Today
Apollo boss emerges as top contender for Treasury secretary
Donald Trump has tapped billionaires, celebrities and a private equity mastermind in his latest round of cabinet picks.
- 3 mins ago
- Matthew Cranston
Former publisher Jimmy Lai testifies in HK national security trial
The founder of the now shut down Apple Daily pro-democracy newspaper was arrested in 2020 during a crackdown on mass protests that rocked Hong Kong.
- 1 hr ago
- Kanis Leung
US leadership ‘indispensable’ even with Trump: Rudd
In his first comments since the former president’s comeback, the Australian ambassador in Washington says he is ready to work with the new White House.
- Andrew Tillett
Rio angers both sexes; Zelensky ups stakes; Fewer Chinese house buyers
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Musk’s SpaceX fails to catch Starship booster as Trump attends launch
The catch was called off just four minutes into the test flight from Texas for unspecified reasons, and it hit the water three minutes later.
- Marcia Dunn
- Opinion
- Opinion
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
The US dollar is already a loaded weapon. What next?
The apparent decay in the institutions that underpin the power and credibility of the dollar – and its issuer – are the focus of a recent book.
- Carey K Mott
Yesterday
Business says Trump’s return turns up competition for investment
Executives from Telstra, QBE, Challenger and Mirvac have warned that the US and even Britain risk pulling away from Australia by cutting red tape.
- Updated
- Jonathan Shapiro
- Opinion
- China relations
Xi got his message across, but calls to oppose protectionism are a bit rich
Australia is right to rail against Donald Trump’s tariffs, but we should also make our voice heard on Xi Jinping’s “China First” policies.
- Richard McGregor
HESTA forced to repay; More Jones charges; Why Australia’s stuck
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Trump to use military for ‘largest mass deportation’ in US history
The president-elect confirmed his intention to use the US military to carry out what he has vowed will be the largest mass deportation in US history.
- Charlie Savage and Michael Gold
- Opinion
- Putin's Russia
Trump’s foreign enemies are about to get a significant boost
The president-elect is threatening to gut the institutions that make America great, which can only benefit Russia and China.
- Gideon Rachman
Diplomats share tips on how to avoid humiliation in Trump meetings
Flattery can make the Republican receptive to a leader’s words, but only if he also thinks that leader strong.
- The Economist
This Month
Labor’s $15b reconstruction fund makes landmark first investment
Donald Trump’s retreat from the renewable energy transition is good timing for plans to reboot domestic manufacturing, says the National Reconstruction Fund head.
- Tom McIlroy
Red card for super fund bosses more effective than fines
Readers’ letters on appropriate punishment for super fund director breaches; Zionism v Judaism; kicking our coal habit; and Donald Trump’s cabinet picks.
Business owners warn Trump’s deportation plan could shut them down
Food producers, manufacturers and hotels are hiring lawyers to audit the legal status of their workers ahead of the president-elect’s deportation orders.
- Taylor Nicole Rogers
CSL tumbles as investors fear RFK jnr’s vaccine plans
The White House appointment of the anti-vax conspiracy theorist is devastating ASX healthcare and biotech shares as he threatens to turn the FDA ‘on its head’.
- Updated
- Joshua Peach and Joanne Tran
- Updated
- Russia-Ukraine war
Ukraine will soon fire missiles 300km into Russia after US clearance
The US president has reversed his policy in the Russia-Ukraine war as Donald Trump takes over the Oval Office in two months.
- Updated
- Mike Stone and Humeyra Pamuk
The RFK Jr diet: No Big Macs, Cokes or dogs
Donald Trump’s public-health czar likes to talk about vitamins and has been known to post videos of himself lifting weights, shirtless.
- Rebecca Davis O’Brien
Student caps row; Alan Jones arrested; Markets ‘dangerously bullish’
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