White House bling: Trump gives Oval Office a Mar-a-Lago makeover
Donald Trump has big plans to ‘restore glory’ and he is starting by paving over the White House lawn and blinging up the Oval Office.
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Little-known investor debuts on The List with $13bn fortune
Australia’s wealthiest new billionaire is a little-known Wall Street success story who loves his NRL Cronulla Sharks. Meet the 19 debutantes on The List 2025.
Rule of law at risk in Trump’s war on courts
The Trump administration’s attacks on the judiciary and flouting of court orders risks provoking a brutal and destructive struggle between the presidency and the courts.
New IOC boss will have to manage Trump, but she is used to ‘difficult men’
After a brutal election campaign of fake news and scandal, an African woman has been elected as the new International Olympic Committee president, overseeing world sport.
Canada’s new PM tipped to call snap election
The election is set to be dominated by US President Donald Trump, whose trade war and repeated questioning of Canada’s sovereignty have up-ended Canadian politics.
You only get one Alan Bond
Kerry Packer said that you only get one Alan Bond in a lifetime. No doubt Vladimir Putin must have similar thoughts about Donald Trump.
Trump misguided on judiciary
Donald Trump may be right when he insists that in deporting illegal migrants en masse – especially criminals – across America’s southern border, he is fulfilling the mandate voters gave him last November.
Trade war will test US exceptionalism: Orbis
Contrarian investor Alec Cutler thinks US exceptionalism will be put to the test as markets increasingly realise that Donald Trump now cares less about the stock market and economy.
The hatchet is buried but still no fast-track to peace
The fact that Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky are talking again after their Oval Office dust-up is something. As these fraught negotiations move forward, small wins are better than no wins.
Donald Trump: Made in China
There is a hidden drama in China. In a few years, we may look back and see it was the main cause of the amazing events taking place in the US.
Trump pauses $US175m to Penn over trans swimmer
The Trump administration will withhold $US175m from the university for allowing a transgender athlete to compete on the women’s swim team.
US Fed dims outlook on tariff uncertainty
The US central bank has held rates steady and downgraded economic forecasts after Donald Trump’s tariff blitz.
Trump suggests US take over Ukraine power plants
During a one hour long call, Donald Trump said US ownership of Ukraine’s power plants would offer better protection as Volodymyr Zelensky agreed a partial ceasefire.
The US is in retreat as China rises: it’s time for ANZAC 2025
With Donald Trump’s new isolationism and China’s assertiveness in our backyard, we in Australia and New Zealand are on our own and must deepen our military integration.
Putin plays Trump off a break
Putin wants to make Ukraine a vassal state of Russia. He isn’t negotiating. He’s laughing at us. Trump should not ignore that friendly fire assessment.
Trump’s Yemen campaign puts US on collision course with Iran
Experts caution Donald Trump’s move to launch a series of major air strikes against the Houthis could lead to months of open-ended conflict despite his vow not to engage in ‘forever wars’.
‘No offence intended’: Dutton regrets calling Albanese ‘limp-wristed’
The Opposition Leader has accepted the phrase ‘shouldn’t have been used’ while criticising the Prime Minister’s handling of China, as he faced Labor and teal attacks suggesting the term was homophobic.
‘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.
‘No-brainer’: EU opens arms to FTA
The EU’s top diplomat in Australia says an urgent resumption of its stalled free-trade with Canberra is an obvious response to US President Donald Trump’s worldwide tariffs chaos.
Putin strings Trump along without embracing peace
Vladimir Putin is employing the classic Russian tactic of ‘talk and delay’ without providing any meaningful concessions. Yet he has only so much time to play with before Donald Trump loses patience.
‘Problematic’: Warning to Aussie homeowners
Australian homeowners may have to resign themselves to higher mortgage payments as political tensions in the US continue to rise.
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’.
Australia faces coming conflict with Trump’s ‘tech bros’
Have no doubt, when the Trump-Big Tech coalition threatens Australia, this will transcend a policy dispute; it will penetrate to principles that define our social and democratic values.
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.
Donald Trump’s team explored simplified plan for reciprocal tariffs
Trump administration officials are roiled in debate over how to implement the president’s pledge to equalise US tariffs with those charged by other nations.
US tariffs threaten Australia’s soft landing
Australian businesses have been hit with a grim forecast for the year ahead, as US President Donald Trump implements his tariff plan.
Aussie invoice payments a likely casualty of Trump tariff war
US President Donald Trump’s tariff regime will put more Australian business behind in invoice payments, sending many into insolvency, says CreditorWatch.
Inflation challenging leaders’ ability to explain economic woes
The ever-present threat of inflation rears its head again, more as a convenient explanation for the nation’s economic woes than as a credible phenomenon that requires serious thought.
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.
Atlassian scores gig with Trump’s public service
Mike Cannon-Brookes’ software empire has secured access to the US public service and federal agencies, saying it can accelerate productivity amid heavy cost-cutting from Donald Trump.
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