Trump 2.0WorldPresident Trump said he would be open to the world’s richest man buying the US operations of the Chinese-owned social media platform that is under threat of being banned in the country over national security concerns
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‘enough problems with his wife’The TimesThe President’s surprising decision – and jibe at the Duchess of Sussex – follows a legal battle over the Duke’s US visa status.
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POLITICSThe TimesBig tech has changed sides as AI, war and resentment for the Democrats push it to embrace the defence sector.
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newsNewsWireA senior minister has suggested parts of Trump’s plan to take “ownership” of Gaza and turn it into the “Riviera of the Middle East” could violate international law.
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Politics NowPoliticsThe Victorian Liberals have claimed victory in the inner-suburban seat of Prahran over the Greens, but a source tells The Australian they fear they haven’t done enough to take Werribee from Labor.
Lily McCaffrey and Damon Johnston doge eat doge worldWorldThe order says anyone who has accessed data from the Treasury Department’s records since Donald Trump was inaugurated must ‘immediately destroy any and all copies of material downloaded.’
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power playsWorldThe move is the latest in a blizzard of new orders escalating the US President’s campaign to crack down on US foreign aid.
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NewsWirePresident Donald Trump has revealed where he stands on a major partnership with Australia after the Albanese government delivered a $798m payment.
‘JOE, YOU’RE FIRED’The Wall Street JournalThe US President called the access ‘a courtesy provided to former presidents’ in a move that follows the precedent set by Biden who had also blocked Trump.
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recalibrationThe TimesThe US president embraces controversy as he ‘floods the zone’ with initiatives that will change the face of the nation.
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Submarine greenlightDefencePresident Donald Trump has flagged his support for the complex defence arrangement with Australia after the Albanese government delivered a $798m payment.
closed-door sessionThe Wall Street JournalCanadian prime minister tells business leaders that President Trump is interested in the country’s minerals and energy resources.
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The children of Israel know better than any other that the forced expulsion of a people will not end their desire to go home. Why would we imagine the Palestinians feel any less of a spiritual bond with their ancestral home?
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LAST POSTLettersUS President Donald Trump’s Gaza plan has next to no chance of going anywhere. A bit like all the plans and ideas we have seen for Palestine over the past 70 years.
Donald Trump has shown the gulf between his position and Anthony Albanese’s, wedging Labor on Palestine. But his plan to ‘own’ Gaza won’t work.
The US President’s radical ‘Riviera’ idea may be just what’s needed to break the impasse.
NewsWireAustralia’s Defence Minister Richard Marles is heading to Washington DC to talk AUKUS with his new counterpart in Donald Trump’s administration.
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ICCPoliticsAustralian Jewish leaders have hailed Donald Trump’s sanctions on the International Criminal Court as legal experts warn Australians working for the court could be affected.
Trump’s Trade WarWorldWhile 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.
MarketsMarketsMarkets bounced back this week after tariffs on Mexico and Canada were delayed by Donald Trump, but a trade war could be just getting started.