US Politics

THE NEW YORK TIMES: The pain of the government shutdown is growing more acute as it grinds toward the five-week mark. But President Donald Trump has been attending to other matters.

THE NEW YORK TIMES: MAGA embraces left ideas even while not knowing, in most cases, where these ideas came from.

Neither country wants decoupling or confrontation — at least, not yet.

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Concerns have intensified about whether the world is entering a new era of nuclear weapon proliferation among global powers.

Donald Trump has struck a deal to reduce tariffs on China following face-to-face talks with his counterpart Xi Jinping, just hours after Albanese refused to back the US President’s recent trade comments.

EDITORIAL: News of Trump and Xi’s ‘12-out-10’ meeting will come as a relief to Australia, which feared being caught in the middle between its closest security partner and its No. 1 trading partner. 

US President Donald Trump said he has reached a one-year agreement with China on rare earths and critical minerals, and cut fentanyl tariffs on Beijing by half.

Just minutes before he was scheduled to meet President Xi Jinping of China, the President threatened on social media to resume nuclear testing ‘on an equal basis’ with other countries.

Donald Trump has ordered the Pentagon to ‘immediately’ restart US nuclear weapons testing, declaring the move essential to match China and Russia.

Permission to build a nuclear-powered submarine has been granted to South Korea, President Donald Trump says after finalising details of a fraught trade deal.

The President lauded the chipmaker’s chief executive, Jensen Huang, on his Asia trip, as Nvidia pitches itself for a central role in Donald Trump’s economic plan

A former employee of Australia’s cyber spy agency has pleaded guilty to selling powerful online hacking tools and secrets to Russia.

From tariff relief to tech access, these are the five key issues China is hoping to secure when Donald Trump and Xi Jinping meet in South Korea this week.

The Federal Reserve has approved its second straight interest rate cut, as chair Jerome Powell rattles markets casting doubt over what the central bank will do next.

THE NEW YORK TIMES: The new rules codify sharp limitations on access and raise the prospect of punishment — including revocation of credentials — for simply requesting information on matters of public interest.