US Politics

Just how different would the world be today if US and UK intelligence services hadn’t got it so wrong post-9/11? At 87, John Howard is finally ready to consider the possibilities.

US President Donald Trump has made an extraordinary pitch to hand out $5000 US to every American if Republicans win the November midterm elections, prompting bribery claims and warnings of ‘massive’ inflation.

US President Donald Trump has declared the US will defeat Iran as renewed fighting around the Strait of Hormuz sends oil prices soaring.

US President Donald Trump says his Russian counterpart wants to make a Ukrainian peace deal as Ukrainian President ‌Volodymyr Zelensky visited Oslo.

At President Donald Trump’s urging, the Republican Party is staging a midterm convention centered on him.

The US President is facing renewed scrutiny over his account of what he did in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks.

Just a fortnight before Anthony Albanese travels to New York to promote Australia’s digital regulations, the US has reiterated its warning against targeting American tech companies.

As Moscow missiles continue to rain down on Kyiv, President Trump has told President Putin that he wants a swift end to war.

Energy infrastructure across the Gulf region remains exposed, with Iran threatening to strike US oil and gas assets in the wake of escalating tension.

A senior Iranian official says the government plans to announce an ‘exclusion zone’ outside the Strait of Hormuz.

The US Supreme Court has been asked to weigh in again on the Trump administration's efforts to restrict mail voting.

THE ECONOMIST: The former TV host turned secretary of war’s latest purge of the department has claimed the army’s great reformer.

THE NEW YORK TIMES: The US is still bogged down in Iran after six months of conflict, despite President Trump’s declarations of military dominance.

Donald Trump has revealed exactly how he feels about the Duke and Duchess of Sussex following their departure from the US.

Donald Trump has set his sights on another major landmark on the world map.

The Canadian PM has hit back against the Trump Administration for their ‘memes’ after a week-long wave of online taunts from the White House.

Kuwait City and Bahrain were both targeted by Iranian drones as Tehran responded to a night of US strikes.

Donald Trump has warned his biggest attack on Iran is still ‘waiting in the wings’ as powerful US strikes hammer targets near the Strait of Hormuz.