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US politics
In the biggest job in the world, Trump is looking like a very small man
As everyone else gets yippy – JPMorgan’s Jamie Dimon warned of a recession – the president seems to be enjoying centre stage, toying with the strings like a cat.
- by Maureen Dowd
Opinion
Trade wars
Trading in lunacy. How Trump’s tariffs will ‘save’ masculinity
Tariffs will bring “manly” jobs back to the US, according to Trump supporters. Economists aren’t so sure.
- by Jacqueline Maley
Explainer
World elections
‘Elbows up!’ How Canada stopped playing nice with Trump
Donald Trump has suggested making Canada the 51st US state. Could he? And how are (usually polite) Canadians fighting back?
- by Angus Holland
Updated
Trade wars
Trump to exclude electronics such as smartphones and laptops from tariff list
The exemption seemed to reflect the US president’s realisation that his tariffs on China are unlikely to shift more manufacturing of electronic gadgets to the US any time soon.
- by Mae Anderson and Michael Liedtke
Trump undergoes physical and cognitive exams, says he has ‘a very good soul’
The soon-to-be 79-year-old, who is a fan of pizza, KFC and Big Macs, spent several hours being poked and prodded by the doctors at Walter Reed Medical Centre.
- by Jeff Mason, Nandita Bose and Andrea Shalal
On a night like this: The week Australia took New York City by storm
The Empire State Building was lit up in green and gold and the Big Apple was brimming with Australian talent, from Kylie Minogue to Sarah Snook and renowned opera director Barrie Kosky.
- by Michael Koziol
Opinion
Trump diplomacy
Trump’s made nationalism great again, just not in America
Rather than jingoistic chest-thumping, Trumpism has stirred a stoical civic pride in the things that differentiate individual countries from the US.
- by Nick Bryant
Musk’s latest DOGE savings goal seems to be short a few zeros
Elon Musk initially promised to cut $US2 trillion from the federal budget. He now appears to have set the goal lower for a second time.
- by David A. Fahrenthold and Maggie Haberman
Updated
Tragedy
‘Falling apart’ midair: Helicopter plunges into New York’s Hudson River, killing six
A family of Spanish tourists, including three children, and the pilot died when the aircraft broke apart in midair and crashed upside-down into the river.
- by Michael R. Sisak, Jennifer Peltz and Ted Shaffrey
Trump’s tariffs on China are actually 145 per cent, White House clarifies
Meanwhile, the president said countries initially hit with a 10 per cent tariff – such as Australia – could negotiate a lower rate depending on what they offered the US.
- by Michael Koziol
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