Politics

Billionaire Elon Musk has confirmed he is leaving US President Donald Trump’s administration, firing off a final message to the Republican as he leaves his White House role.

A US federal court has blocked President Donald Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs, ruling that only Congress can approve such sweeping import duties and that the President overstepped his authority.

There are urgent calls for the Albanese Government to reform its defence funding after a new report warns the nation’s security environment is ‘deteriorating rapidly’.

In this show, Ben Harvey explains how the Nationals appear to have the upper hand in the rekindled relationship, which resembles a married couple that hate each other but can’t divorce because of the kids.

A day after US President Donald Trump accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of ‘playing with fire’, Moscow has offered Ukraine a new date to negotiate a ceasefire.

AARON PATRICK: Sussan Ley has assembled a shadow cabinet built to usher in a new era of the Liberal Party. Here are the MPs that will make or break her.

This year all eyes will be on a Saturday morning speech by Trump’s main man on defence Pete Hegseth, which will set the tone for US engagement with the Indo-Pacific.

‘ESG wasn’t a political slogan,’ one expert told an investment conference. ‘It wasn’t for regular, ordinary people.’

Jane Hume has been completely sidelined and Jacinta Nampijinpa Price demoted in Sussan Ley’s new-look shadow cabinet announced after a formal reunion with the Nationals. 

Education Minister Jason Clare has called the uncertainty over foreign students’ access to America’s most renowned university ‘really worrying,’ pledging to assist affected Australian students. 

Former Victorian Liberal leader John Pesutto is in a race against time to secure the defamation payout he owes fellow Liberal MP Moira Deeming by the end of this week.

Liberal frontbencher Julian Leeser says the Liberals must stay as far away as possible from the Republican party and be prepared to publicly criticise US President Donald Trump.

AARON PATRICK On her fifteenth day as Liberal Party Leader, Sussan Ley re-established the Coalition. Her next job is harder: unite an opposition no longer pretending it agrees.

China’s leaders believe they can outwit American cash and utopianism.