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Meta said it was lifting the suspension two years after banning the former president, after adding guardrails to “deter repeat offences”.
Two of the most prominent donor groups said this week they will back other Republican nominees, depriving the former president of millions of dollars.
The former UN ambassador becomes the first Republican to challenge Donald Trump for the party’s nomination in 2024, in a significant affront to her former boss.
A grand jury’s report into the election has been released as local US authorities consider whether to bring charges against the former president.
The Fox chairman’s testimony was disclosed by Dominion Voting Systems in its defamation suit against the broadcaster over lies about the US election result.
Donald Trump might have had a bump in the polls, but conservatives are still at odds as to whom they want as next Republican presidential candidate.
Donald Trump has been told he can appear before a Manhattan grand jury next week if he wishes to testify, a strong indication that an indictment could soon follow. That could upend the 2024 presidential race.
Former vice president Mike Pence has gone public with his sharpest criticism yet of his former boss, Donald Trump, over the January 6 insurrection, saying: ’President Trump was wong.”
Guo Wengui conspired to cheat thousands of victims out of more than $US1 billion using “a series of complex fraudulent and fictitious businesses”.
The former president is facing a string of legal challenges including over alleged hush payments to a porn star as he campaigns for re-election.
The media magnate may be forced to give evidence in a defamation case against Fox News which aired claims the 2020 election was stolen from Donald Trump.
Combined, Donald Trump’s criminal indictment and Fox News’s civil trial delivered a rare reckoning for two forces that have transformed politics.
The plausible line of attack against Donald Trump in a Republican primary has always been on competence and execution.
Donald Trump has long shrugged off allegations of fraud, collusion and sexual misconduct. And the charges against him may still be thrown out.
The former president is expected to lash out against charges of providing hush money payments to a porn star after his unprecedented arraignment in New York.
Donald Trump, who is seeking to regain the presidency in 2024, took aim at federal law enforcement authorities even though the criminal charges against him were pursued not by them but by the Manhattan district attorney.
President Joe Biden’s choices “were severely constrained by conditions created by his predecessor”, the White House said.
Anthony Albanese says the AUKUS alliance will remain strong no matter who wins the next US election; Indian cricketer blasts five sixes in last five balls to win IPL game; Jason Day’s horror day at Masters. Follow the latest here.
The billionaire says his new artificial intelligence platform, which has a similar name to Donald Trump’s Truth Social, will seek to understand the nature of the universe.
US defence minister Lloyd Austin says Australia and the US have an “unbreakable alliance”; Kim Beazley says Anzac Day is a reminder of the need to properly fund the defence forces; Donald Trump will know his fate in Georgia by September. Follow the latest here.
Five months after being listed, the house is still available. That could be due to the market downturn, the “Trump discount” or the over-the-top decor.
The president’s age and lacklustre approval ratings had generated more questions than usual about whether he can, or should, mount another campaign.
The Florida governor filed this paperwork confirming he will run for US president. He is considered Donald Trump’s strongest Republican rival for the 2024 election.
The billionaire hedge fund manager said he thinks the JPMorgan boss could beat Joe Biden in a primary or Donald Trump in a US general election.
The former vice-president and Indiana governor has been laying the groundwork for a White House bid for more than a year.
As a baseline matter, the 49-page indictment gave the clearest picture yet of the highly sensitive records that Donald Trump took when he left the White House.
Donald Trump drew applause from 2000 delegates at a convention in Georgia as he denied obstructing justice and claimed the indictment was an attempt by Joe Biden to “jail his leading opponent”. Follow updates here.
History’s first federal indictment against a former president poses one of the gravest challenges to democracy the country has ever faced.
Alex Soros, 37, who will now run his billionaire father’s Open Society Foundations, said he was concerned about Donald Trump’s potential White House run.
William Barr’s comments were made at a time when many other prominent Republicans have been hesitant to criticise the former president.
Despite the strength of evidence against the former president, the Department of Justice’s Special Counsel Jack Smith still has to convince every member of the jury.
Most Republicans except Donald Trump would stick with the $540 billion Inflation Reduction Act, Andrew Forrest predicts. But he doesn’t see maverick former president being elected.
