US Congress
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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- Opinion
- US politics
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
- Opinion
- US politics
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
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
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
- Opinion
- Trump's White House
The $58 trillion shadow hanging over Trump’s return
Donald Trump’s inauguration and expectations of the tumult he will release on day one of his administration have deflected attention from the emergence of a familiar threat to US stability.
- Stephen Bartholomeusz
A smiling Kamala Harris makes her own defeat official as she certifies Trump the winner
With her hands clasped before her, the departing vice president had noted that “the peaceful transfer of power” is one of the most fundamental principles of democracy.
- Farrah Tomazin
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- US politics
Congress approves funding bill, ignoring Trump demand over shutdown
Donald Trump urged the US government shutdown to “start now”, but a bipartisan a deal was approved by Republicans and Democrats alike at the last minute.
- Lisa Mascaro, Farnoush Amiri and Matt Brown
- Analysis
- US politics
Musk helped kill a bill. But much of what he spread was misinformation
The X owner, an unelected figure, not only used his outsize influence on the platform to help sway the US Congress, he did so without regard for the facts.
- Melissa Goldin
Republicans scramble to stop shutdown after Trump takes Musk’s advice
Trump rejected a bipartisan spending deal negotiated by the Republican Speaker, after a “kill the bill” campaign by Elon Musk on X.
- Richard Cowan, Andy Sullivan, Katharine Jackson and Bo Erickson
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