The Latest Breaking News from Washington D.C.

Federal correctional officers driven to ask Congress for a raise - Roll Call

Employees in the federal Bureau of Prisons came to Washington this week to urge members of Congress to boost their pay.

Roll Call · Feb 6, 2025

Defence minister off to US to back in 'strong' alliance

Defence Minister Richard Marles will travel to Washington to cement Australia's "strong and enduring" US alliance and meet his US counterpart Pete Hegseth.

AAP · Feb 6, 2025

Global aid in chaos as Trump proposes to slash funds and dismantle USAID

Three weeks into Donald Trump’s second presidency of the United States, the global aid sector is in disarray as Washington reviews its foreign aid policy to ensure it aligns with the America First agenda. Funds have been frozen or slashed while the USAID agency is being dismantled.

Radio France Internationale · Feb 5, 2025

USPS reverses order suspending packages from Hong Kong and China amid Trump trade war

U.S. president says he’s in ‘no hurry’ to defuse the new trade war between Washington and Beijing

The Independent UK · Feb 5, 2025

Trump wants the US to ‘take over’ Gaza and relocate the people. Is this legal?

In an astonishing news conference in Washington, US President Donald Trump proposed the United States “take over” the Gaza Strip and permanently relocate the nearly two million Palestinians living there to neighbouring countries.

The Conversation · Feb 5, 2025

As Trump meets Netanyahu, protesters chant: ‘Palestine is not for sale’

Demonstrators gather outside White House to reject Israeli PM’s visit and Trump’s call for forced displacement in Gaza.

Al Jazeera · Feb 5, 2025

Last time, Australia got an exemption from US tariffs. Under Trump 2.0, this might be much harder

Australia has always worked both sides of the aisle in Washington, but now the Albanese government is having to push its case up very steep hills

The Guardian - AU · Feb 5, 2025

A timeline of last week's air disaster in Washington, the deadliest in the US since 2001

Almost a week after a helicopter and airplane collision in Washington killed 67 people, investigators are still at work as salvage crews pull out chunks of aircraft

The Independent UK · Feb 5, 2025

Trump Signs Order Withdrawing US From UN Bodies

US President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order withdrawing Washington from a number of United Nations bodies, including its Human Rights Council (UNHRC), and setting up a broader review of US funding for the multilateral organization.

International Business Times · Feb 4, 2025

Trump says Palestinians have ‘no alternative’ but to leave Gaza

President in effect endorses ethnic cleansing of territory before hosting meeting with Benjamin Netanyahu

The Guardian - US · Feb 4, 2025