US politics
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- Russia-Ukraine war
Trump’s Putin charade insults our intelligence
Donald Trump is snatching Western defeat from the jaws of victory in Ukraine. He is extending a lifeline to a struggling war criminal running out of ways to fund his mischief.
- Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
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- Opinion
- Trump's White House
Trump’s war sets up America for a painful future
The US president’s policies have rattled economies and markets around the world. What isn’t as clear is what America will look like as they take hold.
- Stephen Bartholomeusz
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- Trade wars
‘Entirely unjustified’: Albanese blasts Trump as tariffs smash into election frame
Donald Trump’s decision to impose tariffs on Australian steel and aluminium could be just the start as the US president also has plans to target other imports.
- Matthew Knott, Shane Wright, Michael Koziol and Nick Toscano
- Updated
- Trade wars
What we know so far about Trump’s tariffs on Australian steel and aluminium
Only 10 per cent of Australia’s aluminium and steel is exported to the US – but tariffs could still have serious ramifications.
- Mike Foley
‘First arrest of many’: Graduate faces deportation as Trump cracks down on student protests
The case marks a dramatic escalation of the US president’s efforts to curb what he calls “antisemitic and anti-American activity” on university campuses.
- Michael Koziol
- Opinion
- Donald Trump
Shyster in chief? How Trump is making a mockery of good governance
Since taking office in January, the Trump administration has acted against a range of anti-corruption protections, opening the door for rampant malfeasance.
- Peter Hartcher
- Opinion
- Architecture
Trump’s plan to make America ‘classic’ again, one gaudy building at a time
The president’s executive order is the same old “drill, baby, drill” attitude, but this time it’s more “gild, baby, gild”, with taxpayers set to foot the bill.
- Norman Day
- Opinion
- Donald Trump
How ‘Trump derangement syndrome’ led Americans back for another round
In the four years Trump was out of office, an eerie amnesia settled, allowing people to project onto him hopes that were utterly untethered from reality.
- Michelle Goldberg
- Opinion
- Opinion
How American liberalism lost its way and handed Trump a path to victory
Trump’s electoral resurrection was, in part, a rejection of the intolerance which has come to be emblematic of American progressivism.
- George Brandis
Inside the explosive meeting where Trump officials clashed with Elon Musk
Seated diagonally opposite Marco Rubio, across the elliptical mahogany table, Elon Musk was letting the secretary of state have it.
- Jonathan Swan and Maggie Haberman
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