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Elon Musk’s SpaceX Starship explodes, debris streaks through Florida skies
“Unfortunately this happened last time too, so we’ve got some practice now,” SpaceX spokesman Dan Huot said on the live stream.
- by Joey Roulette
Updated
Trade wars
Trump changes course again, delays tariffs on some Mexican, Canadian imports
The taxes proposed by the US president have caused a gaping wound in the decades-old North American trade partnership.
- by Christopher Rugaber
After six weeks that shook the world, Trump’s honeymoon is over
After a victory lap speech to Congress this week, the president must now face reality: legislative delays, court setbacks, fading popularity and a looming government shutdown.
- by Michael Koziol
Opinion
Donald Trump
Trump’s ode to himself, the Action Jackson of braggart presidents
In 2016, I wondered if Donald Trump could ever be presidential, but he didn’t need to alter his behaviour. He simply altered the presidency to match his personality.
- by Maureen Dowd
CIA stops sharing intelligence with Ukraine after Oval Office stoush
The suspension on the back of the disastrous Trump-Zelensky meeting could hurt Ukraine’s ability to defend itself against Russian missile strikes.
- by Jonathan Landay and Erin Banco
Trump’s speech was full of wild claims. Here are seven that weren’t true
The president spruiked the accomplishments of his first six weeks in office, but many of his comments included false and misleading information.
Trump Congress speech LIVE updates: US President praises Elon Musk’s DOGE, defends Canada, China tariffs; Al Green removed from chamber
Live coverage of US President Donald Trump’s address to Congress.
- by Stephanie Peatling
Analysis
US politics
Trump says he’s ‘just getting started’ in address to rowdy US Congress
Before a highly charged and divided joint sitting of the House of Representatives and Senate, Trump delivered a long, rally-like speech that was heavy on political venom.
- by Michael Koziol
Trade war kicks off as Canada retaliates against Trump’s ‘very dumb’ tariffs
In a pointed barb, Trudeau said the US was starting a trade war with its closest allies at the same time as it was “appeasing Vladimir Putin, a lying, murderous dictator”.
- by Michael Koziol
Opinion
US politics
America has just proven it is no longer defender of the free world
First Donald Trump tried to humiliate Volodymyr Zelensky, then he halted military aid to Ukraine. World leaders can be in no doubt that the US has abandoned its role as peacekeeper.
- by Cory Alpert
Original URL: https://www.smh.com.au/world/us-election