Joe Biden

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Chinese President Xi Jinping (C) gestures as he stands alongside Australian Prime Minister Anthony Alabanese (R) during a group photo with G20 leaders at the G20 Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on November 18, 2024. (Photo by ERIC LEE / POOL / AFP)

Where’s Joe? Biden already out of the picture

The US President’s absence from Monday’s G20 photo op is symbolic of his last few months in office.

danny kemp

World

US President Joe Biden speaks after signing a proclamation designating November 17 as International Conservation Day during a tour of the Museu da Amazonia as he visits the Amazon Rainforest in Manaus, Brazil, on November 17, 2024, before heading to Rio de Janeiro for the G20 Summit. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP)

Biden touts climate legacy during Amazon visit

Joe Biden, the first sitting US President to visit the Brazilian rainforest, insists his record on fighting climate change will survive Donald Trump’s return to the White House.

Saul LOEB and Clare Byrne

EditorialEditorials

Biden strengthens Ukraine’s hand

If he is to negotiate, Zelensky needs to be in a strong position.

Editorial

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Biden urges G20 leaders to hang tough on climate

Joe Biden and Keir Starmer will pressure leaders to not join Donald Trump in walking away from climate ambition, with Anthony Albanese to declare Australian clean energy and critical minerals will drive a ‘new generation of prosperity’.

Geoff Chambers

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Pro-Ukrainian activists demonstrate in front of the White House in Washington, DC, on November 17, 2024. US President Joe Biden has cleared Kyiv to use long-range American missiles against military targets inside Russia, a US official told AFP on Sunday, hours after Russia targeted Ukraine's power grid in a deadly barrage. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has long pushed for authorisation from Washington to use the powerful Army Tactical Missile System, known by its initials ATACMS, to hit targets inside Russia. (Photo by Daniel SLIM / AFP)

US missile decision is simply too little too late

Joe Biden wants to strengthen Ukraine’s hand as much as possible before likely negotiations under Donald Trump. It’s just a shame he left it so late to make this move.

Cameron Stewart

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(FILES) Commissioner of Federal Communications Commission, Brendan Carr, testifies during an oversight hearing to examine the Federal Communications Commission on June 24, 2020, in Washington,DC. US President-elect Donald Trump, in a statement released on November 17, 2024, has nominated Carr for Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), (Photo by Jonathan Newton / POOL / AFP)

Trump names FCC commissioner Carr chairman of agency

Donald Trump has nominated Brendan Carr, an ally of Elon Musk, as chairman of the Federal Communications Commission.

Agencies

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(COMBO) This combination of pictures created on November 07, 2024 shows former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump (L) looks on during a campaign rally at PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on November 4, 2024, and Chinese President Xi Jinping (R) attends a press conference with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic (not pictured) after signing bilateral documents, in Belgrade, on May 8, 2024. Chinese President Xi Jinping on November 7, 2024 said Beijing and Washington must find a way to "get along" in a message to US president-elect Donald Trump, state media said. Trump's crushing presidential victory heralded a new era of uncertainty in the United States and the world. It also heralded a possible shift in US-China relations, frayed in recent years by tensions over everything from trade to the status of the self-ruled island of Taiwan. (Photo by CHARLY TRIBALLEAU and Elvis Barukcic / AFP)

New White House, new world order?

Biden’s years are over. The American electorate has given Donald Trump a thumping mandate to seek renewal on different lines.

Paul Monk

U.S. POLITICSThe Wall Street Journal

US President Joe Biden (L) speaks with Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Lima, Peru, November 16, 2024. (Photo by Leah Millis / POOL / AFP)

We want ‘smooth transition’, Xi tells Biden

Two leaders’ final sit-down, at summit in Peru, is marked by uncertainty over Trump tariff threats.

Danny Kemp and Mariette Le Roux

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US President Joe Biden speaks during a trilateral meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru and South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on the sideline of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Lima, Peru, November 15, 2024. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP)

Biden, Xi signal turbulence ahead at summit under Trump cloud

The US president spoke of ‘significant political change’ as Chinese leader Xi Jinping separately cautioned about ‘protectionism’ ahead of the pair’s final official encounter.

AFP

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - AUGUST 06: A TV camera person records electronic boards displaying stock information at the Australian Securities Exchange, operated by ASX Ltd. on August 06, 2024 in Sydney, Australia. The markets are closely attuned to the RBA's next rates decision, with inflation persisting even as rates have been elevated for an extended time after the end of the COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo by Lisa Maree Williams/Getty Images)

Opposition doubles down inflation attack on Labor

A Coalition-led Senate inquiry investigating the recent rise in the cost of living has delivered its findings, as the opposition claims Labor has not done enough to stem elevated inflation and an increase in interest rates.

