Today
How oil ‘wildcatters’ seized Trump’s energy agenda
Shale barons are jubilant about the Republican’s plan for US “energy dominance”. Climate campaigners fear four years of global warming denialism.
- 1 hr ago
- Myles McCormick and Jamie Smyth
This Month
What now for Musk as Trump gamble pays off?
The billionaire chief of Tesla and X looks set to take up an influential adviser role in the White House.
- Stephen Morris and Hannah Murphy
- Opinion
- US Votes 2024
Don’t worry: America and Australia will survive this election
Harris was hindered and Trump boosted by the economic issues that have plagued incumbent governments around the world.
- Michael Green
The top five billionaire tech bros who are on the Trump train
From fawning phone calls to huge donations, here’s how the historically progressive bosses of Tesla, Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, Meta and OpenAI are preparing.
- Amelia McGuire
- Analysis
- US Votes 2024
‘You got this’: Harris joins SNL for a pep talk With Maya Rudolph
The vice president’s appearance, in a sketch delivered across a fictional dressing-room mirror, contained a solid riff that poked some fun at Donald Trump.
- Katie Rogers, Nicholas Nehamas and Maggie Haberman
Five days on a Greyhound bus into an anxious America
Catching a Greyhound bus across the “rust belt” swing states gives an extraordinary insight into the psyche of American voters ahead of the US presidential election.
- Matthew Cranston
October
- Analysis
- US Votes 2024
Democrats are leaning on celebrity star power. Will it matter?
As the 2024 campaign whirls into its final week, Democrats are noticeably leaning on their star power advantage, calling on a diverse range of celebrities.
- Dan Merica
Trump, allies link Biden’s ‘garbage’ comment to 2016 ‘deplorables’
President Joe Biden provided ammunition to the Republican campaign by appearing to call Trump supporters “garbage” while talking to Latino allies by video.
- Jonathan Swan and Maggie Haberman
Harris enlists Michelle Obama to rebuild momentum in tied election
The former first lady delivered an impassioned plea to male voters, saying the risks Donald Trump poses to women’s health at this election were too great.
- Rebecca Davis O’Brien and Nicholas Nehamas
- Updated
- US Votes 2024
Republicans flock to polling booths on Trump’s call
More than 18 million Americans have voted early in the presidential election, as Donald Trump supporters take notice of his new-found enthusiasm for the procedure.
- Updated
- Matthew Cranston
- Opinion
- Monetary policy
Why the RBA has a massive public education job to do
Inflation is high because of the stimulus that Canberra and the RBA poured on in the pandemic. But the public struggles to understand this.
- Michael Stutchbury
- Opinion
- Middle East conflict
A gift has fallen into Netanyahu’s lap, now end the war
In Washington, Europe and the Middle East, there is now hope that this moment will mark the beginning of the end of the horrors of the past year in Gaza.
- Adrian Blomfield
Japan’s China paradox has lessons for Australia
Japan’s new prime minister, Shigeru Ishiba, wants a more equal relationship with the US. That could spell trouble as Tokyo confronts the “deep threat” from China.
- James Curran
Harris launches media blitz to regain momentum
The push marks a gamble by the Democratic candidate to reach a wider pool of voters as party leaders worry she is losing momentum to Trump.
- Lauren Fedor
- Opinion
- US election
Why Democrats are nervous about Harris campaign
Behind all the US campaign razzmatazz, there is apprehension at the seemingly stalled momentum of the vice president’s reinvention to become their candidate.
- Jennifer Hewett
Harris challenges ‘weak and unstable’ Trump to fitness test, interview
The vice president’s attack marked an attempt to turn the tables on Trump, who for months had suggested that Joe Biden was too old to be president.
- Nicholas Nehamas and Maya King
- Opinion
- US Votes 2024
Time for Kamala Harris to start ‘scaring the crap out of voters’
Veteran political strategist James Carville and others in the Democrats camp are worried their presidential candidate is failing to land the hard punches as the weeks tick by.
- Maureen Dowd
August
Republicans fear Trump’s campaign strategy is failing
Republicans are anxious about Trump’s failure to mount effective attacks on the vice president and his embrace of fringe politicians.
- James Politi, Steff Chávez and Alex Rogers
- Opinion
- World politics
Biden was good at managing America’s decline
Between the peak of something and its ultimate demise, a vast amount can be achieved. Perhaps it took a man who became president at 78 to see the point.
- Janan Ganesh
- Opinion
- US election
The astonishing metamorphosis of Kamala Harris
Her shift from indifferent vice president to source of Obama-scale enthusiasm has caught many unaware. Yet Democratic talk of victory is dangerously premature.
- Updated
- Edward Luce