US politics
The Trump billionaires who run the economy and the things they say
Psychologists say that extreme wealth changes people and their views of those who have less.
- Elisabeth Bumiller
Latest
Trump thinks this battleground will play to his strengths. Australians will recognise the territory
Two court cases represent the president’s most direct challenge yet to the rule of law.
- Michael Koziol
- Opinion
- Billionaires
Elon Musk and the dangerous myth of ‘omnigenius’
The Tesla CEO is good at building cars and rockets. That doesn’t mean he’s good at everything else.
- Gautam Mukunda
In small-town America, a senator under siege has Australia on his mind
From the town halls of rural Iowa to the farms of Kentucky, Australia’s reluctance to accept imports of US beef is a hot topic.
- Michael Koziol
Judge threatens Trump officials with contempt over El Salvador deportations
District Judge James Boasberg accused administration officials of wilfully disregarding his order that planes already in the air should return to the US.
- Alanna Durkin Richer and Michael Kunzelman
- Opinion
- Opinion
As an American, I have never been more afraid for my country’s future
The world is now seeing Donald Trump’s America for exactly what it is becoming: a rogue state led by an impulsive strongman disconnected from the rule of law.
- Thomas L. Friedman
‘So much destruction’: Biden returns to spotlight, swinging at ‘this guy’ Trump
The former US president has largely avoided speaking publicly since leaving the White House in January, but came out to deliver a speech full of punches.
- Steve Peoples and Fatima Hussein
- Updated
- Education
‘No takeover’: Harvard refuses to surrender independence after Trump threat
Trump’s demands include ending diversity, equity and inclusion programs, changing admissions and hiring, and curbing the “power” of certain students, faculty members.
- Janet Lorin and Brooke Sutherland
- Updated
- Trump's White House
‘Uncharted waters’: US edges closer to constitutional crisis over deportee
Veteran Democrat Nancy Pelosi is among those accusing the Trump administration of defying the courts by refusing to return a man from a notorious Salvadorean jail.
- Michael Koziol
Donald Trump points the finger over who caused Ukraine war
The US president has accused Vladimir Putin, Joe Biden and Volodymyr Zelensky of starting the Ukraine war.
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