US politics
What you need to know about Trump’s plan for Gaza
When Donald Trump stood beside Benjamin Netanyahu and outlined his vision for “the Riviera of the Middle East”, he sent shockwaves around the world.
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- Israeli-Palestinian conflict
‘We will own it’: Trump wants the US to take over Gaza and redevelop it
The comments, made as he met with Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu, came after Trump earlier suggested displaced Palestinians be “permanently” resettled outside the war-torn territory.
- Michael Koziol
- Analysis
- Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Trump just dressed up ethnic cleansing as a real estate opportunity, and blew up ‘America First’
Here’s the dire place we find ourselves three weeks into the second Trump administration.
- Matthew Knott
Trump tells advisers to ‘obliterate’ Iran if he’s assassinated
Federal authorities have been tracking Iranian threats against Donald Trump since he ordered the assassination of a key Iranian general in 2020.
- Zeke Miller, Aamer Madhani and Michelle L. Price
Republicans cave to Trump, endorse contentious picks for cabinet
A handful of senators – including a doctor – had raised concerns about Trump’s nominees for the top health and intelligence jobs, Robert F Kennedy Jr and Tulsi Gabbard. Now they’ve fallen into line.
- Michael Koziol
- Perspective
- Christopher Pyne
Pyne’s history fail: It’s time for Greenland to reclaim America
Donald Trump gets Christopher Pyne’s endorsement to take over Greenland. But what of the Viking from Greenland who arrived in America more than 1200 years ago?
- Tony Wright
- Opinion
- Global economy
In 50 years, Trump will be remembered as just a puzzling footnote
No profession spends more time contemplating the future than economists. Are they any good at it? Well, no, not really.
- Ross Gittins
‘Muskovites’: The baby-faced squad dismantling foreign aid
America’s USAID is being pulled apart by a band of 19-24-year-old tech proteges hand-picked to slash government spending.
- Cameron Henderson
‘Unlawful power grab’: Democrats declare war on DOGE amid ‘Elon takeover’ of government agencies
The Elon Musk-led attack on USAID and reports the businessman’s team had gained access to the Treasury’s massive payments system spurred Democrats into action.
- Michael Koziol
Starmer in the middle: Trump wedges British PM
Keir Starmer is stuck between a rock and a hard place in the growing transatlantic spat between the US and the European Union.
- Joe Barnes and Ben Riley-Smith
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