Dick Cheney

Dick Cheney spent decades as the ultimate Republican insider. He died an outsider

As US vice president,Cheney ensured he held more power than any of his predecessors had. But he spent his later years well outside Donald Trump’s MAGA tent.

  • Karen Tumulty

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Berlusconi mansion goes on the market.

Berlusconi villa that hosted ‘bunga bunga’ parties set for $900m sale

The lavish Sardinian residence of the colourful late Italian PM comes with an artificial volcano and its own secret underground cave.

  • Nick Squires
US Vice President J.D. Vance’s security detail had the Ohio river’s water level raised.

JD Vance went kayaking for his birthday. The Secret Service had the river level raised

Critics blasted the “protective measures” as a sign of the vice president’s entitlement,particularly given the Trump administration’s focus on slashing government spending.

  • Julie Carr Smyth
President-elect Donald Trump.

Trump is running America the way America ran Iraq

The first days of the second Trump term are reminiscent of the disastrous administration George W. Bush put in place after invading Iraq.

  • Michelle Goldberg
Donald Trump’s official presidential portrait.

Trump’s second inauguration won’t showcase America’s strength,but its weakness

There’s no more meaningful moment in American life than the transfer of power on Inauguration Day. This one will be different,for all the wrong reasons.

  • Bill Wyman
Trump is not a conservative. He is radical.

Trump dodged a bullet. Let’s hope the world does,too – and he loses

Never before have so many alarm bells been rung about a Republican candidate by so many conservatives. I hope against hope that Donald Trump is not elected this week.

  • George Brandis
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The QAnon Shaman,Donald Trump,and the US Supreme Court.

Many fear Trump will take power with guns. But his real weapon is the gavel

A close US election result might well reproduce the scenes of the January 6,2021,Capitol riots. But the Supreme Court,and its habit of overturning norms,could be what helps Trump prevail.

  • Maher Mughrabi
A fat bike. It is not suggested that this bike was involved in the incident.

Police have given up on fat bikes

In Gwandalan,we have a plethora of unlicensed underage riders,often without helmets,riding noisy,unregistered two-wheeled machines,who even ride at speed on one wheel through the shopping area.

US President George W. Bush and John Howard took us to war in Iraq in 2003.

Staying the course:Howard rolled Defence plan to cut Iraq presence

Seven months after the invasion of Iraq,the Defence Department said it was time to cut Australia’s troop presence. Secret documents reveal how the plan was thwarted.

  • Shane Wright andMatthew Knott
George W. Bush stands with firefighter Bob Beckwith on a burnt fire truck in front of the World Trade Centre during a tour of the devastation on September 14,2001.

Firefighter who stood with Bush after 9/11 dies at 91

Bob Beckwith was a retired firefighter from Long Island who aided in the search for survivors after the terrorist attacks of September 11,2001.