Taiwan’s foreign minister Joseph Wu says he does not fear any security implications from a potential return of Donald Trump to the White House in 2024.
The Republican frontrunner played up the fact that he appointed the three conservative Supreme Court justices who helped overturn a constitutional right to an abortion.
The US remains the bedrock of the Western alliance. If that rock began to crumble under authoritarian and isolationist policies, America’s allies would be in deep trouble.
After years of watching Republicans cower before Trump, it’s bracing to see the disgraced former president finally meet his mean match.
The US president has to convince voters that he’s as good an economic manager as his rival.
Federal grand juries in Washington have been hearing evidence in the criminal investigation into the former president’s efforts to reverse his election loss.
The institutions of the new right expect Donald Trump to be the next president, and this time they will be prepared.
Today’s indictment marks the third criminal case facing the former president as he barrels ahead with his 2024 campaign. Here’s a timelien of the key dates.
Supporters of Donald Trump outside a Washington court were few and hard to find, but the former president remains the Republican frontrunner for the 2024 election.
The former president has remained defiant despite the third indictment against him this year.
The ruling revealed that the warrant was issued as part of the investigation into Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election, which he lost.
Vivek Ramaswamy’s opposition to ESG policies and racial protections would endear him to conservative Christians wary of the former president.
The famously tightfisted Donald Trump might eventually have to reach into his own pocket as his political committees burn through cash at a furious pace.
Officials denied reports the state of Georgia had filed charges against Donald Trump, even as prosecutors prepared a fourth indictment against him.
From the impartial first chairman of Australia’s Atlassian to sycophants and haters of the former president, the eight Republican presidential candidates preparing for Thursday’s debate all have different personal agendas.
While the world was distracted by Putin and Trump, India pulled off a lunar landing. But with six nations and two billionaires eyeing up the opportunities, what will our first off-world settlement look like?
Many worry that all his legal woes are turning Trump into a “martyr”, but I’m not sure that quite captures it. Rather, the former president is the ultimate American anti-hero.
Writer Naomi Klein has suffered years of abuse after being confused with Naomi Wolf, a darling of the left who embraced the populist right.
Two other former senators, David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler of Georgia, and Michael Flynn, the former president’s national security adviser, were also singled out.
The former president has been given another bump in the polls to a record 60 per cent of Republican support. He is now focusing his campaign on a possible autoworkers strike.
The moderate Republican senator’s call came as he announced he would not seek re-election next year.
A new book claims the 92-year-old media mogul is vehemently opposed to Donald Trump winning a second presidency.
Pollsters were wrong about our federal election, Britain leaving the EU and Donald Trump’s victory. But if you don’t trust such survey results, think again.
Admirers and enemies alike are forever reading grand visions into a man with an almost touchingly banal, dollars-and-cents worldview.
Victoria’s former health minister says Daniel Andrews shock resignation will disrupt the state’s political system; Donald Trump defrauded banks as he built his real estate empire, a judge rules. Follow updates here.
The president drew a sharp contrast between his own beliefs and Mr Trump’s, who he said considered himself above the US Constitution.
If removing the House Speaker for the first time in history wasn’t interesting enough, imagine appointing a former president facing 91 criminal charges.
Anthony Scaramucci, Joseph Bankman and brother Gabriel Bankman-Fried were on a list of potential witnesses prosecutor Danielle Sassoon read in court during jury selection
Doug Hilton has laid out plans for it to help answer the big questions facing society, while also making some money along the way.
In this extract from “Leading through Disruption”, former Dow Chemicals CEO Andrew Liveris reveals how an attempted boardroom coup taught the new CEO a tough lesson about who he could trust.
Despite privately comparing Donald Trump to the mafia, Anthony Pratt entered an administration whose policies lowered his taxes and benefited his business.
Donald Trump’s criticism of the latest candidate for US House Speaker has demolished the Republican Party’s attempts to end the congressional impasse.
The former Vice President’s campaign suspension could help to consolidate support among other non-Trump candidates.
His presidential campaign never stops and – a curious dynamic – the more his legal problems mount, the more his support rises among Republican voters.
If Donald Trump were to return to the White House as president, the implications for the US, its allies and the global economy are sure to be profound.
