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‘No takeover’: Harvard refuses to surrender independence after Trump threat
Trump’s demands include ending diversity, equity and inclusion programs, changing admissions and hiring, and curbing the “power” of certain students, faculty members.
- Janet Lorin and Brooke Sutherland
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‘Uncharted waters’: US edges closer to constitutional crisis over deportee
Veteran Democrat Nancy Pelosi is among those accusing the Trump administration of defying the courts by refusing to return a man from a notorious Salvadorean jail.
- Michael Koziol
Donald Trump points the finger over who caused Ukraine war
The US president has accused Vladimir Putin, Joe Biden and Volodymyr Zelensky of starting the Ukraine war.
- Opinion
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Whoops ... the biggest winner in Trump’s tariff war isn’t who he had in mind
While everything, including fashion, is about to get a lot more expensive in the land of the free, the environment will be all the happier for it.
- Bianca O'Neill
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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.
- Maureen Dowd
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‘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?
- Angus Holland
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.
- David A. Fahrenthold and Maggie Haberman
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.
- Michael Koziol
Musk to review US submarines as Australia warned tariffs could push up cost
Donald Trump has ordered Elon Musk to improve the capacity of US shipbuilding amid growing concern that his tariffs will increase the cost of the AUKUS pact.
- Michael Koziol
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Too many narcissists in the nest: Why Trump’s bromances were always bound to clash
Elon Musk’s public fallout with Trump’s trade advisor came as no surprise to psychologists like me. It’s increasingly clear that we might be dealing with significant personality pathologies in this administration.
- Ahona Guha
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