Today
How oil ‘wildcatters’ seized Trump’s energy agenda
Shale barons are jubilant about the Republican’s plan for US “energy dominance”. Climate campaigners fear four years of global warming denialism.
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- Myles McCormick and Jamie Smyth
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.
- 1 hr ago
- Matthew Cranston
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
- 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
Walmart lifts annual forecasts again, sees Trump tariff headwinds
Shares in the world’s largest retailer surged to a record high in New York, as it lured ever more affluent Americans to shop in-store and online.
- Ananya Mariam Rajesh and Aishwarya Venugopal
Musk defends Gaetz as pressure rises for release of ethics report
Matt Gaetz will bring three critical assets to the US Justice Department, says Elon Musk: “A big brain, a spine of steel and an axe to grind.”
- Hadriana Lowenkron
Yesterday
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
- Trump's White House
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
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
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
Trump seeks assurance that his economic chief will enact tough tariffs
The president-elect’s Treasury secretary appointment has kicked off a fierce lobbying effort among his loyalists.
- James Politi, Colby Smith and Demetri Sevastopulo
‘Anti-woke’ companies set to boom under Trump
Some in the president’s inner circle invest in the “parallel economy” of companies financing gun sales and a right-wing alternative to YouTube.
- Hannah Murphy, Stephen Gandel and Patrick Temple-West
Trump’s new energy secretary linked to Beetaloo Basin gas project
Chris Wright’s Liberty Energy is behind the fracking fleet used for extraction from developing fields in the Northern Territory.
- Updated
- Matthew Cranston
Advertisers set to return to X as they seek favour with Musk and Trump
Media executives said brands were preparing to advertise on X again, as its billionaire owner was likely to gain influence in the White House.
- Hannah Murphy, Daniel Thomas and Eric Platt
Biden, Xi deliver messages seemingly intended for Trump
The US president seems to try to make the case for maintaining a relationship with Beijing, as Trump talks about imposing more punishing tariffs on China.
- Zolan Kanno-Youngs
Bessent, Lutnick in final push for Trump’s Treasury pick
Allies of both men have been lobbying in calls to the president-elect, which is creating tension and increasing the chance that another candidate emerges.
- Nancy Cook, Saleha Mohsin and Annmarie Hordern
Why Musk will struggle to reinvent American government
Those carrying scars from previous efforts to streamline US bureaucracy are sceptical about the billionaire’s ability to get any of his agenda through.
- Joe Miller, Stefania Palma and Stephen Morris
Gaetz ethics report should be kept secret: Republican leader
Mike Johnson said releasing a report examining allegations of sexual misconduct against Donald Trump’s pick for attorney-general would be a “terrible” breach of protocol and tradition.
- David Morgan
- Opinion
- Trump's America
The dark, unspoken promise of Trump’s return
The president-elect has laid out a blueprint for trampling the system of government as it is currently constituted, a blueprint of destruction.
- M. Gessen