Politics

The Trump administration has launched a Gold Card initiative that will allow foreign nationals to purchase legal status in the US for $1 million.

Anthony Albanese has refused to say whether the rules for politicians’ travel expenses should be reviewed or changed amid growing scrutiny of the use of taxpayer funds to ferry around family members.

Ukraine’s former foreign minister Dmytro Kuleba has warned Australia that it will be paying $50 billion to defend itself if Ukraine loses the war.

Triggered by longstanding territorial disputes, the latest round of fighting followed a skirmish on Sunday that wounded two Thai soldiers.

Australia, the UK and the US are determined to ‘reboot’ the AUKUS partnership and get on with delivering an ‘apex predator’ of the seas, the British Defence Minister has told a meeting of the AUKUS partners.

Donald Trump says the United States military has seized an oil tanker on the Venezuela coast as tensions erupt between the two nations.

Australia's teen social media ban has been likened to restrictions on smoking in public places in terms of how long it will take for attitudes to shift.

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Though Republicans like being able to put a feminine face on their culture war crusades, some women in the party are realising there’s a difference between being useful and being respected.

The Prime Minister has admitted he charged taxpayers more than $100,000 for his recent trip to meet President Donald Trump at the White House, as he was taken to task on Sunrise over parliamentary entitlements.

The Bureau of Meteorology has updated its rain radar and weather map in a bid to make it easier for users to navigate after a backlash over its $96.5m new website spend. 

The PM was taken to task about taxpayers’ money being used to fund family and ski trips.

EDITORIAL: The current system relies on MPs to employ some common sense and moral awareness. We can’t trust them to exercise either of these traits.

While millions of underage accounts across ten platforms were slated to be deactivated on Wednesday, younger users have flooded Anthony Albanese’s profiles to criticise the policy and saying it ‘didn’t work’. 

JENI O’DOWD: Anika Wells is the latest in a long line of politicians having a grand old time at your expense. It really shouldn’t be that way.

Financial markets are pricing in two rate hikes in 2026 that would increase monthly mortgage repayments more than $200.