This Month
‘What choice do they have?’: US CEOs bend the knee to Trump
From Hollywood to Silicon Valley and Wall Street, senior executives have been bending over backwards to meet Donald Trump since he won the election.
- James Politi and James Fontanella-Khan
‘Libel warfare’: ABC payout to Trump sends chill across US media
There are now fears that Trump, who has threatened libel lawsuits against news media for decades, could use presidential power to muzzle the press.
- Anna Nicolaou, Christopher Grimes and James Politi
November
- Analysis
- US Votes 2024
The ‘landslide’ that wasn’t: Trump’s narrow victory
Trump’s margin over Vice President Kamala Harris was about 1.6 percentage points, the third smallest since 1888, and could ultimately end up around 1.5 points.
- Peter Baker
Sydney train strike called off after crisis talks
The Minns government has reached a deal with the rail union to avoid a two-day strike; Melbourne teenager Bianca Jones has died after being poisoned in Laos. How the day unfolded.
- Updated
- Lucy Slade and Timothy Moore
- Opinion
- Trump's White House
Trump’s demolition of the US state
You measure a leader by his actions not by his heart. To judge from what Trump has done within a fortnight of winning the presidency, his path is destruction.
- Edward Luce
- Opinion
- Trump's America
Why November 5 will not become the Waterloo of wokery
American voters rejected the culture warriors of the left when they picked Donald Trump. But don’t imagine those views won’t still be very powerful in 2044.
- Adrian Wooldridge
- Opinion
- US Votes 2024
How the Democrats can win in 2028
The electoral coalition that Donald Trump forged last week was sensational – almost Disraelian in its marriage of the overclass and the working class. But it won’t last.
- Janan Ganesh
- Opinion
- Australian economy
Albanese and Chalmers make the same error as Biden and Harris
The Democrats’ decision to put jobs ahead of inflation has cost them dearly. But Labor has been doing the same thing.
- Steven Hamilton
- Opinion
- US Votes 2024
Democrats learnt the hard way that woke is broke
Democrats don’t understand why they turned off so many working-class voters over the decades, and why they developed such disdain towards their once loyal base.
- Maureen Dowd
- Opinion
- US Votes 2024
Why women didn’t win the election for Kamala Harris
To win the presidency, the first successful female candidate will need to convince all Americans and the media of her authenticity, not just the young and college educated.
- Kathryn Robison and Hayley Channer
The billionaires in charge of Trump’s White House
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.
- Updated
- Alex Rogers and James Politi
- Opinion
- The AFR View
Australia must learn the right lessons from US election
Inflation cut across all other issues for US voters, regardless of race, gender and age. What should that be telling us?
- The AFR View
- Opinion
- US Votes 2024
Trump turns the tables on identity politics
Donald Trump attacked the Democrats for being too progressive and woke on cultural issues. Many Americans agreed with that general theme, if not always the language.
- Jennifer Hewett
Trump will cost farmers money. But they still voted for him
Farmers, migrants and women were not expected to vote for Donald Trump. They explain why they voted against identity politics, lax immigration controls and globalisation.
- Matthew Cranston
‘Trump whale’ trader wins $127m using this method
The French trader known as Théo made his bets after taking insights from surveys that asked people how they thought their neighbours would vote.
- Henry Samuel and Emily Nicolle
- Opinion
- US Votes 2024
Why abortion did not stay on the ballot
Abortion matters a great deal to American women – just not where it would count in US electoral politics this week.
- Rosalind Dixon
Powell signals readiness to defy Trump as ‘ice maiden’ chief of staff appointed
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell made clear he’s ready to defend the US central bank; Donald Trump names his new chief of staff. How the day unfolded.
- Updated
- Timothy Moore, Natasha Rudra, Andrew Hobbs and Lucy Slade
Blame Biden for Trump’s triumph
Readers’ letters on Donald Trump’s second term as US president, his impact on climate policies, Reserve Bank bias to mortgagees and business involvement in politics.
- Opinion
- US Votes 2024
Kamala Harris took women for granted
Do not blame women for Kamala Harris’ loss. Blame Kamala Harris and her campaign strategists.
- Pamela Paul
‘Rip the Band-Aid’: Trump set to plough ahead on tax cuts, tariffs
Donald Trump is poised to push for new tax cuts if Republicans win full control of Congress, as he appears set to transform foreign and domestic policy.
- Peter Baker and Charlie Savage