Carrington Clarke

Washington, D.C., United States

North America Correspondent at ABC News (Australia)

North America Correspondent. Contacts: @[email protected] wikr carringtonau & and [email protected]. Views my own.

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Trump weighs up intervening in Middle East conflict

1 week ago | abc.net.au | Carrington Clarke

Donald Trump has seemingly called for Iran's "unconditional surrender" and threatened the nation's supreme leader, telling Ayatollah Ali Khamenei the US won't kill him "for now". The escalation in rhetoric comes as the president meets with his national security team where they're weighing whether to directly involve the US in Israel's war effort against Iran.
Hope for ceasefire deal in middle east as Trump rushes home

1 week ago | abc.net.au | Carrington Clarke

US President Donald Trump is departing the G7 in Canada early to deal with the unfolding crisis in the Middle East, reportedly ordering the situation room be prepared. He's also called for a complete evacuation of Iranian capital Tehran, and has refused to sign a G7 draft statement calling for de-escalation. But there is hope a ceasefire deal could be on the table.
What's happening in Los Angeles? The competing narratives of Donald Trump's America

2 weeks ago | abc.net.au | Carrington Clarke

Depending on your politics, you could see this as either a wannabe dictator illegally trying to quash civil liberties, or local and state-level politicians trying to stymie the policy agenda of a legitimately elected president. In some ways, what we've been seeing in downtown Los Angeles feels like an almost inevitable outcome of the re-election of Donald Trump. One of his leading campaign promises was the largest deportation of undocumented migrants in the country's history.
Man arrested after US 'terror act'

3 weeks ago | abc.net.au | Carrington Clarke

A 45 year-old man in Boulder, Colorado has been arrested after using a makeshift flamethrower on a crowd gathered to support hostages in Gaza. Witnesses say the man threw Molotov cocktails at participants in an attack which follows the killing of two Israeli embassy staff last week in Washington DC.
FBI treating Boulder attack as 'terror related'

3 weeks ago | abc.net.au | Carrington Clarke

The FBI is investigating an attack in Boulder, in the US state of Colorado, as an 'act of terror'. Multiple people have been injured, some seriously. It's believed the attack took place during a Jewish community-run event.
Trump's tariffs were already ever-changing. Now, court fights add to the uncertainty

4 weeks ago | abc.net.au | Carrington Clarke

There has been a reprieve for Donald Trump's tariff agenda, but its future remains in doubt. On Thursday, local time, the ruling by the International Trade Court seemed a devastating blow to Trump's signature "Liberation Day" tariff and his earlier punitive tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China. The three judges — two appointed by Republicans, one by a Democrat — said the president had overstepped his powers by implementing the tariffs.
Man charged with murder over Israeli embassy staffers

1 month ago | abc.net.au | Carrington Clarke

The killing of two young Israeli Embassy staffers in Washington D-C has shaken the city... The couple - Lynn Milgrim and Yaron Lischinsky - were leaving an event at the Capital Jewish Museum in the city's downtown when they were gunned down. A suspect was taken into custody shortly after... and has been charged.
Trump confronts South African leader

1 month ago | abc.net.au | Carrington Clarke

There's been another extraordinary meeting at the White House with the United States president Donald Trump confronting the South African President Cyril Ramaphosa with false allegations of mass killings of white farmers. Relations between the two countries are strained, and the meeting comes just a week after a group of White South Africans arrived in the US after being given special refugee status. Featured:Donald Trump, US PresidentCyril Ramaphosa, South African President\
China has seemingly called Donald Trump's bluff on tariffs, to the delight of markets

1 month ago | abc.net.au | Carrington Clarke

The trade war between the US and China isn't fully over, but a deal between the two sides to slash reciprocal tariffs is a major capitulation from Donald Trump. After ratcheting up tariffs on Chinese imports to an astonishing 145 per cent, he's now agreed to drop them to 30 per cent. Trump had long claimed America holds the whip hand in negotiations, luridly stating countries are "kissing my arse" to secure trade deals.
Stand-out moments from Trump's first 100 days - and what could come next

2 months ago | abc.net.au | Brad Ryan |Kamin Gock |Lauren Day |Carrington Clarke

April 29 marks day 100 of Donald Trump's extraordinarily eventful second term as US president. Here's some of what you might have missed. One of Trump's first Oval Office orders was to release supporters who'd been jailed over the US Capitol riot of January 6, 2021. Trump told prison authorities to pardon almost 1,500 people, and commute the sentences of 14 others so they could be freed straight away. Trump said they'd been treated unfairly compared to other criminals.