Poised and polite on the stand, Donald Trump’s daughter was the last family member to take the witness stand in a civil fraud case against the former president.
A Donald Trump victory next year would make the incumbent the most consequential single-term president in history – but not in a way he would wish.
A self-described “anarcho-capitalist”, Javier Milei has proposed abolishing the central bank and claimed he would “burn down” the institution.
To prevent a second term of Donald Trump, Democrats must accept that what is going wrong is their basic proposition, not the framing or messaging of it.
Tim Scott is gone, Chris Christie has a modest New Hampshire constituency and not much else, and Nikki Haley is having her moment.
The former president also plans to scrap clean energy rules and expand drilling to boost fossil fuels, say his advisers.
Argentina’s President-elect Javier Milei earlier this year called on Trump to “continue with his fight against socialism”.
Manchester City soccer club owner Sheikh Mansour has lobbed a plan that could trump a pack of moguls such as Rupert Murdoch. But the UK government isn’t sure.
We are likely to see a harder-edged President Trump, without moderate advisers to talk him out of introducing tariffs or blaming China as growth slows.
Everything will change for European and Asian democracies if a man bent on dictatorship re-enters the White House next year.
Even if she doesn’t win, her ascent may make this race more interesting, especially in the early states, which will begin to vote in six weeks.
Donald Trump, the “billionaire” frontrunner for the 2024 Republican nomination, often took credit for a rising market when he was president from 2017 to 2021.
The former president’s re-election bid may hinge on upcoming judgments in the US Supreme Court.
The US president was responding to the Colorado Supreme Court’s ruling that threatens to remove Donald Trump from the presidential primary ballot in the state.
The former president remains the undisputed frontrunner in a shrinking field of Republicans vying to be the party’s presidential nominee in 2024.
Joe Biden and Donald Trump are the frontrunners for the presidency. But it’s a long road to November and early momentum will be crucial.
While the Biden administration has kept tariffs that Trump imposed on China, the latter would go far beyond that and try to wrench apart the world’s two largest economies.
Donald Trump’s 2024 campaign has painted a vivid picture of his second term plans: prosecuting his political rivals, finishing his border wall, massive deportations, a trade war with China.
Mr Pompeo, who also served as secretary of state under Donald Trump, is the first of several senior advisers and directors DYNE Maritime is seeking to appoint.
Donald Trump’s businesses received at least $11.6 million from 20 foreign governments during his time in the White House, a House Democrat report showed.
The Supreme Court will break its recess for an emergency hearing of the insurrection clause case on February 8.
The former first lady’s conspicuous absence from the campaign trail – and the courtroom – has come to the attention of her husband’s presidential rivals.
I believe in America enough to think that it would take more than another term of Trump as president to destroy American democracy.
In what his own senior adviser told reporters was a ‘scheduling nightmare’, the GOP frontrunner’s court battles are starting to crowd out his campaign appearances.
Lawyers want the Court of Appeals to overturn a lower-court ruling that rejected the former president’s claims of immunity in the Department of Justice’s 2020 election subversion case.
Chris Christie, a fierce Trump critic, announced an end to his campaign in New Hampshire, just hours before Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis were due to face off in a debate in Iowa.
Former US president Donald Trump accused the judge of “having your own agenda” as a months-long case that could hobble his business empire came to an end.
Never before have I seen extremism penetrate a vast American community so deeply, so completely and so comprehensively, writes David French.
You can’t defeat a political opponent if you refuse to understand what makes him formidable. Trump got three big things right — or at least more right than wrong.
Trump’s trade policies sway voters in the Iowa caucus; Penny Wong to tour the Middle East; Frederik and Mary become king and queen of Denmark. Follow updates here.
The Fortescue boss has a lot riding on the Inflation Reduction Act and is a big backer of Ukraine. But he doesn’t see Mr Trump entirely abandoning either of them.
Donald Trump’s right to be at his defamation trial “can be forfeited,” the judge warned. Writer E. Jean Carroll is seeking $US10 million in damages at the trial.
Here’s what the science of ageing has to say about a US presidential election contest between Joe Biden and Donald Trump.
Australia’s biggest superannuation fund has just opened a new office in New York. The prospect of another Trump presidency has not dimmed their optimism.
