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Trump has sent a wrecking ball through old alliances. The implications for Australia are severe

In a world where Donald Trump doesn’t appear to know what AUKUS is, Australia can no longer rely on decades of friendship and shared values.

  • David Crowe

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US President Donald Trump boards Air Force One.

Trump’s tariff plan called out in Congress as ‘insult to Australians’

US congressman Joe Courtney said that “what we’re seeing is a completely needless, almost insult, to the people of Australia”.

  • Michael Koziol

Trump’s on a roll but the main game’s about to begin – and he may lose it

It appears the president is getting his own way on many fronts, but a storm is brewing in Congress which may derail his momentum.

  • Bruce Wolpe
Newly elected Democratic National Committee chair Ken Martin says he is not interested in discussing whether former president Joe Biden should have sought re-election.

Where to now for divided US Democrats as they struggle to oppose Trump

Elected Democrats have no shared understanding of why they lost the election, never mind how they can win in the future.

  • Lisa Lerer and Reid J. Epstein
Trump called DeepSeek’s arrival a “wake-up call” for US companies who must focus on “competing to win”.

Deep impact: China’s AI tidal wave hits Trump, and Australia

The cheap, open AI model has sent shockwaves through Silicon Valley. Has Australia already been left behind or does DeepSeek’s rapid rise, despite limited resources, mean something similar could emerge locally?

  • David Swan
US President Donald Trump signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC.

What Trump’s first four days tell us about the next four years

Donald Trump always said he would put America first. His barnstorming return to executive power shows he intends to do so with an American fist.

  • Michael Koziol
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Donald Trump is planning on giving TikTok a temporary reprieve.

The dark truth about Trump’s bid to save TikTok

In his first day in office, Donald Trump signed an executive order that defies a US law and encourages others to breach it.

  • Stephen Bartholomeusz
President Donald Trump speaks.

Trump 2.0 means what he says. His delirious base expects nothing else

President Donald Trump knows exactly what he is doing. And so do his fervent supporters. He intends to do it all. And they want him to.

  • Bruce Wolpe
Donald Trump is on the cusp of a second term.

Lights, camera, Village People: Excitement on the eve of Trump’s inauguration and day one orders

Donald Trump’s second inauguration foreshadows a promised crackdown on the US-Mexico border, pardons for partisan supporters and the end of diversity policies in government.

  • Farrah Tomazin and Michael Koziol
Star of the South, 10 kilometres off Gippsland’s south coast, is the most advanced offshore wind project in Australia.

Trump plans to ban offshore wind turbines. It could be good for Australia

A Republican congressman says he has already drafted the executive order for the president to sign within his first few months in office.

  • Caitlin Fitzsimmons

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