Jade Macmillan

A photo of a smiling Donald Trump, alongside Anthony Albanese, his fiancée Jodie Haydon and US First Lady Melania Trump, has been released by the White House.

US President Donald Trump describes the catastrophic Texas floods as a one-in-100-year event — a disaster "nobody expected". But a political debate is raging over whether cuts to the public service have played a role.

In a fiery speech filled with heckling and recriminations, Donald Trump defended his second term agenda and urged Americans to bear with "a little disturbance" from his economic policies. These were the big moments of his address to a joint session of congress.

Donald Trump has suggested the US will "take over" the Gaza Strip and move Palestinian people elsewhere — as it happened.

Investigations are continuing after an American Airlines passenger jet and a US Army Black Hawk helicopter collided midair and crashed into the Potomac River.

After a volatile election cycle, and with a president who for years has defied all norms, it feels like an understatement to say it's going to be a huge four years ahead.

The president's first act upon his return to the Oval Office is to sign an order pardoning almost 1,500 people involved in the insurrection.

Just days before his inauguration, US president-elect Donald Trump is yet to publicly state his position on the AUKUS pact, which would see Australia acquire nuclear-powered submarines from the US.

The terrorist who crashed a truck through crowds in New Orleans said he had originally planned to harm his family and friends, but worried it would generate the wrong kind of news headlines, the FBI says.  

Former US President Jimmy Carter has died at the age of 100, he was the 39th President and won a Nobel Peace Prize.