Law enforcement officers after Monday’s shooting in Washington.

Gunman shot after firing at Secret Service,triggering White House lockdown

Vice President JD Vance’s motorcade passed through the Washington Monument area “not long before” the incident,in which a teenage bystander was grazed by a bullet.

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US President Donald Trump speaks to the media outside the White House this week.

US chases a ‘Trumpian grand bargain’ with Iran as the message shifts again

US Vice President JD Vance maintains a deal to end the war can be achieved,while President Donald Trump says he would be comfortable walking away right now.

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US President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media outside the Oval Office.

On America’s most important day,Trump may have little to celebrate

The Trump brand is in retreat right around the world. The timing couldn’t be worse.

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US Vice President JD Vance meets with Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif

US-Iran war as it happened:Talks end with no agreement;Two US warships pass through Strait of Hormuz

Follow our live coverage of the conflict in the Middle East and related developments in Australia.

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U.S. Vice President JD Vance,center,walks with Pakistan’s Chief of Defence Forces and Chief of Army Staff Field Marshall Asim Munir,left,and Pakistani Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar after arriving for talks with Iranian officials in Islamabad,Pakistan,Saturday,April 11,2026. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin,Pool)

Vance in Pakistan for Iran talks as impasse looms over Lebanon

The US and Iran are trying to end to the six-week-old war despite a series of sticking points over the conflict in Lebanon and the still-closed Strait of Hormuz.

Vice President JD Vance speaks to the press before flying to Islamabad.

US-Iran war as it happened:Iranian Speaker wants ceasefire in Lebanon before peace talks begin;Vance warns Iran not to ‘play’ US;Trump lashes out over Strait of Hormuz

Follow our live coverage of the conflict in the Middle East and related developments in Australia.

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Trump has America embracing a dangerous future

Under President Donald Trump,America has adopted a new form of state capitalism,with huge consequences not just for the economy but the health of the republic.

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US Vice President JD Vance,from left,Viktor Orban,Hungary’s prime minister,and US President Donald Trump,during a meeting in the Cabinet Room of White House last year.

Hungarian voters face a big question. JD Vance thinks he has the answer

Viktor Orban,who has led Hungary for the past 16 years,is relying on his American friend to deliver a public show of support this week.

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Standing for the national anthem at the AmericaFest convention.

I went to the US’s peak MAGA conference to gauge the state of movement. Here’s what I found

A year into Donald Trump’s second term as president,a visit to the annual conservative AmericaFest convention reveals a splintering of the MAGA movement.

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Vice President JD Vance is a sceptic about foreign entanglements,but supported last year’s strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities.

JD Vance’s silence on the Iran strikes is starting to get very loud

For 48 hours,the US vice president has said next to nothing about Operation Epic Fury in an administration where praising the leader’s success is virtually mandatory.

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