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Joe Kelly is The Australian’s Washington correspondent, covering news and politics from the US capital. He is an experienced political reporter, having previously been the masthead’s National Affairs Editor and Canberra bureau chief, having joined the parliamentary press gallery in 2010.

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Trump’s Trade WarWorld

US President Donald Trump and Elon Musk (R) speak before departing the White House on his way to his South Florida home in Mar-a-Lago in Florida on March 14, 2025. Trump is spending the weekend at his Florida Mar-a-Lago resort. (Photo by ROBERTO SCHMIDT / AFP)

Tech giants sound alarm on Australia’s social media regulation

Elon Musk and other US tech giants are sounding the alarm on Australia’s regulation of digital platforms, warning the Trump administration they face discriminatory trade barriers.

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mass deportationsWorld

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks during the daily briefing in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on March 19, 2025. (Photo by Mandel NGAN / AFP)

‘Partisan activists’: White House dials up attack on judiciary

The White House vowed to continue mass deportations, claiming that ‘activist judges’ were usurping the President’s authority after Donald Trump was reprimanded by the US Chief Justice.

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Trump-Putin phone callWorld

(COMBO) This combination of pictures created on March 18, 2025 shows, L-R, Russia's President Vladimir Putin in Strelna, outside St. Petersburg, on December 27, 2021 and US President Donald Trump in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, DC, on June 27, 2017. Trump and Putin spoke by phone on Tuesday, March 18, 2025, with the White House saying the talks on securing a ceasefire in Moscow's invasion of Ukraine were

Putin: military aid and intelligence to Ukraine must end

Vladimir Putin agrees to halt attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure but says his ‘key condition’ for peace is that foreign military aid and intelligence to Ukraine must stop. However, Donald Trump claims ‘we didn’t talk about aid at all’.

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DevelopingWorld

US President Donald Trump greets Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts as Trump departs after giving an address to a joint session of Congress in the House Chamber of the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on March 4, 2025. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP)

US Chief Justice issues rare public rebuke of Trump

Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court John Roberts has sensationally pushed back against Donald Trump after the US President called for the top federal judge in Washington to be impeached.

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commentaryWorld

TOPSHOT - US President Donald Trump stands in the presidential box as he tours the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC, on March 17, 2025. Trump was appointed chairman of the Kennedy Center on February 12, 2025, as a new board of trustees loyal to the US president brought his aggressive rightwing, anti-

Trump takes up fight to expand presidential power

Donald Trump has embarked on the political fight he always wanted by challenging the power of the judiciary over his plans to deport foreign gang members.

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constitutional rowWorld

WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 17: The U.S. Supreme Court is shown March 17, 2025 in Washington, DC. The Trump administration defied a federal judge's court order this past weekend in a case related to the deportation of more than 200 alleged Tren de Aragua gang members to El Salvador under the Alien Enemies Act of 1789. Win McNamee/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by WIN MCNAMEE / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

‘We don’t care’: Judiciary, White House in major row over deportations

In a major clash between the executive and judicial branches, a district judge has argued the Trump administration defied a court order to turn around planes carrying deportees to El Salvador.

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trade warWorld

US President Donald Trump speaks to the press as he meets with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on March 13, 2025 as, seated from L to R, Vice Presient JD Vance, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and National Security Advisor Mike Waltz, and standing, special envoy to Ukraine and Russia Keith Kellog (R) and NATO ambassador nominee Matthew Whitaker (C) look on. (Photo by Mandel NGAN / AFP)

Carney, Trump to speak as Canada vows ‘reset’ in relationship

Canadian officials have urged Donald Trump to engage with the incoming PM ‘in a different way’ after talks with the US Commerce Secretary ‘lowered the temperature’ of the trade war.

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COMMENTARYWorld

Why Albanese was right not to visit Trump

Australia was never going to win an exemption from Donald Trump’s steel and aluminium tariffs. Anthony Albanese avoided humiliation by opting not to visit Washington.

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Trade war escalatesThe Wall Street Journal

A blast furnace at Salzgitter AG in Germany. European steel companies are largely happy with the EU safeguards. But users of the metal slammed the bloc for hurting European industries. PHOTO: DAVID HECKER/EPA-EFE/REX/SHUTTER/EPA/SHUTTERSTOCK

Lutnick accuses Australia of ‘dumping’ aluminium on the US

US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has accused Canberra of dumping cheap aluminium into the American market.

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Tariff WarsWorld

US President Donald Trump meets with Irish Prime Minister Micheal Martin in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on March 12, 2025. (Photo by Mandel NGAN / AFP)

Canada sovereignty non-negotiable: Carney tells Trump

The Irish Premier refused to be goaded by a combative Donald Trump in the Oval Office but was still warned Ireland and the EU will ‘of course’ face tariffs over a trade deficit.

Joe Kelly and Jacquelin Magnay

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