US politics
After $10.4 trillion wipeout, US expected to fall into recession ‘under weight of tariffs’
While the White House says Trump’s plan is working, some Republicans have joined Democrats to introduce a bill to terminate new tariffs unless the US Congress approves them.
- Michael Koziol and Rob Harris
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- Opinion
- Trade wars
Trump wants to close off America. If he succeeds, the global consequences will be catastrophic
Under Donald Trump, the country that created the global free market is bringing it to an end, not soberly but vengefully. The entire episode would be comically clownish if it weren’t so serious.
- Peter Hartcher
- Opinion
- Trump's America
Melting down: Trump has put America on the road to a deep economic crisis
Donald Trump thought markets would help beat his victims into submission. Instead, they have turned on him.
- Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
Trump fires six national security officials after meeting with conspiracy theorist Laura Loomer
During the 30-minute meeting, the far-right activist excoriated National Security Council officials in front of the president and their boss, Michael Waltz.
- Maggie Haberman, Jonathan Swan and Ken Bensinger
- Opinion
- Trump's America
Brexit for the US: Trump’s tariffs are the sign of a nation in decline
Trump is famously unpredictable, but his unifying theme is utterly consistent: the retrieval of national power. It is to make America great again.
- Waleed Aly
The tiny Australian islands no one expected to draw Trump’s fury
They’re uninhabited and are home to thousands of penguins and seals, but Donald Trump reckons they should be slapped with a 10 per cent tariff. Trump also didn’t forget Norfolk Island where locals are scratching their heads.
- Shane Wright and Daniel Lo Surdo
Donald Trump spent 48 minutes declaring war on trade. We fact-checked his claims
The US president unveiled his global tariff policy during a long and sometimes meandering press conference on what he dubbed “Liberation Day”. We analysed what he said.
- Chris Zappone
- Opinion
- Trade wars
Donald Trump’s dumb war just got much, much dumber
Donald Trump has just announced the most self-destructive set of policies in modern American economic history.
- Stephen Bartholomeusz
Musk’s time at White House and DOGE ‘will end’ soon, Trump hints
The US president has been suggesting changes are coming, now his lieutenant’s big unsuccessful gamble in Wisconsin on Wednesday has set tongues wagging.
- Chris Megerian
- Analysis
- Analysis
Elon Musk bet it all on a judicial election in Wisconsin. He just lost
Donald Trump’s billionaire sidekick said the poll would “determine the fate of Western civilisation”. It might also alter his image as a rainmaker for American conservatives.
- Michael Koziol
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