US Politics

Donald Trump has given US Vice President JD Vance the mission of negotiating with Iran to resolve the conflict that's blocked a vital shipping route.

Opening the Strait of Hormuz will not stop the economic fallout but there is a silver lining to the turmoil.

The US military is making a major change to enrolment, affecting all ‘eligible men’, with the White House saying Donald Trump now has ‘options on the table’.

Diplomats say NATO chief Mark Rutte has told European governments that the United States needs a concrete answer within days.

The US First Lady, Melania Trump, has issued a rare public denial addressing long-circulating Epstein claims — and is now calling on Congress to act.

Both sides may have enough incentives to prevent the ceasefire collapsing. Iran’s military and political leadership has been devastated while Donald Trump is under heavy pressure from a sceptical public.

We have a two-week ceasefire, and a 10-point framework that the US and Iran say is workable to prevent further conflict, but some say the Strait of Hormuz is closed again already. Here’s what we know.

US President Donald Trump has continued a tirade of intense social media posts, now, turning his attention back to Greenland.

Donald Trump was ‘perfectly justified’ to request help from allies, says the former UK Defence Secretary Michael Fallon, criticising the ‘sluggish’ response.

The US Department of Justice has indicated ex-attorney general Pam Bondi will not appear before a committee investigating the Jeffrey Epstein files now she has been moved on.

With his sycophantic inner circle providing little resistance and an inability to absorb the warnings from the few voices of reason, Trump pulled the trigger to attack Iran.

Australians are being warned not to expect an immediate drop in fuel prices, even though the US and Iran appear to have reached a ceasefire.

Shipping firms remain on edge as Iran warns vessels could be targeted despite a fragile US-Iran ceasefire agreement.