Rachel Clayton is a multi-platform, award-winning journalist at the ABC, currently based in Washington, D.C.
She was previously a business and finance reporter with the ABC, and a breaking news reporter in Melbourne and in New Zealand.
She won a Quill award in 2023 for an investigation into alleged water theft in regional Victoria.
Rachel can be contacted at clayton.rachel@abc.net.au
After years of threats, insults and throwing the global world order into chaos, Donald Trump is being reminded at home and abroad that trust isn't just a nicety, it's essential when you need allies.
The case of a US teen who was pulled over and detained on his way to volleyball training highlights ICE's tactics, and how lawyers are fighting back.
Kristi Noem discovers that loyalty alone doesn't make you untouchable, becoming the first cabinet secretary to be fired in Donald Trump's second administration.
Former US First Lady Hillary Clinton is testifying in a landmark deposition on the investigation related to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
In the United States, the head of ICE and other federal immigration agencies are facing tough questions before a congressional hearing over the large scale immigration operation in Minneapolis that saw two U-S citizens shot dead by ICE agents.
What was once a hindrance is now "a paranoia like I've never known before", one Minnesotan man says, as his family hides from immigration agents.
US President Donald Trump says he's spoken to the Minnesota Governor about "working together" in the wake of the second fatal shooting by immigration officers at the weekend. While the President claimed it was a very good call, the Administration continues to demand Minnesotan authorities comply with their operation in the state.
Minneapolis has become the flashpoint of an aggressive immigration enforcement operation ordered by the Trump administration and pitched as a campaign against undocumented criminals.
A second US citizen has been shot and killed by immigration officers in the city of Minneapolis.
The US president says he has accepted María Corina Machado's Nobel Peace Prize at a meeting in the White House, on account of "the work I have done".
Venezuela is in the hands of both Donald Trump and a regime loyal to its ousted leader. The country's future, including the well-being of its people, is likely to depend on how well Delcy Rodríguez can walk a tightrope between Washington's demands and her coalition's hardliners.
Three former chairs of the Federal Reserve in the United States have offered their support to Jerome Powell. Mr Powell has confirmed he's being criminally investigated by the Trump administration and says it's purely political pressure.
Nicolás Maduro and Cilia Flores, who were captured in Caracas at the weekend, face multiple drugs and weapons charges.
It was an audacious operation that's stunned the international community. Donald Trump sending in US special forces to snatch Venezuelan President Nicholas Maduro and his wife and taking them to America to face court on Narco-terrorism charges.
New York City's first Muslim and South Asian mayor, Zohran Mamdani, has been officially sworn in at a small ceremony.
Jo Needham was halfway through a "bucket list" trip across South America when she was flung from her seat on a train near the ancient tourist site of Machu Picchu.
Disruptions to the world trade system courtesy of Donald Trump and a reshaping of historic alliances as multiple wars drag on have set the stage for a precarious year in global affairs.
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky is meeting with US President Trump in Florida for the latest round of talks to end the war with Russia.
Two congressmen say they will recommend United States Attorney-General Pam Bondi be held in contempt of Congress for not releasing all of the Epstein files by the legal deadline.
As more people turn towards cosmetic injectable "journeys", Lana is sounding the alarm about the risks of developing long-term side effects.
The ABC understands a registered sex offender and part-owner of Funtastic Gymnastics in Berwick, Steven Smith, is the subject of a complaint made to Gymnastics Australia.
Australian berry growers are scrambling to find alternative pest control methods after the national pesticides regulator raised new concerns about a common product.
The federal pesticide authority has updated how the chemical dimethoate can be used on berries after new data confirmed skyrocketing consumption has been putting young children over the safety limit.
The NSW government says it should have taken allegations of wrongdoing by a male school staff member more seriously. That failure left those who reported it so isolated their mental health spiralled and never fully recovered.
The 26-year-old was shot dead in Melbourne's CBD earlier this month, leaving his shocked family in search of answers.