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US politics
What are the Capitol riot hearings all about?
The hearings aim to show that Donald Trump was central to a conspiracy to overturn the 2020 US election results. But how do they work?
- by Farrah Tomazin
Latest
Lawyers told Trump that pressuring Pence to overthrow election was illegal
Things got heated in the White House when lawyers and a former judge were arguing against Trump’s plan, witnesses told the third hearing into the US Capitol riots.
- by Farrah Tomazin
The family home with a surprise feature that hits it out of the park
For $2.9 million, we’re sure a home with such unique features won’t be for everyone, but for the avid baseball fan this place is a certifiable home run.
- by James Robinson
Sarah Ferguson on the darkness she’s seen in the US, trust, and 7.30
She’s one of Australia’s best interviewers and the Gold Walkley Award winner is about to take over the reins at the ABC’s 7.30.
- by Kerrie O'Brien
Analysis
Interest rates
World’s central banks got it wrong, and economies pay the price
Even after central banks recognised they got their inflation calls wrong last year, they’ve continued to flub their policy guidance, roiling markets and threatening greater damage to their credibility.
- by Enda Curran
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Federal Reserve
‘Strong action was warranted’: Fed attacks inflation with largest rate hike since 1994
The US Federal Reserve has raised its key interest rate by three-quarters of a point and signalled more large rate increases to come.
- by Christopher Rugaber
Not actual legal advice: AI model tries to re-create mind of Ruth Bader Ginsburg
“It’s really fun to play with, but we should not take it seriously as well as we shouldn’t pretend that that’s a lawyer,” said one professor of artificial intelligence.
- by Pranshu Verma
Happy, the elephant, isn’t a person, a top New York court rules
New York’s highest court has ruled that Happy the elephant is not a person, in a legal sense, and therefore not entitled to a fundamental human right.
- by Ed Shanahan
COVID is making flu and other common viruses act in unfamiliar ways
The much-anticipated twindemic of the coronavirus and other viruses, likely inhibited by remote work and masking in the winter of 2020 to 2021, never occurred. But many other things have.
- by Frances Stead Sellers
Trump slams Congressional hearings as ‘a smoke and mirrors show for the American people’
On election night, Donald Trump followed the advice of an “intoxicated” Rudy Giuliani to “just claim he won”, a Congressional hearing has been told.
- by Farrah Tomazin
Days after Uvalde massacre, Ohio approves armed school employees
The new law “is giving schools an option, based on their particular circumstances, to make the best decision they can make with the best information they have,” Ohio governor Mike DeWine said.
- by Mark Gillispie and Andrew Welsh-Huggins