Yesterday
- Opinion
- Extreme weather
The scariest thing on TV is the Weather Channel
Remember when the weather was just a matter of small talk...Now, the scariest thing on TV is the Weather Channel.
- Maureen Dowd
This Month
US at ‘pivotal point’: blunt new warning on delta strain
The head of America’s Centres for Disease Control and Prevention says the now-dominant variant is ‘one of the most infectious respiratory viruses’ known to scientists.
- Michael D. Shear, Jonathan Weisman and Sheryl Gay Stolberg
Donald Trump asks: ‘Do you miss me yet?’
The Trump family is finding the transition from public life difficult, but nobody, it seems, misses the former TV star being president more than he does.
- Mick Brown
Musk reveals the five big investments that fuel his $217b+ net worth
At a conference this week, billionaire Tesla CEO Elon Musk talked candidly about the main drivers of his wealth.
- Matthew Fox
Tehan steps up fight on ‘protectionist’ EU, US carbon tariff plans
Australia’s Trade Minister says attempts to impose border adjustment levies on carbon-intensive exporters will fall foul of WTO rules.
- Updated
- Matthew Cranston
Netflix subscriber growth grinds down as viewers leave the couch
The Los Gatos-based streaming giant added a mere 1.5 million new paid members globally in the second quarter, down 85 per cent from a year ago.
- Ryan Faughnder and Los Angeles Times
Michael Wolff concludes his Trump trilogy – with the best book yet
“Landslide” is a cruel, unforgiving, muck-raking, scandalous and unforgettable study of a man retreating into delusion after his election defeat.
- Mick Brown
Jeff Bezos is now an astronaut but Richard Branson isn’t, says expert
‘Once you pass that 62-mile mark, you will be in space,’ said Janet Kavandi, after the Amazon founder’s Blue Origin mission did so.
- John McCorry and Tom Keene
US and allies expose details of China’s cyber attacks
The US is leading a push, along with allies and partners, to expose details of China’s malicious cyber activity.
- Matthew Cranston
Generation Z should fear a universal basic income
Minneapolis is offering $US500 a month for 18 months to 150 low-income residents with no work or spending restrictions but others worry it’s not so simple.
- Allison Schrager and Bloomberg Opinion
Democrats weigh backing Jay Powell as Fed leadership choice looms
Democrats are, at the very least, leaving the door open for Mr Powell to stay on for another four-year stint when his current one expires in February.
- James Politi and Colby Smith
Virus still killing Americans faster than guns, cars and flu combined
After 10 weeks of global declines in COVID-19 deaths, the highly transmissible delta variant is driving a new uptick.
- Tom Randall
- Opinion
- Biden's White House
How big spending got its groove back
The positive role played by the US federal government during the pandemic helped legitimise an active role for government in general.
- Paul Krugman
Moon wobble is bad news for living on the coast
Natural variations in the moon’s orbit are set to trigger high-tide flooding in the next decade, NASA scientists predict.
- Nick Allen
- Opinion
- Monetary policy
Fed raises risk of policy mistake and market accidents
There is still a window to avoid both a policy mistake and a market accident, but the window is closing.
- Mohamed A. El-Erian
Elizabeth Warren wants to investigate Warren Buffett’s tax practices
The Democrat is also targeting other billionaires and wants to probe the banks and wealth managers behind them.
Democrats eye carbon border tax to help fund $4.7trn spending package
News of the Democrats’ proposals came on the same day as the EU published its plans to impose a levy on imports based on their carbon footprint.
- Lauren Fedor and Aime Williams
US military brass feared ‘Reichstag moment’ from Trump
General Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told aides he feared the then-president and his acolytes might try to use the military to stay in office.
- Reis Thebault
Powell says inflation will likely moderate, even if elevated
In written testimony to Congress, Jerome Powell reiterated his long-held view that high inflation readings over the past several months have been driven largely by temporary factors.
- Christopher Rugaber
Biden blasts Trump’s ‘big lie’ in voting rights speech
The US President has largely tried to look past Mr Trump during his first months in office. But some Democrats have urged him to take a tougher stance.
- Lauren Fedor