In failing to look past Joe Biden, Democrats have shown cowardice and complacency.
As Donald Trump’s support holds, many Republican elites are consoling themselves by remembering the years when it felt like they were running the Trump presidency.
The reboot of the Trump show would be a lot darker than the original. People who value their equanimity might decide it’s not worth watching.
From the Big Australian’s battery minerals warning, to the case for Donald Trump. Here are 10 thoughtful opinion pieces from the week.
Donald Trump’s attack on Nikki Haley put US Senator Tim Scott in favour; tankers are being re-routed for up to a month to avoid Red Sea danger. Follow updates.
Former US Ambassador to the UN. Nikki Haley, is now the last Republican in the race with a shot - albeit a long run - of beating Trump to the nomination.
Donald Trump’s allies were already ramping up pressure on the former UN ambassador to leave the race if she falls by a large margin.
Many business leaders argue that the former president’s bark is worse than his bite. People warned about him in 2017, but the republic is still alive and kicking.
The Treasury Secretary argued that the Biden administration had successfully navigated challenging headwinds caused by the pandemic and led a recovery.
The former president was on and off the witness stand in less than 3 minutes but not before breaking rules set in advance by the judge.
With a Trump presidency looming, vulnerable ex-Soviet countries are scrambling to prepare for the prospect that an emboldened Putin will widen his war.
Donald Trump’s close rival for the Republican president has backed the AUKUS agreement and the sale of submarines to Australia.
David Pocock demands stronger measures to improve road safety for truck and food delivery drivers; a US court rules Trump can be put on trial for trying to stay in power after losing the 2020 election. Follow updates here.
Donald Trump had trashed the $181 billion congressional agreement seen as the last chance to send more aid to Kyiv before fighting intensifies in the spring.
The former president misleadingly presents the alliance as a sort of protection racket where those who do not “pay up” will be abandoned by the United States.
The head of NATO accused Donald Trump of putting American troops in danger after he encouraged Russia to attack alliance members that fail to meet defence spending targets.
Donald Trump’s comments on allowing Russia to attack NATO allies if they don’t pay up on funding sparked fear and outrage among US partners in Europe.
It is rare to encounter a public-facing Donald Trump critic who hasn’t faced threats and intimidation, writes David French.
The Republican frontrunner is hoping to cash in on the presidency to mend his business woes.
There are five key Republican women in line to run with the former president. Most of them fully embrace his political views.
A summit of up to 164 ministers in Abu Dhabi aims to rebuild confidence and capability at the global trade umpire before a new Trump administration starts another trade war.
The former South Carolina governor is boosting her brand by standing alone against Donald Trump in the Republican Party.
The move puts on hold a criminal case against the former US president, as it looks into his claim he cannot be prosecuted over the January 6 insurrection.
The former president said he would be forced to sell parts of his real estate empire to cover the hefty penalty issued by a New York judge earlier this month.
Mr Trump swept three more primary contests over the weekend and is expected to dominate on Super Tuesday, when more than a dozen US states will hold primary contests.
Despite a near clean sweep of Super Tuesday, the former president continued to underperform the pollsters’ predictions. What’s going on.
Polls give Donald Trump a slim lead over the US president in a 2024 match-up. Democrats say there’s time to turn things around.
The budget offers a stark contrast with Donald Trump’s economic plans ahead of November’s presidential election.
The judge’s decision to delay the first-ever criminal trial of a former US president marks a victory for Donald Trump in the lead-up to the November election.
The candidate’s unchecked flow of untruths and bizarre outbursts spell danger but they no longer cause sufficient shock.
Aid ship completes first delivery to Gaza; Ukraine hits Russian targets as presidential vote continues; Pence declines to endorse Trump. Follow updates here.
Donald Trump delivered the stern ultimatum to the former Australian prime minister in an interview with former British politician Nigel Farage.
Mr Trump has frequently taken aim at the failure of many of NATO’s 32 members to meet a defence spending target of at least 2 per cent of GDP.
The Republican candidate’s financial difficulties pose risks for America as well as for himself.
The film looks at how the adult entertainer has repeatedly broken free from men trying to control her.
