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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has said the shooting of Nine US correspondent Lauren Tomasi with a rubber bullet was “unacceptable”.

‘Horrific’: Albanese condemns shooting of Nine journalist in US

Police shot US Correspondent Lauren Tomasi with a rubber bullet while she was covering the Los Angeles protests.

  • Amber Schultz

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Tesla chief executive Elon Musk at the White House last week for a meeting between Donald Trump and the President of South Africa.

Musk leaves Trump administration after criticising president’s ‘big beautiful bill’

The billionaire entrepreneur’s exit comes shortly after he attacked Trump’s tax reform bill for increasing the budget deficit and undermining his work with DOGE.

  • Michael Koziol
Everything about Donald Trump was all over the budget – except for his name.

Trump is everywhere in the budget, but you won’t find his name

Just as inflation is moderating, and the Reserve Bank is cutting interest rates, the prospect of a global trade war is threatening to upend the government’s careful budget plans.

  • Matthew Knott
President Donald Trump walks with Elon Musk’s son X Æ A-Xii on the South Lawn of the White House, Friday, March 14, 2025, in Washington to depart on Marine One. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

‘Tremendous mistake’: Democrats turn on each other in fight over Trump ‘slush fund’

When a handful of Democrat senators supported a Republican funding bill late on Friday night, their colleagues were furious.

  • Michael Koziol
Good times. Michelle Ananda-Rajah campaigns with Anthony Albanese in 2022.

Election soon? This Labor MP has switched on her out-of-office

There’s no date for the federal election as yet, but it doesn’t hurt to be prepared.

  • Stephen Brook and Kishor Napier-Raman

Trump’s on a roll but the main game’s about to begin – and he may lose it

It appears the president is getting his own way on many fronts, but a storm is brewing in Congress which may derail his momentum.

  • Bruce Wolpe
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Tulsi Gabbard, President Donald Trump’s choice to be the Director of National Intelligence, arrives to appear before the Senate Intelligence Committee for her confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/John McDonnell)

Republicans cave to Trump, endorse contentious picks for cabinet

A handful of senators – including a doctor – had raised concerns about Trump’s nominees for the top health and intelligence jobs, Robert F Kennedy Jr and Tulsi Gabbard. Now they’ve fallen into line.

  • Michael Koziol
Newly elected Democratic National Committee chair Ken Martin says he is not interested in discussing whether former president Joe Biden should have sought re-election.

Where to now for divided US Democrats as they struggle to oppose Trump

Elected Democrats have no shared understanding of why they lost the election, never mind how they can win in the future.

  • Lisa Lerer and Reid J. Epstein
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Donald Trump’s choice to be Secretary of Health and Human Services, appears before the Senate Finance Committee for his confirmation hearing.

Four takeaways from Kennedy Jr’s first confirmation hearing

The ex-Democrat and abortion rights supporter nominated by a Republican president to be the nation’s leading health official presented some unusual dynamics.

  • Aaron Blake

Trump’s war on efforts to slow climate change futile

By doubling down on his cry to “drill, baby, drill” and removing all limits on America’s booming fossil fuel industry, the new president has once again declared war on the world’s climate mitigation efforts. But this is a war he can’t win.

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