Good afternoon readers, and welcome to the Afternoon Update.

Anthony Albanese has touched down in the US for his much anticipated meeting with Donald Trump.

Heavy rain and Kevin Rudd greeted the prime minister on the tarmac ahead of his talks at the White House, where Aukus is expected to be high on the agenda. The Republican congressman Michael McCaul told Guardian Australia his intel suggests the defence pact “is what keeps [China’s president] Chairman Xi up at night”.

Back home, the former Nationals leader Barnaby Joyce confirmed he has been speaking with Pauline Hanson amid speculation of a possible defection to One Nation.

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