The former US president’s paper wealth has surged with his social media platform listing at an opportune time, with investor risk appetite rising.
Shares climb at the closing bell; monthly CPI data unchanged; Platinum tumbles after client pulls $1.4 billion; Southern Cross Media chairman retires; Trump Media rallies 16 per cent in first day of trading. Follow updates here.
Robert Kennedy jnr’s third-party candidacy could split the vote in key swing states. Polls give him between 2 and 15 per cent of the vote in a three-way race.
On this holy weekend, one man is taking the Resurrection personally.
“If I don’t get elected, it’s going to be a bloodbath,” Donald Trump said before posting the video featuring his rival, US President Joe Biden.
Democrats need to press home their advantage on the abortion issue that seems a sure vote-loser for Republicans in November.
The Biden campaign claims to have raised more money than any Democratic candidate at this stage of the race.
The more an asset price is disconnected from its fundamentals, the more potential it has to go “to the moon”.
Democrats quickly aimed to capitalise on the key election issue after an Arizona court ruling upholding an 1864 law that bans nearly all abortions.
Republicans have a stark choice before the US presidential election: help Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky or pay fealty to Donald Trump.
Republicans have signalled that Donald Trump is likely to back the AUKUS submarine sale deal with Australia if he is elected president in November.
She may support her husband, but she is bound to see headlines involving the presidential hopeful and Stormy Daniels that could reopen old wounds.
The vote marks a victory for Republican defence hawks against the more isolationist wing of the party led by Donald Trump.
The effort to suppress unflattering information was designed to illegally influence the election, prosecutors have alleged.
Conservative Supreme Court judges signalled support for the former president on his claims of protection from prosecution in a case likely to impact the US election.
With his dowdy, oversized navy suits and MAGA red caps, the former president’s personal brand is a crucial part of his accessible appeal.
The former president was ordered to pay the fine by the end of the week, and he deleted, as ordered, the offending posts from his Truth Social account.
Hope Hicks, once a spokeswoman for Donald Trump, broke down in tears on the witness stand as she talked about their time together.
New estimates from Congress’s fiscal scorekeeper make clear the cost of extending the 2017 tax cuts enacted under President Donald Trump.
The former president’s lawyers are trying to undermine the porn actor’s credibility as the trial resumes in Manhattan.
History suggests the intellectual conformism sweeping university life could trigger a popular backlash that ends in conservative rule.
Donald Trump used a dubious accounting manoeuvre to claim tax breaks from his Chicago tower, an audit shows; protesters return to the streets across Israel, demanding the release of hostages. Follow updates here.
The youngest of Donald Trump’s children graduates high school this week, which makes him a target for the press.
The former president’s lawyers have attempted to destroy Michael Cohen’s credibility, grilling the prosecution’s star witness at the “hush-money” trial.
The former president exists in a parallel universe inside the walls of his beloved Florida estate.
Robert De Niro gave a speech outside the court where former president Donald Trump is standing trial; Spain, Norway and Ireland formally recognised a Palestinian state. Follow updates live.
The conviction — a humiliating defeat for a man who has dwelled in legal gray zones for decades — brings America’s highest office to a new low.
Donald Trump will try to capitalise on what might otherwise be a career-ending judgment in his election bid, claiming he is the victim of a political witchhunt.
Democrats are hungry to tell voters that Donald Trump’s conviction makes him unfit for office; Volodymyr Zelensky has arrived in Singapore for the Shangri-La Dialogue. Follow updates here.
A surge in border crossings from Mexico has become a potent political issue for the president and rival Donald Trump ahead of the November 5 election.
Trade Minister Don Farrell will lead a delegation of top Australian investors to Singapore amid fears over the future of the US-led Indo-Pacific Economic Framework.
The new restrictions are expected to trigger legal challenges from immigrant and civil rights groups who have criticised Biden for adopting Trump-like policies.
Shares lose 0.3pc. Telix scraps US IPO. Bank of Japan holds rates. S&P 500 hits record high. Citi upgrades copper. Trump says he wants to trim US corp taxes. Follow here.
Some of Hollywood’s brightest stars headlined a glitzy fundraiser for the president, while his opponent was on the hustings in the crucial battleground state of Michigan.
