.

Police shot this footage. It put a woman in jail. Now it could win an Oscar

The Perfect Neighbour is composed almost entirely of footage shot on body-worn cameras – and now it’s up for cinema’s biggest prize.

  • Karl Quinn
Republican senator Markwayne Mullin from Oklahoma.

‘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.

  • Madeleine Ngo
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem will depart at the end of the month.

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.

  • Michael Koziol
Bill Clinton said he first remembered meeting Jeffrey Epstein when he flew aboard the financier’s private jet in 2002 for the Clintons’ humanitarian work, and they parted ways the year after.

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.

  • Stephen Groves
People hold signs in New York thanking President Donald Trump.

What does war with Iran mean for US voters? In November, we’ll know

When US presidents start wars overseas, it doesn’t always win over the voters back home.

  • Bruce Wolpe
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Vice President JD Vance is a sceptic about foreign entanglements, but supported last year’s strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities.

JD Vance’s silence on the Iran strikes is starting to get very loud

For 48 hours, the US vice president has said next to nothing about Operation Epic Fury in an administration where praising the leader’s success is virtually mandatory.

  • Michael Koziol
President Donald Trump holds up a fist after disembarking Air Force One at Palm Beach International Airport .

‘It’s a war’: US Democrats demand ‘immediate’ Congress vote on Iran strikes

Democrats have accused President Donald Trump of usurping the legislative branch’s power to declare war.

  • Michael Koziol
Lewbowitz, now 75, says her 50s were the best years of her life: “You still look all right. You aren’t perfect, but everything is still working.”

She’s 75, smokes and doesn’t own a mobile phone: Why Gen Z is mad for Fran Lebowitz

The author and commentator hasn’t written a book since 1981, but she’s as relevant as ever.

  • Jane Rocca
In an eight-minute video address, the US President Donald Trump made it clear this was not just a one-and-done strike on the Islamic Republic.

In the most consequential moment of his presidency, Trump reveals his end game

Trump was never going to leave his second, final term without a definitive resolution to the Iranian question.

  • Michael Koziol