Nick Ralston

1 week ago | smh.com.au | Nick Ralston

, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. This is investigations editor Nick Ralston, filling in for Bevan Shields while he takes a break. After a dreary couple of weeks to start the election campaign, the Donald Trump-sized shadow that has hung over it shifted this week to allow more focus on domestic issues.

Jan 23, 2025 | smh.com.au | Chris Zappone |Nick Ralston |Michael Koziol

A federal judge has temporarily blocked Trump’s executive order redefining birthright citizenship, calling it “blatantly unconstitutional” during the first hearing in a multi-state effort challenging the order. LoadingUS District Judge John Coughenour repeatedly interrupted a Justice Department lawyer during arguments to ask how he could consider the order constitutional.

Jan 21, 2025 | smh.com.au | Jessica McSweeney |Nick Ralston |Farrah Tomazin

By Jessica McSweeneyA police officer who was assaulted by rioters during the January 6 siege on the Capitol said he was disappointed to see his attackers granted pardons by Donald Trump. Washington, DC, police officer Daniel Hodges was violently assaulted by multiple rioters who beat him with his own baton, crushed him with a police shield and tried to gouge out his eyes. Hodges was working at Trump’s inauguration yesterday when it became clear that his attackers would be released.

Jan 21, 2025 | watoday.com.au | Jessica McSweeney |Nick Ralston |Farrah Tomazin

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Jan 21, 2025 | theage.com.au | Jessica McSweeney |Nick Ralston |Farrah Tomazin

Key posts1 of 3 1.45pmPolice officer assaulted on January 6 reacts to pardons By Jessica McSweeneyA police officer who was assaulted by rioters during the January 6 siege on the Capitol said he was disappointed to see his attackers granted pardons by Donald Trump. Washington, DC, police officer Daniel Hodges was violently assaulted by multiple rioters who beat him with his own baton, crushed him with a police shield and tried to gouge out his eyes.