Today
Trump touts fossil fuel agenda in bid for cash from Texas oil donors
The Republican presidential candidate told donors the US “could not be in a worse position as far as energy security goes”.
- 1 hr ago
- Myles McCormick
Yesterday
- Opinion
- US election
No more weird: Vance remakes the Trump campaign record
J.D. Vance wanted to come across as a nice guy while making Donald Trump’s policies sound sensible. The real nice guy, Tim Walz, tried to challenge that but it was too little, too late.
- Jennifer Hewett
- Opinion
- Middle East tensions
Iran is playing its last few cards as its missiles strike Israel
Iran has little chance of defeating Israel in an all-out war. Tehran is in no position to dictate terms, and it knows it.
- Patrick Gibbons
- Opinion
- US Votes 2024
Trump could be the biggest winner from Middle East escalation
The former president claims the world was at peace during his rule and that the “weakness” of the Biden administration has led to wars in Europe and the Levant.
- Gideon Rachman
This Month
US dockworkers strike, halting half the nation’s ocean shipping
The strike blocks everything from food to automobile shipments across dozens of ports from Maine to Texas, in a disruption likely to cost the economy billions a day.
- Doyinsola Oladipo and David Shepardson
Biden accuses Trump of ‘lying’ over response to Hurricane Helene
The former president, who rushed to southern Georgia to speak about the hurricane’s impact, quickly sought to blame the president and vice president for being slow to react.
- James Politi
September
- Analysis
- Middle East tensions
Why Netanyahu is Harris’ election nightmare
The Israeli prime minister continues to thumb his nose at Washington, and a wider war might well be the very October surprise Kamala Harris fears.
- James Curran
Donald Trump a threat to Australia’s economy: McKibbin
Long-term damage to Australian fortunes could result if the Republican nominee wins the US election and implements tariff hikes on China, new research suggests.
- John Kehoe
- Exclusive
- Asia-Pacific
Japan’s new ambassador has high hopes for closer ties
In an interview, Kazuhiro Suzuki says the two countries are “indispensable” to achieving peace and prosperity in a region where the shadow of China looms large.
- James Curran
Trump pledges to take jobs and factories from allies, China
The former president promised a “manufacturing renaissance” as the centrepiece of his plan, saying he would offer foreign firms low taxes and little regulation.
- Tim Reid and Gram Slattery
- Opinion
- Interest rates
Why there will be no relief on rates
Jim Chalmers claims “welcome and encouraging progress” in the fight against inflation. The Reserve Bank disagrees.
- Jennifer Hewett
Trump has a radical economic plan. Critics say it does not add up
The Republican candidate is promising sweeping new tariffs, including a 60pc levy on Chinese goods. Experts warn they would cause huge damage.
- Colby Smith, Claire Jones and James Politi
Trump, Harris to turbocharge economic pitches at duelling events
The economy has become an election focal point, with the candidates offering a slew of competing proposals to push tax breaks, credits and other programs.
- Alicia Diaz, Jennifer Epstein and Josh Wingrove
- Opinion
- US politics
America’s first post-election task is rebuilding its credibility
The election remains Trump’s to lose. But the chaos that might follow if he doesn’t win is now concentrating minds among US regional allies.
- James Curran
- Opinion
- Electric vehicles
Electric vehicles hit consumer speed bumps
Energy minister Chris Bowen doesn’t think hybrids offer a real advance in the transition to electric cars. Drivers disagree, and the road to a pure EV market is bumpy.
- Jennifer Hewett
US and Japan near deal to curb chip technology exports to China
Tokyo is concerned Beijing could block exports of critical minerals — particularly gallium and graphite — if it adopts the export controls being pushed by the US.
- Demetri Sevastopulo and Leo Lewis
‘Free to assassinate Trump’: plot suspect’s message to Iran
The man arrested after apparently plotting to assassinate the former president, wrote a book in which he apologised to Iran for Trump cancelling a nuclear deal.
- Patricia Mazzei, Thomas Gibbons-Neff, Eduardo Medina and Glenn Thrush
Trump can only look on as his media stake takes a $US6b bath
Trump Media & Technology Group, which owns the X-lookalike social media platform Truth Social, has shed nearly $9 billion in value over the past four months.
- Bailey Lipschultz
- Analysis
- US Votes 2024
In Springfield, Ohio, Trump’s threats leave Haitian residents shaken
The increasingly hostile rhetoric from Donald Trump and other politicians has shaken some of the thousands of Haitians who have settled in Springfield.
- Kevin Williams
- Opinion
- US election
Kamala Harris hits Donald Trump where it hurts
Kamala Harris and the Democrats will expect a polling bump after she hit Donald Trump hard and he failed to land many blows. But will that be enough?
- Jennifer Hewett