The US government may still be partially shutdown, but the 116th Congress has duly convened and Democrats are wasting no time after reprising their control of the House of Representatives and its powerful committees.

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The US government may still be partially shutdown, but the 116th Congress has duly convened and Democrats are wasting no time with their new-found control of the House of Representatives and its powerful committees...

The year has begun in a state of transatlantic chaos as the US and UK governments offer a portent of more international instability and corrosion of systems of governance in 2019.

As the longest partial US government shutdown drags on, its effects have started to be felt in the US external territories. Senior fellow Jared Mondschein spoke to ABC Radio's Pacific Beat program about...