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Tom Minear is News Corp Australia’s US correspondent. He was previously based in Melbourne with the Herald Sun, where he started in 2011 and held positions including national political editor and state political editor. Minear has won Quill and Walkley journalism awards.

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Trump and me: What I saw from my front row seat to history

As US correspondent Tom Minear says farewell to America, he reflects on how Donald Trump went from a one-term oddity to the defining leader of his generation.

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‘World’s greatest hacker’: Aussie genius pardoned by Trump

A Secret Service raid. An undercover FBI job. A friendship with a reclusive billionaire. From rural NSW to Mar-a-Lago, Chris Wade shares his surreal story for the first time. See the video.

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Australian Treasurer Jim Chalmers speaks to media during a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra, Tuesday, February 18, 2025. (AAP Image/Lukas Coch) NO ARCHIVING

‘Big hill to climb’: Treasurer’s frank admission on Trump’s tariffs

Treasurer Jim Chalmers has conceded it will be “hard” to guarantee a tariff exemption for Australia, despite his high-profile meeting in Washington DC.

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Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks to US Vice President JD Vance as they meet with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, February 28, 2025. Zelensky on February 28 told Trump there should be

Zelensky thanks Albo after being urged to ‘apologise to Trump’

Volodymyr Zelensky thanked Anthony Albanese among other world leaders for their support, after US Secretary of State Marco Rubio called for him to apologise to Donald Trump. See the video.

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(COMBO) This combination of pictures created on February 28, 2025 shows US President Donald Trump and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky meet in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, February 28, 2025. US President Donald Trump erupted at Volodymyr Zelensky on February 28, 2025, angrily sending the Ukrainian leader out of the White House after an extraordinary Oval Office meltdown because he was

Watch: Moment that got Zelensky booted from White House

The heated row between Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky has shocked the world, leaving hope of a peace deal in limbo. See it in full and what it means for the US and Europe.

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US President Donald Trump and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky listen to Vice President JD Vance (R)as they meet in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, February 28, 2025. Zelensky on February 28 told Trump there should be

‘Gambling with WW3’: Zelensky speaks after Trump’s fiery takedown

Donald Trump has eviscerated the president of Ukraine after they clashed in a heated White House meeting, after which Volodymyr Zelensky apologised but not to the US leader.

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US President Donald Trump waits to greet British Prime Minister Keir Starmer at the entrance of the West Wing of the White House in Washington, DC, on February 27, 2025. Starmer is meeting Trump to plead for a US backstop to any Ukraine ceasefire, insisting it would be the only way to stop Russia's Vladimir Putin from invading again. Starmer arrived in Washington late Wednesday to build on a visit by French President Emmanuel Macron, amid growing concerns in Europe that the US leader is about to sell Kyiv short in negotiations with Putin. (Photo by Carl Court / POOL / AFP)

Trump’s defiant stand reveals deep division with wartime allies

In a shouting match unlike anything ever seen in the Oval Office, the rift between Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky turned into a terrifying chasm. Only Moscow will benefit.

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44 pounds of meth in bags found in an Australian woman's suitcase at San Francisco International Airport on Tuesday. SUPPLIED

Aussie facing 10 years in US jail over drug mule charges

A young Australian woman allegedly tried to traffic almost $3.8 million worth of methamphetamine in her suitcase on a flight from San Francisco back to Brisbane.

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US President Donald Trump addresses the National Governors Association Evening Dinner and Reception in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on February 22, 2025. (Photo by ROBERTO SCHMIDT / AFP)

Keyboard warrior or king, time to take Trump literally

It has long been said Donald Trump should be taken seriously, not literally. Now he is backed by a team that doubles down rather than backs down, Tom Minear argues it is time rethink that.

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Andy Lee's New York City pub. Old Mates, the new Aussie pub in New York. From left to right: Andy Lee, Eddy Buckingham, Nick Stone, Hamish Blake . Picture: Matt Davies

Aussies pack Andy Lee’s new pub in New York

Hundreds of Aussie expats turned out to christen a newly opened pub in New York City and share a drink with Andy Lee and Hamish Blake. See photos, video.

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