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Political Shooting: Congressman Steve Scalise was seriously injured by a man who attacked him while practicing for a Democrats vs Republicans baseball game. The perpetrator was supposedly a Bernie Sanders supporter – quickly denounced by the Senator – but...

A Pretty Good Week for Trump: the Supreme Court reinstated most of the travel ban while agreeing to take up the underlying case. Republicans won a fourth Special Congressional Election in a previously safe seat – high Democratic hopes were dashed and...

Trump and China: the unlikely supposed positive chemistry between Xi and Trump was punctured by the Chinese reaction to US$1.4bn of arms sales to Taiwan. The US also sanctioned the Bank of Dandong for alleged dealings with North Korea. There were always plenty of...

G20 Focal Point: much of the jostling for position among the largest economies in the world took place during and around the meetings. The highly anticipated first meeting between Trump and Putin occurred, with Trump apparently pushing on the issue of Russian...

Trump, Trump, Trump: it seems that from most perspectives the Trump Administration has sucked the air out of all other international and geopolitical concerns. This was evidenced by the UN decrying the amount of media interest in Trump while they were calling for...

Trump, Russia and Family: revelations regarding the detail of meetings held between senior members of the Trump campaign and Russian intermediaries continue to create disquiet. The voluntary release of emails from Donald Trump Jr appears to have blown away the PR...