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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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Diplomatic minefield could blow up in PM’s face

Anthony Albanese must persuade Donald Trump that exempting Australian steel and aluminium from 25 per cent tariffs serves the best interests of America.

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Chad Lawton, 50, left, and his wife, Krysten Lawton, 52, pose for a portrait outside of their home in LaSalle, Ontario, Canada on Feb. 5, 2025. The husband and wife both work for Ford Motor Company. Krysten works as a health and safety trainer and Chad works as a plant chairman for Unifor Local 200. (Nic Antaya for The Australian)

A tale of two cities: Tariffs, betrayal and ‘mutually assured economic destruction’

While Donald Trump has frozen his threatened tariffs for 30 days, communities in Canada’s car capital of Windsor and America’s Motor City of Detroit are living under a sword of Damocles that could see their industries – and their way of life – destroyed.

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US President Donald Trump (R) meets with Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on February 4, 2025. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP)

‘Riviera of the Middle East’: Trump’s bombshell plan for Gaza

In a press conference with Benjamin Netanyahu, Donald Trump says the US will ‘own’ the Gaza Strip ‘long term’ and redevelop it into a booming jobs hub: The Israeli PM says it will ‘change history’.

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(FILES) This file combination of pictures created on May 14, 2020 shows recent portraits of China's President Xi Jinping (L) and US President Donald Trump. - Donald Trump pleaded with China's leader Xi Jinping for help to win re-election in 2020, the US president's former aide John Bolton writes in an explosive new book, according to excerpts published June 17. (Photos by Dan Kitwood and Nicholas Kamm / AFP)

Beijing bites back with big tariff hit on US

China slugged the US with 15 per cent tariffs on coal and liquefied natural gas just hours after Canada and Mexico won a 30-day reprieve from Donald Trump’s 25 per cent tariffs.

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(FILES) (COMBO) This combination of pictures created on November 29, 2024 shows former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump (L) looking on during a campaign rally at PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on November 4, 2024 and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau looking on during a press conference with French President Emmanuel Macron in Montreal, Canada, on September 26, 2024.. Donald Trump has not yet returned to the White House but is already thrusting himself to the front of international stage as he once again shatters diplomatic niceties. As only the second former president elected to a non-consecutive term, Trump is at least a known quantity to world leaders. Even his knack for unpredictable behavior is predictable. (Photo by CHARLY TRIBALLEAU and Ludovic MARIN / AFP)

We may be trade war collateral damage

The nation’s businesses and the Labor government have been warned that Donald Trump sees trade tariffs as an ‘end in themselves’ rather than a negotiating tool.

Joe Kelly and David Rogers

Trade warWorld

(FILES) US President Donald Trump speaks to the press after signing an executive order in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC on January 31, 2025. Trump is imposing steep tariffs on major US trading partners Canada, Mexico and China, with a lower rate on Canadian energy imports, said the White House on February 1, 2025. Washington will impose a 25 percent levy on imports from Canada and Mexico, with a 10 percent rate on Canadian energy resources, until both work with the United States on drug trafficking and immigration. Goods from China, said the White House, would face 10 percent tariffs. (Photo by Mandel NGAN / AFP)

Canada accuses Trump of ‘economic warfare’ over tariffs

The woman seeking to replace Justin Trudeau has warned the US of retaliation over Trump’s ‘ludicrous’ tariffs threat, as the president says they’ll be lifted if Canada becomes the 51st state.

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It is war: Canada and Mexico fire up mass retaliation against Trump tariffs

Donald Trump has ignited a fresh trade war by pushing ahead with tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China, sparking warnings that US workers will become collateral damage.

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ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA - JANUARY 30: Emergency response units assess airplane wreckage in the Potomac River near Ronald Reagan Washington Airport on January 30, 2025 in Arlington, Virginia. An American Airlines flight from Wichita, Kansas collided with a helicopter while approaching Ronald Reagan National Airport. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by Andrew Harnik / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

‘Hour of anguish’: Control tower under-staffed, Trump blames DEI

Preliminary FAA report finds one air traffic controller was guiding both helicopters and planes on the night of the Potomac mid-air crash, Trump blames diversity hires for undermining standards.

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Trump’s pick to lead FBI doesn’t support pardons for Jan 6 rioters

Kash Patel said he did not support blanket pardons for rioters who had engaged in violence against police — putting distance between himself from the President.

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ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA - JANUARY 30: (EDITORS NOTE: Image contains graphic content) Emergency units respond after a passenger aircraft collided with a helicopter in the Potomac River near Ronald Reagan Washington Airport on January 30, 2025 in Arlington, Virginia. An American Airlines flight from Wichita, Kansas collided with an Army helicopter while approaching Ronald Reagan National Airport. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by Andrew Harnik / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

‘This is the most protected air space in the country’

In one of the most regulated air corridors in the world, what went wrong that led an American Airlines flight from Wichita, Kansas, to collide with an army Black Hawk helicopter?

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