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President Donald Trump speaks to reporters after addressing troops via video from the Mar-a-Lago.

The National Guard shooter fired at America’s heart. The response will be brutal

In this already febrile climate around immigration, the attack has set off a visceral response. And it is not limited to Afghan refugees.

  • Michael Koziol

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Harry Wilson.

The good, the bad and the ugly: Looking under the hood of a bizarre Wallabies season

After a bright start, the wheels came off for Australia during the spring tour. But compared to other dire seasons, the positives only accentuated the pain for fans.

  • Iain Payten
Singer-songwriter and actress Ariana Grande’s casting as Galinda “Glinda” Upland in Wicked was written in the stars. Whether her performance will be taken seriously by her industry peers this awards season is another matter.

Ariana Grande has worked for this moment her whole life. But will it be enough to win her an Oscar?

Universal Pictures has spent more than two years branding Wicked as a serious contender this awards season. But the pop superstar bringing home a statuette will be determined by more than her critically acclaimed performance.

  • Bronte Gossling
AFL executives Greg Swann, Andrew Dillon and Laura Kane.

‘Teething problems’, or something untenable? Behind the brewing tensions at AFL House

Tensions between the AFL’s two key football lieutenants have threatened to destabilise Andrew Dillon’s senior team just months into his controversial head-office restructure.

  • Caroline Wilson
Brendon McCullum and Ange Postecoglou. Cut from the same cloth?

Bazball v Angeball: Are they two sides of the same coin?

They are the ultra-attacking and oft-mocked philosophies that were supposed to revolutionise Test cricket and soccer respectively. Is Bazball just Angeball with bails?

  • Emma Kemp
From left: Donald Trump, Steve Witkoff, Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelensky.

The dictator next door: Why these dealmakers won’t stop Putin

In a leaked phone call, the US special envoy made peace in Ukraine sound simple. But anything that looks acceptable to Russia’s president carries immense danger for Europe and America.

  • David Crowe
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Mason Cox’s unlikely AFL journey will continue at Fremantle.

The second-chance saloon: How one club’s trash becomes another’s treasure

Many delisted AFL players are on the lookout for new teams this off-season – but how has your club fared in the recycled market in the past?

  • Marc McGowan
Barnaby Joyce has left the Nationals after 20 years representing the party in both houses in Canberra.

Always the exception, never the rule, Joyce writes his own eulogy and plans his next comeback

In the end, Barnaby Joyce didn’t so much leave the Nationals as quietly concede they’d already left him.

  • Rob Harris
The criminal conspiracy case against Donald Trump in the US state of Georgia has officially been dismissed.

It’s official: Trump gets away with attempts to overturn 2020 election

The final criminal case against the president – linked to an infamous phone call – has been dropped by prosecutors.

  • Michael Koziol
Chancellor Rachel Reeves is grappling with a UK economy beset by a productivity slump.
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Milkshakes, mansions and EVs: Britain’s brutal new $53b tax grab

A new levy on electric vehicles is just one of the shocks in a budget that highlights the grim state of the UK’s finances.

  • David Crowe

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