US Politics

The tariff pause gives negotiators until mid-November to resolve major sticking points as a Beijing summit looms.

The US budget deficit has surged nearly 20 per cent in July, with record tariff collections under Donald Trump failing to slow the nation’s growing fiscal gap.

Volodymyr Zelensky says Vladimir Putin had scored a ‘personal victory’ by getting invited to talks with Donald Trump on US soil.

Hamas has hailed the Albanese Government’s ‘political courage’ in recognising a Palestinian statehood, a move the Opposition says proves the PM is ‘out of his depth’.

US President Donald Trump will hold a virtual meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky ahead of critical talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin later this week.

THE NEW YORK TIMES: From decades of socialising to a public falling out, Donald Trump’s connection with Jeffrey Epstein, now under renewed scrutiny amid withheld investigation files, reveals a complex history.

The US President is planning to flex his law enforcement power over Washington, declaring that he would clear the city of homeless people and crack down on crime.

Anthony Albanese says Benjamin Netanyahu is ‘in denial’ about the consequences of the war in Gaza on innocent civilians as he defended his government’s call to recognise Palestinian statehood.

US President Donald Trump says his face-to-face talks with Vladimir Putin will be a ‘feel-out meeting’ aimed at urging Russia to end the war in Ukraine.

US President Donald Trump is deploying 800 National Guard troops to Washington DC, in an extraordinary assertion of presidential power in the nation’s capital.

US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order extending a tariff truce with China by another 90 days.

THE NEW YORK TIMES: President Donald Trump is destroying trust in public institutions, and there’s a reason for that.

A contestant on Israel’s Dancing with the Stars has paid homage to US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump by dressing as the couple while performing to one of the Republican’s favourite songs.

The White House is considering inviting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to Alaska, where President Donald Trump is scheduled to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin next week.

The president’s use of tariffs as a tool of US power may have been more extensive than publicly known, encompassing an array of national security goals as well as the interests of individual companies.