Some of the world’s most powerful business executives allowed themselves to be seduced by Donald Trump.
The former president repeated several of the false claims he made during the debate as he attacked Joe Biden anew.
Joe Biden’s poor debate performance has sparked discussion about who could replace him, and take on Donald Trump in November.
Joe Biden hit the fundraising trail as he works to calm the nerves of wealthy donors following a feeble debate performance; French voters prepare to head to polling stations in the first round of legislative elections. Follow updates here.
Major polls question if President Joe Biden can beat Donald Trump. Economists say immigration cuts may not slow inflation. Follow updates here.
Growing scepticism about President Joe Biden’s reelection chances has European leaders concerned; UK Labour MP’s home allegedly attacked with a sledgehammer after general election. Follow live updates.
A former top security official under Donald Trump says AUKUS would be safe under a Trump administration but he is more worried Australia could baulk at the hefty cost.
Russia’s defence ministry says that its forces took control of a small Ukrainian town; Divided Democrats blast Trump agenda to shift Biden focus. Follow updates here.
Thomas Matthew Crooks, who was shot dead by law enforcement, was a young, bright man working an entry-level job near his hometown in Pennsylvania.
The attempted assassination of Donald Trump at the weekend has muted some of the public pressure on the US president to exit the race. But the party remains deeply divided.
The Australian ambassador to the US says he has been busy building bridges with Donald Trump’s team and the Republicans’ MAGA movement.
Donald Trump’s VP pick was a venture capitalist bankrolled in business and politics by billionaire investors. His ties to PayPal’s co-founder go way back.
The vice president is a more physically and mentally capable campaigner who might cut through to some voters who Biden didn’t reach, but is that enough to beat Donald Trump?
The Republican’s fight against Kamala Harris for the presidency risks losing traction with some key constituencies, including women and voters of colour.
Kamala Harris vows to ‘put my record’ against Trump’s in first rally; US Secret Service director resigns over Trump shooting. Follow for updates.
The PM promises to renew Indigenous policy after “considerable hurt” from Voice referendum; Donald Trump proposes alternative election debate, but Kamala Harris says no. Follow updates here.
Some Silicon Valley CEOs see any form of democratic constraint on themselves as illegitimate by definition.
In a dramatic turn for the Democrats, the vice president is ahead of the Republican candidate by 4 percentage points in Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Michigan.
The Michigan Ross poll shows a Democratic candidate leading on the key issue for the first time in nearly a year.
After almost a decade of chasing or holding the White House, Donald Trump’s oddities are priced in while Harris remains ill-defined and half-tested.
The former US president said he is “entitled” to assail his Democratic rival despite Republican and donor advice that he stick to economic messages.
Trump speaks at golf club as campaign adds advisers; NSW Liberal director sacked after ‘mind-boggling’ nomination failure; NZ PM to revisit deportation issue in trans-Tasman talks. Follow live updates.
Ed Husic accuses Peter Dutton of politicising the debate about visas for Palestinians fleeing Gaza; Donald Trump and Kamala Harris fight for Pennsylvanian votes. Follow updates here.
The vice president’s trip to Pittsburgh and surrounding counties ahead of the Democratic convention in Chicago underscores how crucial the state is to her hopes.
Donald Trump’s one-time chief spinner believes Kamala Harris will win the election, but the former president could run again in 2028.
Donald Trump had the most to lose from independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy jnr, and now he has the most to gain, an analysis of the past 10 major polls indicates.
A constellation of YouTubers, pranksters and streamers is helping Donald Trump win his frat-boy flank – 18-to-29-year-olds who Republicans believe may just win them the poll.
Republican officials in a key swing state have taken over an obscure, unelected board to lay the groundwork for challenging a potential victory by Kamala Harris.
Jim Chalmers said a new question covering both sexual orientation and gender would be added to the 2026 census; Donald Trump pledges a 100 per cent tariff for countries that shun the dollar. Here’s how the morning unfolded.
Ahead of the crucial debate, the new survey finds Donald Trump is retaining his support and voters are unsure they know enough about where Kamala Harris stands.
Republicans are urging Joe Biden to intervene against the industrial action, while Donald Trump blamed inflation for fuelling the higher pay demands.