Jack Quail

EditorialEditorials

Biden-Trump meeting welcome

It is to Joe Biden’s credit that he went ahead and welcomed Donald Trump to the White House in the way he did on Thursday.

Editorial

The Wall Street Journal

TOPSHOT - US President Joe Biden steps out of the booth after casting his early-voting ballot in the 2024 general election in New Castle, Delaware, on October 28, 2024. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP)

Poor voter turnout is a concern for both sides, but especially the Dems

Where did Joe Biden’s voters go? It turns out Trump didn’t improve his total vote count much from 2020 to 2024.

Karl Rove

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(COMBO) This combination of pictures created on November 13, 2024 shows US President Joe Biden meets with US President-elect Donald Trump (L) in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on November 13, 2024, and US Senator Marco Rubio (R), Republican of Florida, speaks at a campaign rally for former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump at the PPL Center in Allentown, Pennsylvania, on October 29, 2024. President-elect Donald Trump on November 13, 2024 nominated Senator Marco Rubio as secretary of state, brushing aside critics in his party and putting the outspoken hawk in charge of US foreign policy. Rubio, the son of Cuban immigrants to Miami and vociferous opponent of Latin American communists, China and Iran, would be the first Hispanic as the top US diplomat. (Photo by SAUL LOEB and ANGELA WEISS / AFP)

Marco Rubio nominated as Secretary of State

Donald Trump rounds out his national security team by nominating Marco Rubio for Secretary of State and Matt Gaetz as his next Attorney-General after meeting Joe Biden in the Oval Office.

Joe Kelly

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TASMANIA, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos - Sunday, 10 November 2024: Leader of the Opposition Peter Dutton at Littlewood Berry Farm in Richmond, Tasmania. Picture: NewsWire / Linda Higginson

‘Inflation our biggest priority’: Dutton quizzed on tax cut back-down

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has come under greater scrutiny for his hesitancy in backing a former Coalition policy to reinstate higher tax cuts for those earning more than $150,000 annually.

James Dowling

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(FILES) US Republican Representative Matt Gaetz, from Florida, attends a 2024 campaign rally for former US President Donald Trump in Waco, Texas, March 25, 2023. US President-elect Donald Trump announced on November 13, 2024, that he intendds to nominate right-wing firebrand lawmaker Matt Gaetz US Attorney General. (Photo by SUZANNE CORDEIRO / AFP)

Doubts over Gaetz’s Attorney-General nomination amidst Republican fury

Donald Trump’s choice of Matt Gaetz as Attorney-General has sent shockwaves through Washington, while Cantor Fitzgerald CEO Howard Lutnick has made a late play to become Treasury Secretary.

Anne Barrowclough and agencies

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US President Joe Biden shakes hands with US President-elect Donald Trump during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on November 13, 2024. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP)

‘Politics is tough’: Trump meets Biden at the White House

The two men met in the Oval Office with the pair emphasising a peaceful handover of power, a moment that stood in contrast to the discord that followed Joe Biden’s 2020 victory over Donald Trump.

Tarini Parti and Alex Leary

The Times

This handout photograph taken and released by the State Emergency Service of Ukraine on November 11, 2024, shows a heavily damaged residential building after a Russian strike in Kryvyi Rig, Dnipropetrovsk region, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by Handout / STATE EMERGENSY SERVICE OF UKRAINE / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / State Emergency Service of Ukraine " - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS

Don’t abandon Ukraine: Biden

President Joe Biden will urge Donald Trump not to abandon Ukraine during a meeting in the Oval Office on Wednesday (Thursday AEDT) amid concerns that the president-elect could halt military assistance in the war against Russia.

Marc Bennetts

World

US President Joe Biden (L) and Vice President Kamala Harris stand at attention during a wreath-laying ceremony at The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery to mark Veterans' Day on November 11, 2024 in Arlington, Virginia. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP)

Harris out with Biden for first time since loss

US President Joe Biden laid a wreath at a ceremony that marked his first appearance with Kamala Harris since her election defeat.

AFP

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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, left, and US president-elect Donald Trump. Picture: Nikki Davis-Jones, NewsWire / Getty Images

PM spruiks ‘perfect friendship’ with Trump

Anthony Albanese will not hold formal meetings with Joe Biden at the APEC and G20 summits, and the Prime Minister pushed back against Coalition attacks by revealing parts of his conversation with Donald Trump.

Geoff Chambers

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Donald Trump, Kevin Rudd and Anthony Albanese.

‘Village idiot’ Trump slur casts new cloud over Rudd

Fresh doubt has been cast over Kevin Rudd’s future as Australia’s ambassador to the United States amid revelations he branded Donald Trump “incompetent” and a “village idiot”.

Ben Packham and Noah Yim

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