Politics

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.

A top China expert says the Australia-United States critical minerals deal is a good start, but nowhere near enough to keep Chinese President Xi Jinping awake at night.

An American nuclear submarine where one in 10 crew members is Australian has arrived at the Garden Island naval base for a month-long maintenance stopover, ahead of regular AUKUS rotations that begin in 2027. 

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.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese had the best seat in the house next to Donald Trump at an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit dinner.

Wednesday’s surprise inflation data hurt share investors and sent property stocks lower as evidence of more food price rises threatens to sting retailers like Woolworths.

The Australia Federal Police is ramping up its artificial intelligence capabilities amid an increasingly changing environment driven by AI-facilitated crimes.

The Federal Government could be called in to prop up Australia’s biggest aluminium manufacturer.

A Liberal senator has made a huge move that is adding to Sussan Ley’s climate troubles.

AARON PATRICK: An unusual alliance of the Liberal and Greens parties is pushing for a quicker resolution to investigations that have cost $17 million per veteran and secured no convictions.

US President Donald Trump says it’s ‘too bad’ he can’t run for a third term, but his latest musings show he hasn’t given up on the idea entirely.

Some conservatives in Canberra are concerned legislation ensuring people grieving after a stillbirth are able to take pre-arranged paid parental leave could encourage people to have late-term abortions.

In a memo, the Microsoft co-founder warned against climate alarmism and appears to have shifted some of his views about climate change.

Tiphaine Auzière told the trial of 10 people accused of cyber-bullying the French first lady that her mother could not ‘ignore the horrible things said about her’.

Paramilitary fighters with the RSF overran the city of el-Fasher, the Sudanese military’s last stronghold, killing and detaining hundreds of people.