US politics
- Analysis
- Israeli-Palestinian conflict
‘He kind of got bored’: How Trump’s hopes of Gaza peace faded away
After an early diplomatic effort to free hostages and reach a long-term settlement, the US president and his top officials now seem distracted as Israel plans a major escalation.
- Michael Crowley
Latest
Alcatraz was America’s most notorious prison. Trump wants to reopen it
The island fortress off San Francisco – mythologised as “inescapable” – has been closed for more than 60 years. It was shut down for good reason.
- Ed White, Jill Colvin and Michael R. Sisak
‘The reckoning is here’: Have the Democrats found a billionaire of their own to take down Trump?
Democrats are beginning to mark out territory as they debate how best to take on Donald Trump. Could their next presidential candidate be a billionaire governor?
- Michael Koziol
- Opinion
- Trump's White House
Gratitude isn’t acceptable among Trump’s cabinet. It’s mandatory
Critics look at the US president’s star line-up and see a group of people that bear more resemblance to North Korean generals than a traditional US cabinet.
- David French
- Opinion
- Australia votes
Labor’s central offer was clear. Then the Coalition hit the ground losing
Anthony Albanese has been disciplined and clear with his message. And Donald Trump has only helped the cause.
- Peter Hartcher
- Opinion
- Putin's Russia
The tables have turned – and Putin’s country is now in dire trouble
The alarm bells are ringing for the Russian president as he tries to hold together an exhausted war economy.
- Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
‘They fired the wrong guy’: Blowtorch turns to Hegseth as Waltz pays for Signalgate
US President Donald Trump has removed national security adviser Mike Waltz from his post and sent him off to be an ambassador to the United Nations, a body the president holds in contempt.
- Michael Koziol
Fight back harder, Harris tells Democrats after Trump hits 100 days
In her first major speech since leaving office, the former vice president said Donald Trump was enacting an agenda decades in the making.
- Michael Koziol
- Updated
- Trump's White House
Trump called this Australian billionaire a ‘red-haired weirdo’. Now, they’ve met again
Packaging magnate Anthony Pratt pledged to invest billions in American manufacturing, scoring him an invitation to the White House, where the US president described him as a friend.
- Michael Koziol
How Trump changed America in 100 days - with just a pen
It is the most consequential start of a term of any American presidency, with Donald Trump taking direct aim at law, media, public health and culture.
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