The government says the former president was acting as a private citizen when he allegedly pressured his VP to intervene to stop the certification of Joe Biden’s win.
The Republican ramped up his attacks on Kamala Harris’ shift to renewable energy in the critical state of Pennsylvania, where the rivals are virtually tied.
The richest man in the world has become obsessive about the stakes of the US election in a manner unparalleled in modern history.
Right-wing organisations have spent months and millions of dollars contesting ballot procedures and voter eligibility as they prepare for a fierce election.
The Apprentice’s costume designer tells how the film’s clothes tell the story of Donald Trump’s rise and lawyer Roy Cohn’s descent.
Trump and Harris are fighting the most volatile and unpredictable White House contest in living memory, so what could happen next?
Paul Myler, until two months ago Australia’s deputy chief of mission in Washington, says Donald Trump has focused too much on chasing votes from young, disgruntled males.
Step by step, Donald Trump and his allies are following the strategies that caused chaos four years ago. Election officials say they are ready this time.
Moral grandstanding is not the best way to convince people to come over to your side.
Don Farrell cautioned against a trade war, as experts warned more US restrictions on Chinese goods could hit Australia’s export growth plans.
A new poll suggests conventional political wisdom has been seriously underrating the scale of women’s fury over abortion bans and their revulsion at Trump’s cartoonishly macho campaign.
Tony Abbott joined other leading conservative leaders in saying criticism of Donald Trump returning to the Oval Office at this week’s election was overblown.
His first term was heavily reliant on the party establishment. The inner circle now includes billionaires and is in tune with the ideas of the new right.
Wins in five more seats will give Republicans control of the House; Donald Trump wins Arizona, sweeping all seven battleground states; Trump picks golfing buddy for key role. Follow updates live.
Experts believe that countries will now be unlikely to apply rules over fears of retaliation from Trump-led administration.
Firebrand Matt Gaetz, who has never worked in the Justice Department or as a prosecutor at any level of government, is the latest in a wave of Donald Trump’s nominations.
The president-elect’s Treasury secretary appointment has kicked off a fierce lobbying effort among his loyalists.
The US president-elect now intends to maintain supplies to Kyiv after his inauguration, but will demand allies more than double their financial commitment.
A battle has erupted between the tech billionaire and MAGA supporters over skilled visas. The incoming president has been caught in the middle.
It’s always worth examining whether fire and water management could have been improved. But this isn’t what the misinformation spread by climate deniers aims to achieve.
The old biases the women’s movement railed against so persuasively have been replaced by new biases, almost as unfair and opaque as those of the ancien régime.
If the new administration fails to comply with the emergency order, the situation could pose a fundamental test of America’s rule of law.
The event aims to address how to harness the potential of artificial intelligence so that it benefits everyone, while containing the technology’s myriad risks.
The president is hoping to raise revenue from new tariffs. He’s banking on this money to help plug a budget hole from his promised tax cuts.
European leaders need to reduce their dangerous dependence on a new adversarial America.
The UK’s new defence spending plan comes at a crunch moment for the British prime minister before he meets Donald Trump in the White House.
Trump’s tariffs on Australian aluminium will have a modest economic impact, but his assault on US allies is changing Australia’s place in the world.
Donald Trump’s strategy to crush demand while giving US companies a boost is driving the world’s largest economy toward the edge, but it could be all part of the plan.
The former central banker has cast himself as an even-keeled political outsider with the economic bona fides to take on the US and manage a trade war.
ESG and DEI are out as the US president’s son makes lucrative investments that align with his father’s vision of America.
The president’s plan to slap huge fees on China-linked ships is starting to choke trade as US exporters struggle to find vessels to send goods abroad.
Steve Witkoff, a real estate developer with no prior diplomatic experience, floundered when discussing Ukraine; UK government orders probe into Heathrow shutdown. Follow the latest here.
Donald Trump calls it “liberation day” but the date of his next big reveal on tariffs comes at a risky time for Australia’s large superannuation funds.
Anthony Albanese accepts voters are not better off than they were three years ago but says they should contemplate the alternative.
Clive Palmer and Donald Trump both believe they’ve been the targets of unfair lawsuits by regulators, and both aim to get even.
