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Photo: CHIP SOMODEVILLA / Getty Images via AFP By Andrew Goudsward, Reuters A US judge has set aside pending deadlines in President-elect Donald Trump's 2020 election subversion case after federal prosecutors said they were grappling with the "unprecedented circumstance" of his impending return to the White House. US District Judge Tanya Chutkan in Washington approved a request from Special Counsel Jack Smith, who is prosecuting the criminal case, to set aside the deadlines, according to a court order, while they weigh its future. Prosecutors wrote the delay was necessary "to afford the government time to assess this unprecedented circumstance and determine the appropriate course going forward consistent with Department of Justice policy". Under a Justice Department policy dating back to...

By David Weber for the ABC Photo: WA District Court Warning: This story contains references to child abuse A father on trial for allegedly starving his severely malnourished daughter says he "adamantly disagreed" with medical advice she was at risk of a heart attack and rejected test results. The man, and his wife, are in the midst of being tried in WA District Court for starving their teenager who was described by doctors as being "dangerously underweight". On his second day giving evidence, the man was asked about a visit to a doctor in April 2021, when the girl was aged 17 and weighed not much more than 27kg. In that visit with Dr Amy Murdoch, the father said he was shocked to be told his daughter was "very underweight". "I didn't think I felt the same way," he told the court. Dr...