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North America
Republican who voted against ‘big, beautiful bill’ to step down after Trump threat
Thom Tillis says independent thinkers are becoming an endangered species in Washington, and he will not seek re-election after the US president threatened to back a primary challenger against him.
- by Ali Swenson
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Opinion
US politics
The art of the lie: Why Trump is taking issue with Iran’s alternative facts
Donald Trump didn’t need to warp intelligence to justify bombing Iran. But he did so because US presidents can’t resist extravagant boasting when it comes to the Middle East.
- by Maureen Dowd
‘Utterly insane’: Musk wades back into debate over Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’
The billionaire CEO of Tesla and SpaceX had been relatively quiet since his blow-up with the US president this month.
- by Ashley Ahn
Analysis
US politics
The best week of Donald Trump’s second presidency just got even better
A combination of daring, good fortune and the brute wielding of American power combined to deliver a momentous week in global affairs and a number of stunning wins for the president himself.
- by Michael Koziol
At 100, this globetrotting Catholic priest reveals the secret to his longevity
Reverend James Kelly once ministered to large congregations, but he believes the daily Mass in his living room at his retirement village is as important.
Funeral home owner who stashed nearly 190 decomposing bodies sentenced to 20 years prison
Jon Hallford and his co-defendant sent grieving families fake ashes and spent fraudulent funds on cryptocurrency, luxury items from stores like Gucci and Tiffany & Co, and even laser body sculpting.
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Trade
Trump terminates trade talks with Canada over tax on digital companies
The move underlines the Trump administration’s deep distaste for measures it regards as discriminatory imposts on American tech giants, such as Australia’s News Bargaining Code.
- by Michael Koziol
Trump handed ‘giant win’ as Supreme Court curbs judges’ power to block his orders
The US president said a handful of “radical left judges” could no longer overrule his rightful powers. Dissenting judges decried “a grave an attack on our system of law”.
- by Michael Koziol
Trump demand on Australian defence spending would leave $200b crater in budget
The mounting pressure from Washington comes as the Albanese government grapples with the ballooning cost of NDIS and pressure from states to spend more on health.
- by Michael Koziol, James Massola and Millie Muroi
America’s most unwanted and the urgent cable that reveals where Trump wants them to go
The global dealmaking efforts show the measures the US president is willing to take to fulfil his aspirations for mass deportations, even if it means flying immigrants into danger.
- by Edward Wong, Zolan Kanno-Youngs, Hamed Aleaziz and Minho Kim
Opinion
US politics
Nothing prepared me for Trump being called ‘daddy’ in public
The minute geopolitics intersects with “daddy” as a term of endearment, we have officially entered end times.
- by Kate Halfpenny
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