Politics

Donald Trump has brushed off a recent alleged assassination attempt by joking about wearing a bulletproof vest.

BEN HARVEY: A message to wannabe political assassins: you’re not helping your cause.

An ex-state MP still denies he sexually assaulted a teen in a car park toilet as a retrial is scheduled eight months after jurors failed to reach verdicts.

Defence Secretary tells Congress committee the Trump administration can continue the Iran war despite a Vietnam-era law that requires Congress’s approval after 60 days of fighting.

THE ECONOMIST: Markets are disconnected from reality and we are heading for the biggest global oil-supply shock in history, energy experts warn.

It marks the group’s second failed attempt to return to Australia from a Syrian detention camp.

THE NEW YORK TIMES: While the defence industry has announced plans to make more munitions, much of that expanded production will not quickly kick in.

The trauma of the Bondi massacre still ‘reverberates’ through a Jewish community a day after the release of an interim report on anti-Semitism.

The impact of the war in Iran on housing prices in Australia’s big cities has been revealed.

Tehran warns of ‘long and painful’ retaliation as Donald Trump weighs fresh strikes, with the Strait of Hormuz still shut and global oil prices surging.

Pressure is mounting for Jim Chalmers to sharpen the axe in his upcoming Federal Budget as economists from Deloitte warn years of revenue windfalls have ‘papered over’ structural flaws in the nation’s finances.

President Donald Trump’s pick for next US Ambassador to Australia has told close confidantes he will help advocate for the AUKUS submarine deal if he is approved for the Canberra posting.

Documents obtained by The Nightly reveal that key departments did not advise Anthony Albanese about a royal commission in the wake of the Bondi terror attack, despite his claims to the contrary.

No charges have been laid.