February
Vance stuns Europe with tough talk on free speech, migration
The US vice president’s remarks shocked attendees at the Munich Security Conference and seemed to target efforts to sideline Germany’s far-right party.
‘We have to cut red tape and we will’: Europe talks big on AI
At a summit in Paris, Donald Trump’s vice president lays bare growing global divisions over promoting and policing AI while Europe looks to back winners.
This number explains CBA’s market power; ‘Australia killing US aluminium’; Sam Kerr wins but loses
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December 2024
‘We need an end to antisemitism’: PM speaks at Sydney Jewish Museum
Anthony Albanese, Allegra Spender speak after Jewish community “outraged and deeply saddened” by Woollahra attack. Follow live updates.
October 2024
Do you know this week’s news? Answer these 10 questions
Have you been paying attention this week? Test your knowledge across politics, business and world news.
Vance drops the weirdness and fends off Walz in debate
If even the slightest edge can change the voting intentions of undecideds, Republican hopeful J.D. Vance probably swung a few crucial sales in his debate.
PM condemns Iran; Vance debates Walz; CBA shuffles ranks
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What to watch as Vance and Walz meet for vice-presidential debate
The event offers the men a fresh opportunity to introduce themselves, vouch for their bosses, and fulfil the time-honoured role of a running mate – attack dog.
Vance’s mother deals with her past and his future
Trump’s running mate hid nothing in his warts-and-all memoir Hillbilly Elegy – including his mother’s addictions.
September 2024
Why Pratt’s Ohio workers are swinging behind Donald Trump
The state is a test of support for Trump and J.D. Vance, who grew up there. In the town that’s home to Anthony Pratt’s paper mill, voters are already decided.
August 2024
J.D. Vance urges billionaire Peter Thiel to bankroll Trump bid
The Republican vice-presidential nominee also said big technology companies like Google ought to be broken up to promote innovation.
This is how Trump can regain the lead
Seasoned political observers warn it’s too early to assume the Democrats will maintain the momentum gained since Kamala Harris became the presumed nominee.
The venture capitalists who made J.D. Vance
Vance is the first prominent tech venture capitalist to win a spot on a major party presidential ticket, in a sign of the industry’s growing power.
July 2024
Meet J.D. Vance’s ‘cool’, ‘woke’ wife
Usha Chilukuri is a daughter of Indian immigrants, a vegetarian, an accomplished Yale-educated lawyer who has “never gotten a B her entire life”, and who friends say leans liberal.
Will Vance’s rags-to-riches story win back Trump deserters?
The senator lauded the former president, calling him “a once-in-a-generation business leader” who showed the instincts to fight for his country when he was shot.
Like Vance, Rudd has changed his views on Trump
The Australian ambassador to the US says he has been busy building bridges with Donald Trump’s team and the Republicans’ MAGA movement.
In Vance, Trump picks an ambitious ideologue and Millennial
His youth – there are nearly 40 years separating them, and he is the first Millennial nominated to a major-party ticket – could prove a boon to the ticket.