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Democracy under serious and sustained attack from within the US

Far-right Republicans and the conservative supreme court are working on a carefully laid plan to turn the US into a repressive regime

Limits to rights: A memorial for shooting victims outside Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. This is not the first — nor will it be the last — mass murder by young Americans. Photo: Chandan Khanna/AFP

OPINION| Americans free to live under the gun. How’s that working out?

Another dreadful school massacre in the US raises the question: Will Americans ever get to grips with the ghastly phenomenon?

One Nation party leader Pauline Hanson. (Reuters/Jonathan Barrett)

Hard-right Australian party sought NRA donations — report

Secret recordings showed members of the party seeking donations from the NRA apparently in return for trying to loosen Australia’s tight gun laws

US President Donald Trump delivers his first State of the Union address.

Trump turns on FBI over school shooting after criticism from survivors

The president’s comments came as he faces criticism from survivors of the attack over his ties to the powerful National Rifle Association

What I discovered when I got a gun

As the NRA celebrates its annual meeting, Alex Hannaford has been commissioned to write a story about US gun culture. So he went out and bought a gun.

Armed violence kills 2 000 a day worldwide

More than 2 000 people around the world are dying from armed violence each day, on average, advocacy groups said on Tuesday.

Wal-Mart agrees to tighten policy on gun sales

Campaigners pressing for tougher controls on the sale of guns in the United States notched up a big victory this week when Wal-Mart, the country’s largest seller of firearms,…

Hollywood movie legend Charlton Heston dies

Charlton Heston, the chisel-jawed Hollywood icon best remembered for his Oscar-winning performance in the 1959 epic <i>Ben Hur</i>, died on April 5 at his home, his family said.…

‘Hello, dear. I’m talking to the NRA right now’

Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani startled a United States gun-lobby audience on Friday when he interrupted his speech to take a phone call from his wife — and it…