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‘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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- Trump's White House
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
- Analysis
- Federal budget
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
‘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
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
- Opinion
- Trump's White House
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
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
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
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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