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US President Donald Trump delivers a State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress at the US Capitol. Democrat lawmakers dressed in suffragette white. (Aaron P. Bernstein/Bloomberg/Getty Images)

Democrat women in solidarity at Trump address

The women in white sat en bloc Tuesday in unmistakable defiance of President Donald Trump while he delivered his State of the Union address

Non-Americans often ask me what it has been like to live through President Donald Trump’s administration after the heady years of Obama. The answer, for me, is complicated.

Trump celebrates a year of his presidency with a government shutdown

US lawmakers have launched a last-ditch bid to end the budget stalemate and prevent a government shutdown

Doug Jones

‘Civil rights champion’ wins senate seat over accused child molester

Democrat ​Doug Jones’s senate victory came at the end of a vitriolic campaign centred on his rival who had been accused of preying on teenage girls.

Defaced: A picture of Hillary Clinton during an anti-Israeli demonstration in Tehran. For four years

Hillary’s job application is 600 pages

Clinton’s memoir shows she is fit to be president, but she’s not giving anything away just yet.

Roundabout way to a swing state

Georgia was always a Republican stronghold, but the Democrats’ base is growing fast.

Time ticking for Senate deal on US debt limit

US senate leaders are racing against the clock to reach an agreement before the country’s borrowing authority runs out next week.

State senator Wendy Davis is surrounded by media after the Democrats defeated the anti-abortion bill SB5

Senator’s 10-hour speech helps democrats block Texas abortion bill

Texas democrats have blocked a drive for new state abortion restrictions by using a marathon speech as a delay tactic.

Romney downplays positive job gains by Democrats

Mitt Romney charged ahead with his economic arguments in spite of unemployment dropping to its lowest level since President Barack Obama took office.

New Thai leader vows to tackle economic, political woes

New Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said on Wednesday his Cabinet would tackle the country’s political and economic woes.

New Thai leader tackles Cabinet line-up

Thailand’s new prime minister Abhisit Vejjajiva began working on his Cabinet line-up on Tuesday as police stood guard against angry protesters.

Thaksin ally elected as new Thai prime minister

Thai lawmakers elected Samak Sundaravej, an ally of deposed premier Thaksin Shinawatra, as the nation’s new Prime Minister on Monday, restoring civilian leadership after 16…

Thaksin vows to return to Thailand

Deposed Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra said Tuesday he wanted to return to Thailand in February, as he called for reconciliation with the military following weekend elections.…