The initial 10 per cent “baseline” levy paid by American importers took effect at seaports, airports and customs warehouses on Saturday.
We, like almost every other investor on the planet, underestimated Trump’s resolve to reshape global trade and just how far he appears willing to go to do this.
The US administration’s move is the first sign of a softening of levies against China and provides a big boost for Apple and Nvidia.
Has Donald Trump backed down on tech levies or not? As markets deal with confusion, this Macquarie expert is worried about something breaking in the shadows.
The reprieve exempting popular electronics from the 125 per cent tariffs on China is part of the longstanding plan to apply a different, specific levy to the sector.
Donald Trump says chips and electronics are still subject to the existing tariffs of 20 per cent. Follow live updates.
The effort would reflect a fundamental restructuring of how formerly independent agencies implement and enforce federal laws.
The president’s tariff deals and a reduction in chaos won’t come fast. Big changes to the investment landscape may need a radically altered approach.
The world’s wealthiest university has accused the US government of making “sweeping and intrusive demands”.
The president’s attacks on the US Federal Reserve chairman are adding to the fraying of US exceptionalism. They might even keep rates higher for longer.
As markets swing to the US President’s every thought, smart investors need to stay focused on his broader agenda. And it’s not pretty.
The US president signed an executive order to speed up permits for ocean mining to boost the supply of critical resources largely controlled by China.
ASX climbs, buoyed by banks, tech; gold retreats; James Hardie to keep ASX ties; Brambles sees weaker revenues; CoStar doubles down on $2.8b Domain bid.
The hammering only shoved Ange Postecoglou ever closer to the Spurs exit door; Donald Trump floats new income tax cut in bid to ease tariffs bite. Follow live updates.
The US President’s actions infuriated Canadians and stoked a surge in nationalism that helped the Liberals flip the narrative and win a fourth straight term in power.
The president criticised the Fed chairman despite assurances earlier this month that he did not plan to fire him over interest rate cuts.
Donald Trump say the levies are so high the world’s two largest economies have essentially stopped doing business. Follow live updates.
The US president’s comments indicate he could continue to change his approach, which may further roil financial markets that have struggled with uncertainty.
The deal would drop tariffs on British steel and allow for imports of UK cars - but full details have yet to be completed. Follow live updates.
The talks wrapped up after the first day without any statement, and come after Donald Trump said he could lower tariffs on Chinese goods to 80 per cent.
ASX inches up before Washington and Beijing agree to lower tariffs for 90 days; US futures jump on trade deal; iron ore, oil stocks rally; billionaire’s son in fight for Ainsworth; pharma stocks plunge; $91b fund dumps MinRes.
Donald Trump’s tariff backflip means investors are suddenly supported by several tailwinds. But there are some who are justifiably still screaming caution.
Donald Trump said he will call Russia’s president and then Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Follow live updates.
Tensions between the ‘country club’ and ‘country music’ wings of the party have erupted in debates over a tax bill that Congress and the president need to pass.
Investors largely shrugged off Donald Trump’s latest tariff pronouncements, but risks are building that shouldn’t be so easily ignored.
US President Donald Trump has forced the strategist to concede that one of his strongest beliefs “could unravel”. Here’s what he suggests doing instead.
The US president has never made a secret of his preoccupation with looks. But what has increased is the amount of time he devotes to the appearance of men.
A federal judge said she would issue a temporary order to prevent the Trump administration from blocking the school’s ability to enroll international students.
US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth warns urgency is needed to prepare for a potential Chinese invasion of Taiwan; Trade Minister Don Farrell lashes Donald Trump’s doubling of tariffs on steel. Follow updates live.
Shares retreat, steel tariffs boost BlueScope; Opthea’s director exodus; Soul Patts, Brickworks to merge; oil up 2pc; iron ore hits one-month low. Follow live.
In a spat with Donald Trump, Elon Musk invokes the Epstein files, a source of endless speculation and conspiracy.
The US president also said his relationship with the billionaire was likely beyond repair after their spectacular spar on social media this week.
The developing situation in California looks ugly from afar. But one leading expert based in Los Angeles sniffs a Trump pivot that’s good news for investors.