Politics

US President Donald Trump announced that he had approved the release of the Epstein files, but his approval is not as clear cut as he appeared to insinuate.

Former US Treasury Secretary Larry Summers is retreating from his most prominent public roles.

LATIKA M BOURKE: Australia has conceded to Turkey for rights to host the 2026 UN climate summit, undermining Labor’s facile claim that they were ‘back’ on the world stage.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is expected to sit down with a number of world leaders on the sidelines of the global summit, including his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi.

President Donald Trump has signed a bill to compel the Justice Department to make public its case files on the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

The IMF says Australia needs to raise the GST, bring back the mining tax and cut back on expensive costs like the NDIS.

First-term MP Jess Wilson’s hopes of leading the languishing Victorian Liberal branch back to power rest on party discipline not sighted in a decade, a former premier says.

The 28-point proposal, drafted without Ukrainian involvement, reflects the maximalist demands the Kremlin has made throughout the war.

Turkey will host COP31 after coming to a compromise with rival bidder Australia after more than two years of disputing who gets hosting rights.

Only days after the Victorian Liberal leadership spill, NSW faces its own showdown as speculation mounts over a partyroom challenge.

Russian cybercrime organisations that allegedly help cybercriminals launch ransomware and DDOS attacks have been sanctioned by Australia.

Just a day after the US House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly to force the Justice Department to release the Epstein files, Attorney General Pam Bondi confirmed the timeline for making the material public.

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Love ’em or hate ’em, these House troublemakers stared down their president and made possible Tuesday’s vote to compel the administration to come clean about the Epstein web of degeneracy.

Anthony Albanese has angrily rejected former WA senator Linda Reynolds’ call for an apology over discredited claims that Brittany Higgins’ rape was the subject of a political cover-up.