January
- Opinion
- AI
The sweet irony of OpenAI’s DeepSeek beef
OpenAI thinks DeepSeek took its private data to train its models; the hearts of writers, artists, musicians and journalists around the world must bleed for it.
- Paul Smith
Rude discovery: Trump confronts limits to his power in the complex US
Supreme power appealed to Donald Trump’s supporters, but the reality is America’s complex and at times cumbersome democracy just won’t allow for it.
- Matthew Cranston
Amazon buys Melania’s life story for $64m in Bezos’ latest overture to Trump
The tech giant won a bidding war for the “unprecedented behind-the-scenes look” at the former and future first lady’s life.
- Susie Coen
Meet the Aussie who helped give Trump ideas about Greenland
Perth-based Greg Barnes briefed the White House on his own mineral holding in the Danish territory during the president-elect’s first mandate.
- Matthew Cranston
Donald Trump jnr goes window-shopping for his dad in Greenland
The gambit comes at a tricky time for Copenhagen, as leaders on the mineral-rich island push harder for full independence from Denmark.
- Updated
- Hans van Leeuwen
December 2024
Trump co-opts Jill Biden to spruik his ‘fight, fight, fight’ perfume
From footwear to digital trading cards, everything around the president-elect has become monetised. The latest is “a fragrance your enemies can’t resist”.
- Updated
- Katie Rogers
November 2024
- Opinion
- Canberra Observed
Albanese weighed down abroad by parlous state of world
It hasn’t hurt for the prime minister to witness first hand the changing global forces, more so as countries preposition for Trump’s second coming.
- Phillip Coorey
- Opinion
- Sharemarket
Trump’s market impact is a side-show for Australian investors
The president-elect’s upcoming second term may carry more significance for markets than his first, says Tribeca’s Jun Bei Liu.
- Jun Bei Liu
Donald Trump taps loyalists for top national security and Mid-East posts
The president-elect this week picked a number of loyalists with hardline views who will shape US foreign policy decisions in his new administration.
- Felicia Schwartz, James Politi, Alex Rogers and Lauren Fedor
Trump and Harris secretly agree on at least one major issue
There has been one issue where substance rather than partisanship has moulded thinking.
- Matteo Wong
October 2024
End secrecy in scam overhaul
Readers’ letters on scam reforms, economic policies in the US election, Queensland Labor’s school lunch policy, politicians taking on the supermarkets, Scott Morrison’s new space job and architecture at Atlassian.
July 2024
Trump details shooting; makes ‘bold’ pledges
Trump details attempted assassination before returning to usual rhetoric in 90 minute speech; Pelosi tells Democrats Biden may soon be persuaded to exit race; Biden’s donations expected to halve. Follow updates here.
- Updated
- Lucy Slade
- Analysis
- US election
How Thiel and Silicon Valley funded J.D. Vance’s sudden rise
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.
- Tabby Kinder, George Hammond and Alex Rogers
May 2024
New US tariffs on China could help Australian critical minerals
It’s not just the federal budget that could boost Australia’s critical minerals exports, but also a new round of US tariffs on Chinese imports.
- Updated
- Matthew Cranston and Andrew Tillett
Biden ramps up tariff regime on $27b of China imports
Following a four-year review on trade with China, US President Joe Biden will not only keep the tariffs put in place by Donald Trump, but ratchet up others.
- Updated
- Matthew Cranston
Judge in Lehrmann case slams Ten lawyer’s ‘misleading’ interviews
Justice Michael Lee criticises Ten’s lawyer as he determines how much Bruce Lehrmann should pay in costs; Albanese pledges almost $1 billion for domestic violence victims. Here’s how the day unfolded.
- Updated
- Tess Bennett
April 2024
- Analysis
- US election
The uneasy truce between Donald Trump and Fox News
Every media outlet in the world is grappling with how to cover Donald Trump, as his pronouncements become more stuffed with false claims. But the dilemma is most vexing for Fox News.
- Updated
- Anna Nicolaou, Lauren Fedor and Daniel Thomas
March 2024
Trump catches a break in multimillion-dollar fraud case
A New York appeals court has reduced the size of the bond Donald Trump must post in his civil fraud case by more than half.
- Updated
- Matthew Cranston
February 2024
Trump fined $543m, barred from New York business for three years
A New York judge handed Donald Trump a crushing defeat in his civil fraud case, finding the former president liable for conspiring to manipulate his net worth.
- Updated
- Jonah E. Bromwich and Ben Protess
January 2024
- Opinion
- US election
This US election will be America versus itself
The United States is set to emerge from this election year only more disunited than it was at the start of 2024.
- Ian Bremmer