Today
- Opinion
- US election
Seven theories of why Biden is losing
The US president is running like he’s winning, which he isn’t. From his age to economic management, voters are turning off the Democrats’ nominee.
- Ezra Klein
- Opinion
- Protests
What campus protesters get wrong about divestment
Resisting magical thinking about how financial markets work would help them better direct their efforts today.
- The Economist
‘Are you staring me down?’: Heated Trump trial boils over
The judge cleared the court in the former president’s trial after his tense exchange with a defence witness. The star prosecution witness also admitted stealing.
- Matthew Cranston
Cohen testifies stealing from Trump was ‘self-help’
Michael Cohen testified he was upset about his annual bonus being cut after he fronted his own money to buy the silence of porn star Stormy Daniels.
- Jack Queen, Jody Godoy and Andy Sullivan
Yesterday
Joe Biden’s pollution rules throw up barrier to US natural gas projects
New air quality standards will require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to more closely examine the impact of LNG projects on the surrounding air quality.
- Myles McCormick
This Month
Biden’s Atlanta trip highlights duel with Trump for black voters
While overwhelming support from black voters was key to Joe Biden’s 2020 victory, there’s concern among his supporters that Donald Trump is making inroads.
- Skylar Woodhouse, Nancy Cook and Akayla Gardner
Trump pledges to be gun owners’ most ardent ally
The former president accepted the endorsement of the National Rifle Association, claiming that the right to bear arms was “under siege” by the Biden administration.
- Jazmine Ulloa
- Opinion
- Trump's America
Trump shows the cost of pettiness among the powerful
Donald Trump’s vendetta against wind turbines is not unusual among plutocrats and tech lords who believe they should have more say.
- Paul Krugman
The number that sums up Biden’s biggest economic problem
While price rises have cooled from more than 9 per cent to 3.4 per cent, household budgets have not recovered since Biden took office.
- Updated
- Matthew Cranston
‘That is a lie’: Trump’s lawyer attacks Cohen’s credibility
The former president’s lawyers have attempted to destroy Michael Cohen’s credibility, grilling the prosecution’s star witness at the “hush-money” trial.
- Michael Sisak, Jennifer Peltz and Michelle Price
Inside the weird, deluded world of Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago
The former president exists in a parallel universe inside the walls of his beloved Florida estate.
- Ben Terris and Josh Dawsey
Dalio warns of US debt pile, and he wants Taylor Swift for president
The billionaire founder of Bridgewater Associates is worried about investors being able to absorb new supply, and why he would vote for Taylor Swift as president.
- Kate Duguid
They still hate him, but Wall Street’s big donors turn to Trump
Exasperated with Joe Biden’s policies, top financiers are increasingly on board for a second Trump term despite being alienated during his first presidency.
- Rob Copeland
Morrison says Trump legal ‘pile-on’ political
Speaking in Washington, Scott Morrison backed Donald Trump’s assertion that America’s legal system is being used against him.
- Updated
- Matthew Cranston
‘Let’s get ready to rumble’: Biden and Trump agree to TV debates
The two men will go head-to-head on CNN on June 27 then on ABC News on September 10.
- Updated
- Zeke Miller and Jill Colvin
- Opinion
- Globalisation
America’s race to tear up trade rules hurts everyone
The US is growing tired of upholding the economic rules it laid out for the world after 1945. But tariffs only punish consumers and undermine competitiveness.
- Edward Luce
How 18-year-old Barron Trump could follow in his father’s footsteps
The youngest of Donald Trump’s children graduates high school this week, which makes him a target for the press.
- Kate Wills
US stocks close at record high on slower inflation pace
Wall Street notched record closes after data showed price growth moderated, bolstering investor hopes for interest rate cuts by the Federal Reserve.
- Updated
- Matthew Cranston
AUKUS is ok with Trump, says Morrison
Donald Trump has indicated solid support for the AUKUS submarine deal, according to former prime minister Scott Morrison, who met with the former president at Trump Tower in New York on Wednesday AEST.
- Matthew Cranston
US to send $1.5b in new military aid to Israel
The White House has alerted Congress a security package is in the works, after it paused a bomb shipment last week in a warning to Israel over its war in Gaza.
- James Politi