Pressure is mounting on Joe Biden amid growing calls to crack down on US gun laws in the wake of the latest mass school shooting. But is he powerful enough to go up against the unrelenting lobby?
Deputy chief reporter
A teenage gunman posted his plans online minutes before a deadly rampage at a local school, where 19 children and two of their teachers were shot dead.
Brad Brooks
Amber Heard's claims of abuse by her ex-husband Johnny Depp are ‘unimaginably brutal, cruel and false’ the Pirates of the Caribbean actor has told a US court.
Lisa Richwine
Again. Once again the US and the world are in shock over the murder of innocent citizens by a crazed shooter.
Editorial
Anthony Albanese has wrapped up his whirlwind trip to Japan after making his debut on the world stage as Australia’s newest Prime Minister.
Kimberley Caines
Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr has blasted power hungry American senators for refusing to vote on a bill to enforce background checks for the sale of firearms in America. SEE IT HERE
A shooting at a Texas primary school that has left 15 dead is the latest in a string of similar incidents since the world was shocked by Columbine in 1999.
A mass shooting at a primary school in the US state of Texas has left at least 18 children and three adults dead, with the teenage gunman believed to have killed his grandma before the deadly rampage.
Marco Bello
US President Joe Biden said Washington had offered COVID-19 vaccines to China and North Korea amid surging numbers, but ‘got no response’.
Soo-hyang Choi
A Perth man is facing years in prison after admitting a plot to import more than four kilograms of methamphetamine into WA from Canada. Here’s how he was undone.
Tim Clarke
Critics have pounced on George W Bush's slip-up after the former president called the invasion of Iraq ‘unjustified’ when he meant the invasion of Ukraine.
Meg Kinnard
Amber Heard's sister has testified that she personally witnessed Johnny Depp and Heard strike each other during a fight.
Matthew Barakat
One person is dead and four others are critically injured after a shooting at a church in southern California, authorities say, and a suspect has been detained.
Staff Writers
The teen who shot 10 people at a Buffalo supermarket in a racially-motivated attack had been held for a mental health check less than a year ago.
Jenna Zucker and Gabriella Borter
In a controversial move, disgraced actor Kevin Spacey is set to star in his first major production since 2017, when the star was accused on multiple occasions of sexual abuse.
More than one million Americans have died from COVID-19, two years after the first cases upended everyday life around the world.
Maria Caspani
A US study of Native American boarding schools that sought to assimilate Indigenous children has so far identified more than 500 child deaths.
Survivors of the collapse of a Miami-area apartment building and their families have reportedly reached a $1.4 billion settlement.
Authorities have ordered more evacuations as the US's largest wildfire continues to burn a swathe across northern New Mexico.
Andrew Hay and Adria Malcolm
A passenger with ‘no idea how to fly’ has defied the odds to land a private plane safely at Palm Beach International Airport in Florida after the pilot descended into incoherence partway into the flight.
Geoffrey Thomas
Elon Musk said Tuesday he would reverse Twitter’s ban on former President Donald Trump if his acquisition goes through.
Jessica Bursztynsky
Prime Minister Scott Morrison does not want the ‘divisive’ debate around abortion revived in Australia – but has avoided sharing his personal opinion on the right of women to terminate unwanted pregnancies.
Josh Zimmerman
Amber Heard has taken to the witness stand in her defamation trial with Johnny Depp, telling a US court her former husband physically abused her multiple times.
Mexico's foreign minister has accused neighbouring Texas of ‘extortion’ over enhanced security measures at the US border.
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