US Politics

Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney has played down Donald Trump's threat to impose a 100 per cent tariff on goods imported to the US from Canada.

US President Donald Trump says he is ‘on a similar wavelength’ with Minnesota's Democratic Governor amid a possible de-escalation of tensions in the state.

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Why the Taliban have decided to comment publicly on a potential prisoner swap is unclear. But it signals an impasse in negotiations with the Trump administration.

THE NEW YORK TIMES: There’s no doubt that the carefully crafted defence of Denmark’s Prime Minister, Mette Frederiksen, helped block the US President from getting something he really wanted.

The US Secretary of State cited ‘AUKUS and broader alliance activities’ as helping both nations advance a rules-based order in the Indo-Pacific just two days after the notion was mocked by the Pentagon.

Donald Trump has accused China of taking over another country through ‘deals’, sparking one prime minister to speak out and walk away from a free trade agreement.

The devastated family of ICU nurse Alex Pretti have condemned the Trump administration’s ‘sickening lies’ about the circumstances that led up to his shooting at the hands of Federal agents. 

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Videos on social media appear to contradict the Department of Homeland Security’s account of the fatal shooting by federal agents in Minneapolis. WARNING: Graphic

Tension is mounting in Minneapolis after a man was shot dead by a federal officer in the second such incident in the US city this month.

Anthony Albanese is struggling to find a way to decline an offer from Donald Trump to join the US President’s controversial Board of Peace’.

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Billions of dollars are trading hands on sites like Polymarket and Kalshi, where people bet on everything from Taylor Swift’s wedding date to election outcomes.

The plan would require investment of at least $US25 billion in the devastated Palestinian enclave, according to the proposal.

US President suing JPMorgan Chase and CEO Jamie Dimon for closing accounts belonging to Mr Trump and related entities in early 2021, in what the lawsuit calls political actions.

The aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln and several guided-missile destroyers will arrive in the Middle East in the coming days.

The new peace board was initially envisioned as a small group of world leaders overseeing the Gaza ceasefire, but it has morphed into something far more ambitious.