America first, but at what cost?
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Trump’s ‘America first’ rhetoric implies that the internationalism and ‘enlightened self-interest’ that built the postwar order was a big mistake. The evidence and basic economics disagree.
This will be part of your permanent record.
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The law says official presidential records must be preserved. How do tweets figure in – particularly when they’re altered or deleted?
Demonstrators outside Terminal 5 of Chicago’s O'Hare airport on Jan. 29, 2017.
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A constitutional scholar considers the legal arguments that could undo Trump’s executive order barring travel by residents of seven Muslim majority countries.
Malcolm Turnbull will make a fresh pitch for the government’s embattled proposal to cut company tax.
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Malcolm Turnbull on Wednesday will acknowledge that despite long-sustained economic growth, in many parts of Australia ‘times are not so good’.
Slipping backwards.
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Torture is the ultimate abuse of state power over the individual. If the US returns to using it, all hell could break loose.
Hezbollah supporters in Lebanon protest against the war in Yemen in October 2016.
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Gulf countries have a history of using migrants’ rights as a tool in their geopolitical strategy.
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In 1888, Chae Chan Ping was denied re-entry into the US, where he had lived for 12 years. Times are supposed to have changed.
Keep it lit.
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Can the new administration be swayed if the people keep up the pressure?
Anger at Trump’s immigration controls continues to spread.
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Trump has pointed the finger at Obama for creating the list of seven countries in his new travel ban.
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There’s is often high drama behind the smiles, photo opportunities and carefully crafted language.
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We must know people as they would like to be known, not as some dominant power has decided we shall know them.
A Soviet-era stamp depicts a scene from Leo Tolstoy’s ‘War and Peace.’
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Set during Napoleon’s invasion of Russia, the epic novel is a case study in the grassroots strength of ordinary people.
Executive orders have the power to be socially transformative in US politics.
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Although congressional Democrats have been vocal in opposing most of Donald Trump’s executive orders, they appear to have little support from Republicans to enact the legislation needed change them.
Malcolm Turnbull said the confirmation had come from US National Security Adviser Michael Flynn.
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The White House has given assurances that Australian dual citizens will not be caught by Donald Trump’s suspension of entry from seven designated predominantly Muslim countries.
Diplomacy in action.
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Despite talking up her visit to the White House, the British PM has been remarkably quiet on the biggest issue of the moment.
A protest outside Downing Street in London on January 30 against Donald Trump’s immigration controls.
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The UK welcomes a woeful amount of Syrian refugees.
You know, that doesn’t quite say what I meant it to.
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The rules are pretty clear – and really crucial reading for anyone drafting, say, an executive order.
Syrian refugees attend a knitting lesson in Istanbul.
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What Trump’s immigration order means for three million refugees in Turkey
Look away.
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Donald Trump embodies the corrosive culture of narcissism at its worst. It’s a trap.
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The GOP has a proposal on the table that could send shockwaves through the tax avoidance industry.