The Albanese government is set to once again switch its vote on key UN resolutions, including one supporting an ‘irreversible pathway’ to a Palestinian state, as the family of an Israeli hostage said Donald Trump’s Hamas vow had given them ‘some optimism’.
Donald Trump’s threat to rain ‘hell’ on Gaza unless Hamas releases its Israeli hostages is ‘typical Trump hyperbole’ but could help create an off-ramp for the warring parties, Middle East expert Greg Barton says.
Joe Biden has emerged as a critic of the US justice system in pardoning his son Hunter in a move that will undermine the Democratic attacks on Donald Trump and fuel Republican outrage.
Donald Trump has broken bread with Justin Trudeau at Mar-a-Lago, with the pair discussing the incoming administration’s threat to impose tariffs of 25 per cent on Canadian goods.
Mexico’s President denies agreeing to close the border in her conversation with Donald Trump as Joe Biden warns him that new tariffs on Mexican and Canadian goods will prove counter-productive.
Donald Trump says he has got a commitment from President Claudia Sheinbaum on migration, announces fentanyl crackdown ahead of his punishing tariff plan.
New modelling shows Donald Trump’s day-one plan to impose tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China would cost jobs and reduce economic growth, as Mexico warns of a trade war.
The US president-elect has put adversaries and allies, including Australia, on notice that he intends to deliver on his tough campaigning rhetoric regarding trade issues.
Imposing tariffs on America’s three biggest trading partners on day one shows Trump is serious about using tariffs, and any notion he was all talk and empty rhetoric on trade policy must be swiftly put to bed.
Jack Smith’s motion to dismiss the federal election interference case and the classified documents case acknowledges that Justice Department policy prohibits prosecuting a sitting president.
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