Big companies funding Trump’s inauguration
The second Trump inaugural fund is on track to be the most lucrative yet. Find out which companies are flocking to support the billionaire businessman.
US Election 2024
Bulls riding into 2025 on high hopes of a Trump boom
In the spirit of festive cheer, it’s time to look back on some of the things that went right in 2024 and why 2025 might not be as ghoulish as most are expecting.
Trump’s no lame duck – he’s already getting things done
News from the US suggests that president-elect Donald J. Trump is perceived by many to be the US commander-in-chief while President Joe Biden fades into political nothingness.
Private prisons gear up for Trump deportation bonanza
Private prisons are getting ready to cash in on what Donald Trump has billed as ‘the largest domestic deportation operation in American history’.
Election Commentary
How Apple’s Cook cracked the code on working with Trump
The election is leading to a return of personal lobbying by CEOs, hoping to develop ties with the new administration; Cook’s one-topic meals.
Trump’s picks will be agents of vital change
Many US voters see the pre-Covid Trump era as a time of prosperity and record employment of African-Americans. They are willing to give their new President a fair shot at the job.
War and appeasement: why a deal with Putin will backfire
US president-elect Donald Trump’s idea to negotiate a swift end to the Ukraine war is unrealistic.
Billionaire’s simple pitch for Treasury
When Scott Bessent, a billionaire Wall Street mogul, was asked to advise Donald Trump on economic policy, he had a simple answer: 3-3-3.
Four more years of Trump may make America normal again
Donald Trump’s election win is an Emperor’s New Clothes event for America, an overdue recognition and repudiation of the regime of oppressive insanities we have been subjected to for a decade or more.
How Trump can help Ukraine win
He could sway Putin by mobilising the $300 billion in Russian money frozen in Western banks.
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Reading the Matt Gaetz ethics report
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Former US president Bill Clinton hospitalised with fever
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Former US president Bill Clinton hospitalised
The 42nd US president has been hospitalised for ‘testing and observation’ after developing a fever.
House ethics report says Matt Gaetz regularly paid women for sex
Matt Gaetz, Donald Trump’s first choice for attorney-general, ‘regularly’ paid multiple women for sex, including a minor, and purchased drugs illegally, according to a report by congressional investigators.
Trump vows to ‘stop transgender lunacy’ as priority
Donald Trump will sign executive orders to end ‘child sexual mutilation’, and to ‘get transgender out of’ the military and schools on day one of his presidency.
Funding bill averts US shutdown
There is anger even among Republicans after president-elect Donald Trump torpedoed an earlier deal
Musk brings his messy way of doing things to Washington
Musk is blowing up plans and taking names as he and the GOP-controlled House start to learn about working with each other, while the billionaire dangles his wealth and influence as an enforcer in the new administration.
Pollster, paper in Trump sue sights
Donald Trump has sued a pollster and newspaper over a pre-election survey that vastly underestimated his support.
My extraordinary weekend within the court of Donald Trump
The incoming president was feted by some of the biggest names in the world at Mar-a-Lago, with an Australian billionaire suddenly back in favour, and a little-known 29-year-old from Perth also among the sea of corporate titans and political operatives.
Musk knows how to get things done. I want him to show me the way Reform can win power
The former Tory donor, who is married to pop star Holly Valance and now backs Nigel Farage, hopes to fly to America to discuss tactics and funding with the tech billionaire who played a key role in Donald Trump’s victory.
Trump team mulls airstrikes to stop Iran nuke program
Advisers to the US President-elect consider military action amid concern that economic pressure isn’t enough to contain Tehran.
Nancy Pelosi hospitalised after fall during trip to Luxembourg
The former US House speaker tripped and fell while on trip to mark the 80th anniversary of Battle of the Bulge.
How Trump can change the world — on day one
Two former Liberal prime ministers explain how the incoming US president can have immediate impact — and the key opportunities and challenges for Australia in his first term.
RFK Jr wants daughter-in-law in CIA to ‘prove’ JFK conspiracy
Donald Trump’s pick for health secretary claims the agency killed his uncle. Now he wants Amaryllis Fox Kennedy, a former agent, to prove it.
Trump picks his son Don Jr’s fiancée as Greek envoy amid rumours of break-up
Kimberly Guilfoyle, a former lawyer and Fox News host, was offered the ambassador job after reports she has split from the president-elect’s son.
Christopher Wray to step down as FBI director
President-elect Donald Trump chose Wray for the post in 2017, but soured on him and the bureau more broadly after years of federal investigations into his conduct.
Trump digs in on tariffs, mass deportations in TV interview
In his first formal TV interview since the election, Donald Trump doubled down on hard-line campaign pledges while saying he will probably pardon supporters who stormed the US Capitol.
As Assad flees, rebels find his collection of luxury cars
Islamist rebel forces who marched into Damascus and stormed Bashar al-Assad’s palace found a massive fleet of high-end cars, including Mercedes, Porches, Audis and Ferraris.
Trump’s no freak, he’s the ultimate American
Obama and Biden tried to make the US more like Europe but the 47th president is a throwback to national exceptionalism.
Murder of UnitedHealth exec highlights public anger at insurers
The response to Brian Thompson’s murder has uncovered a seething public discontent with private health insurers in the US.
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