Barbara Miller is the ABC's North America correspondent based in Washington DC. She has also been a Europe correspondent for the ABC in London. Prior to that, Barbara worked for the BBC World Service. She also holds a PhD from the University of Glasgow for her work on informers for East German secret police, known as the Stasi.
Australia changes its position to support a UN resolution demanding "Israel bring to an end its unlawful presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory as rapidly as possible".
It sounds like a parlour game moral dilemma. But if you're the most powerful man in the world, 82 years old and about to retire, why not save your surviving son from a possible prison sentence?
Hannah Kobayashi vanished somewhere in LA while on her way from Hawaii to New York City, and her father died days after arriving to search for her, leading to wild theories from online sleuths as authorities continue their investigations.
Joe Rogan and Elon Musk have responded to comments made by the ABC's chair, Kim Williams, with the billionaire comparing the ABC to Russian state media.
A young American nursing student was attacked and killed by an undocumented immigrant during her morning jog. Her name was made into a campaign cry for Donald Trump's mass deportation policy.
Americans will decide between two candidates who in many ways really couldn't be more different and yet have both pulled off remarkable comebacks in the run-up to this day.
Voters in seven key battleground states look set to decide who becomes the next US president. This is a snapshot of what they're thinking on the eve of the election.
Donald Trump is under fire over comments a comedian made about Puerto Rico at a New York rally. But so far he has not acknowledged the anger and hurt that members of the community feel despite courting their votes in a must-win state.
The Biden administration's staunch support of Israel was already threatening the Democrats' support from Arab-Americans in the key battleground state of Michigan, but for some in the community the escalating situation in Lebanon is the final straw.
Donald Trump likely won't face court again before next month's election but that doesn't mean the wheels aren't still turning on the criminal cases against him.
With an armed man allegedly lurking in the bushes for 12 hours, the incident at Donald Trump's golf club has highlighted huge safety issues for US politicians, but it's unlikely to change the ex-president's hobbies and behaviour.
A shake-up of the state election board in Georgia means it's now controlled by Republicans, who are changing voting rules. Democrats say it could be an attempt to "rig" the result.
US Vice-President Kamala Harris has closed out the Democratic National Convention with one of the biggest speeches of her career as she accepted her party's nomination.
Minnesota Governor Tim Walz formally accepts the Democratic party nomination for vice-president on the third day of the Democratic National Convention, where big-name Democrats Bill Clinton and Nancy Pelosi also spoke.
Michelle and Barack Obama headlined the second day of the Democratic National Convention, as second gentleman Doug Emhoff took to the stage, along with John F Kennedy's grandson, Jack Schlossberg.
The Democratic National Convention kicks off in Chicago, with Hillary Clinton speaking ahead of Joe Biden's keynote address to thousands of delegates celebrating presidential nominee Kamala Harris. Look back on our blog to see how the day's events unfolded.
Once a Democratic stronghold, Wisconsin flipped for Trump in 2016. Now, both Republicans and Democrats are scrambling for votes in America's "dairyland".
Tim Walz, a conservative-looking progressive, has a backstory that is so quintessentially small-town America, it feels almost made-up.
Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris says her vice-president pick Tim Walz "will be ready from day one" at rally in Philadelphia. Look back at how it unfolded.
Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris selects Minnesota Governor Tim Walz to be her running mate in the 2024 election.
In the space of a week, the US vice-president has wooed heavy-hitting Democrats to back her election campaign. Now, she's looking for her own number two, and there are plenty of people with claims to the ticket.
Kamala Harris's campaign says she has secured the support of enough Democratic delegates to become her party's nominee. So how could her campaign against Donald Trump shape up?
Whatever your politics, there was something truly heart-wrenching about the indignity of the last few weeks. But in dragging it out, Biden may have given his vice-president the best possible chance.
US President Joe Biden is ending his re-election bid and pulling out of this year's presidential race, throwing his support behind his Vice-President Kamala Harris.
Donald Trump has taken the stage at the Republican National Convention for his first public speech since an attempt on his life. Meanwhile, US media is reporting "reality is setting in" for a "soul-searching" US President Joe Biden as pressure mounts to quit the presidential race.