Kate Fisher

Steve Bannon, a former top advisor to Donald Trump, is in court today facing contempt charges for refusing to comply with the investigation into the attack on the US Capitol building.

Investigators… Audio

The Supreme Court has dealt a blow in the battle to fight climate change in the US.

A new ruling makes it almost impossible for President Biden to achieve the targets he's set.

RNZ correspondent… Audio

After being confronted with chants of 'Do Something' on a visit to a grieving city in Texas, the US president Joe Biden has vowed he will.

He's been in Uvalde to grieve with some of the families of… Audio

US President Joe Biden has arrived in Uvalde, the Texas town where an 18 year-old gunman killed 19 students and two teachers last week.

It could be defining moment for the President at a time when… Audio

Nineteen students and at least two teachers were murded during a shooting at a primary school in Texas, the latest in a spate of mass shootings in the United States. The 18-year-old gunman carried out… Audio

In the US at least 18 children and three adults have been killed in a school shooting this morning in South Texas.

Robb Elementary School is in the city of Uvalde, about 130 kilometres west of San… Audio

For more on how the new Framework may affect US dealings in the Asia and Pacific regions, we heard from our Washington DC correspondent Kate Fisher. Audio

The first US congressional hearing into UFO sightings in over 50 years took place this morning in Washington.

There were few answers about the unexplained phenomenon - two top military officials said… Audio

The WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been denied permission to appeal against his extradition to the US by Britain's Supreme Court.

Assange faces life in prison in the US, but he hasn't yet run… Audio

One of the faces of the 6 January Capitol attack has been sentenced to 41 months in prison for his involvement.

Photographs of so-called QAnon shaman Jacob Chansley in a horned, fur headdress inside… Audio

The jury in the trial of teenage gunman Kyle Rittenhouse is still considering its verdict. Rittenhouse is being tried over the deaths of two men during the unrest in Kenosha, Wisconsin in August of… Audio

President Biden's calls for de-escalation in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict got a lot louder today - he said he wanted to see movement towards peace today. Yet, ex UN-rapporteur John Dugard… Audio

Russia has recalled its ambassador to the United States back to Moscow for consultations after President Joe Biden said overnight Vladimir Putin would 'pay a price' for meddling in the US election.

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Thousands of troops are on the streets in Washington DC and much of the central city is closed off as the Inauguration takes place. RNZ correspondent Kate Fisher is outside the Capitol in Washington… Audio

A mid-pandemic government shut down has been staved off in the United States after President Donald Trump signed both a $900 billion coronavirus relief bill and a $1.4 trillion government funding… Audio

To the United States now where no winner has been declared in the Presidential election. Joe Biden has a lead based on states declared, but still needs to win one of a number of those All Important… Audio

Let's go back to the United States now where we cross to our correspondent Kate Fisher who's in position near the White House in Washington DC. Audio

Joining Nathan Rarere from President Trump's election day base at the White House is our correspondent Kate Fisher. Audio

A final confirmation vote on President Donald Trump's choice for the vacant seat in the US Supreme Court is set to take place this afternoon.

Amy Coney Barrett looks certain to take up the lifetime… Audio