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New York police enter an upper floor of Hamilton Hall at Columbia University to arrest protesters.

New York police storm Columbia University, arrest dozens

Police moved in to arrest pro-Palestinian protesters at the Ivy League university, which has been struggling to balance freedom of speech with antisemitism concerns.

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  • Jonathan Allen and Brendan O'Brien
Plans for the expansion of  Tesla’s Supercharger network are now unclear.

Tesla fires Supercharger team, raising doubts about expansion

The abrupt dismissal of the Supercharger team caught many people off-guard, and suggested that Elon Musk had changed his mind about the company’s strategy.

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  • Jack Ewing
Donald Trump speaks outside the courtroom at the Manhattan criminal court.

Trump threatened with jail, fined for contempt of court

The former president was ordered to pay the fine by the end of the week, and he deleted, as ordered, the offending posts from his Truth Social account.

  • Michael Sisak and Jennifer Peltz

Yesterday

Student tents at the pro-Palestinian encampment at Columbia University in New York on Monday.

Columbia suspends pro-Palestinian protesters after talks stall

The university said days of negotiations between student organisers and academic leaders had failed to persuade demonstrators to remove the protest camp.

  • Julia Harte and Jonathan Allen
Paramount chairwoman Shari Redstone and Bob Bakish during happier times.

Private equity vs billionaires: Fight for Ten owner claims first scalp

Bob Bakish has stepped down as CEO of Paramount Global, the owner of Network Ten. With an ownership battle raging abroad, its Australian managers must watch on.

  • Sam Buckingham-Jones
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Threats against members of Congress are pervasive, and there has been a shocking surge since Trump took office.

Why Donald Trump is a style icon

With his dowdy, oversized navy suits and MAGA red caps, the former president’s personal brand is a crucial part of his accessible appeal.

  • Jemima Kelly

April

Donald Trump and Joe Biden are set to face off again in this year’s presidential election.

With Trump in court, can Biden take control of the election?

As polls show the race tied, the president is campaigning around the country and his opponent is stuck spending his days in a Manhattan courtroom.

  • James Politi, Lauren Fedor and Joe Miller
Police arrest protesters on Washington University’s campus in St. Louis.

US universities cite antisemitism in protest crackdown

Some universities moved to shut down encampments to protest against the Israel-Hamas war after reports of antisemitic activity.

  • Rachel Siegel and Christian Davenport
ECB president Christine Lagarde says price surges in Europe and the US are different, but investors are wary.

Investors bet global central banks forced to delay rate cuts

Market expectations for loosening interest rates in Europe and the UK have been pushed back, as the US grapples with a hot economy.

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  • Sam Fleming, Tommy Stubbington and Martin Arnold
Focus on Wall Street has shifted back to corporate earnings.

‘Built and destroyed’: Wall Street reels from ban on non-compete pacts

Financial companies are scrambling to rework contracts and tie down personnel after the US Federal Trade Commission’s decision last week.

  • Amelia Pollard, Brooke Masters and Joshua Franklin
Donald Trump and Jerome Powell were at loggerheads when he was President.

Trump to set interest rates himself under secret presidential plan

Donald Trump’s aides plan to roll back the independence of the US Federal Reserve if he returns to the Oval Office.

  • Tim Wallace
Traders on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange.

Wall Street lifts as Alphabet breaks $US2trn valuation

A rally in the tech megacaps gave US markets a boost while US economic data showed moderate inflation.

  • Chibuike Oguh
US inflation figures met economists’ expectations.

US inflation rises moderately in March

There had been fears that inflation could exceed forecasts in March after US economic figures showed a surprise slowdown in the economy.

Former film producer Harvey Weinstein appears in court in Los Angeles in October 2022.

Why Harvey Weinstein’s conviction was fragile from the start

For years, his lawyers have argued that his trial was fundamentally unfair because it included witnesses who fell outside the scope of the charges.

  • Jodi Kantor
Consumer spending, in the aggregate, shows little sign of cooling down.

Why the US is stuck in interest rate ‘purgatory’

GDP, adjusted for inflation, increased at a 1.6 per cent annual rate, but figures also included more evidence that efforts to tame price increases have stalled.

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  • Ben Casselman
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The catch-22 of high interest rates and high house prices

Elevated shelter inflation is keeping interest rates higher for longer. But high rates hold back the construction that could lead to lower rents and house prices.

  • Conor Sen
David Pecker, chairman of American Media, in 2010.

The loyal lieutenant who buried Trump’s secrets

David Pecker, ex-publisher of The National Enquirer, testified at the trial that Donald Trump personally thanked him for hiding potentially damaging stories.

  • Jonah E. Bromwich, Ben Protess and Michael Rothfeld
A demonstrator stands outside the Supreme Court as the justices prepare to hear arguments over whether Donald Trump is immune from prosecution.

Top US judges sympathetic to Trump in historic immunity case

Conservative Supreme Court judges signalled support for the former president on his claims of protection from prosecution in a case likely to impact the US election.

  • John Kruzel and Andrew Chung
Harvey Weinstein during his trial in New York in 2020.

#MeToo setback: NY court overturns Harvey Weinstein rape conviction

The New York ruling reopens a painful chapter in America’s reckoning with sexual misconduct by powerful figures.

  • Michael R. Sisak and Dave Collins
The US economy slowed in the first quarter.

US data shows economy in unexpected slowdown

Growth in the world’s biggest economy was slower than expected, while an acceleration in inflation reinforced expectations rates won’t be cut before September.

  • Lucia Mutikani