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Guardian Australia’s weekend wrap of essential reads from the past seven days, selected by Imogen Dewey

For owner and curator Patricia Puckett-Hall, the home where Lee Harvey Oswald spent six weeks represents a mission – to correct the narrative around the most hated man in the US

After much ado, the GOP made their choice – a leading figure in the Republican attempt to overturn the 2020 election – but he faces the same bind as his predecessor

Donald Trump has compared himself to the first president of South Africa, Nelson Mandela, so we fact checked the claim.

Moscow recuits Serbs to replenish its diminished armed forces; Russia’s biggest offensive in months is failing, Kyiv says

Americans should feel encouraged by the tenacity of judges and prosecutors in holding Trump accountable

A good illustration of how this principle can work.

Emails show David Bernhardt of interior department overrode superintendent of California park, causing ‘chaos and destruction’

Chris Christie says ex-president too scared to face rivals; media reports say Trump won’t attend Miami debate in November either

This week, five US citizens freed from prison in Iran were able to embrace their loved ones back home. Under the deal brokered by Qatar, five Iranians detained in the United States were also released. The agreement included the unfreezing of nearly $6 billion in Iranian assets. So is the…

Researchers identify 88 nests of destructive invasive non-native species near Syracuse in Sicily