Today
Biden suffers strong protest vote in primary win
The US president easily won the Democratic primary in Michigan, despite significant defections by voters in his party angry at his support for Israel’s war in Gaza.
- Matthew Cranston
Yesterday
US economy set to expand faster than previously expected
The US economy looks set to expand 2.2 per cent this year after adjusting for inflation, according to the National Association for Business Economics.
This Month
Israel mulls hostage deal as Netanyahu plans ‘action’ in Rafah
Israel’s war cabinet discuss the framework of a potential new deal to free hostages held in Gaza, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says
- Bryan Pietsch, Andrew Jeong and Victoria Bisset
US ports get $30b anti-China upgrade in warning to Australia
The Biden administration has acted to protect ports from Chinese cyber threats. Experts say Australia should consider doing the same.
- Matthew Cranston
Israel hits Rafah after Biden warns Netanyahu to spare civilians
A series of Israeli strikes hit Rafah, the city on the southern edge of the Gaza Strip where 1.4 million Palestinians have fled to escape fighting elsewhere.
- Najib Jobain and Samy Magdy
Biden moving closer than ever to a breach with Netanyahu over war in Gaza
Joe Biden’s growing frustration with Benjamin Netanyahu means he no longer views the Israeli leader as a productive partner who can be influenced.
- Yasmeen Abutaleb, John Hudson and Tyler Pager
Democrats’ worries grow over Biden memory claims
The broad conclusion, both inside and outside US President Joe Biden’s inner circle, is that a dangerous and misleading caricature of his performance was at risk of setting in.
- Ashley Parker, Michael Scherer and Tyler Pager
Senate unveils $182b bipartisan border security bill with Ukraine aid
In a deal that would mark the most significant changes in US immigration policy in decades, Senators earmarked $US60 billion for Ukraine effort.
- Richard Cowan and Costas Pitas
Biden orders more strikes as US hits Houthi cruise missile
The US said it had targeted Iranian-backed armed groups for a third straight day, and destroyed an anti-ship missile fire by Houthi militia in Yemen.
- Jon Gambrell and Tara Copp
Austin says cancer diagnosis was a ‘gut punch,’ apologises for secrecy
Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin says he did not direct his staff to withhold his recent cancer diagnosis from the White House.
- Missy Ryan and Dan Lamothe
- Opinion
- Global economy
The US economy is better than ‘Goldilocks’
Now that it appears the Federal Reserve has achieved a better-than-Goldilocks soft landing, Bidenomics looks pretty good in retrospect.
- Paul Krugman
January
- Updated
- Middle East tensions
Middle East situation ‘incredibly volatile’, warns Blinken
New reports suggest there was no effort to shoot down the enemy drone that hit the US desert base because it was confused with an American one.
- Updated
- Idrees Ali and Phil Stewart
- Analysis
- US recession
How much longer can the US avoid recession?
Job cuts and softer spending may be the warning signs that it’s too early to say the world’s biggest economy will continue to expand this year.
- Updated
- Matthew Cranston
US economy shrugs off recession prediction with 3.3pc growth
Gross domestic product increased at a faster-than-expected 3.3 per cent annualised rate in the December quarter, capping a year of stellar economic growth.
- Lucia Mutikani
Boost for Biden rival Phillips in New Hampshire vote
Joe Biden rival candidate Dean Phillips has collected a big slice of the Democrat vote in New Hampshire.
- Matthew Cranston
Iowa farmers stung by Trump’s trade war eye Haley
Trump’s tariff-heavy trade policies are less popular than many people think, and already swaying voters in the upcoming Iowa caucus.
- Matthew Cranston
Pentagon keeps Defence Secretary’s hospitalisation under wraps for days
US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin has been hospitalised since the beginning of the year for an unspecified medical issue, the Pentagon said on Saturday.
- Updated
- Phil Stewart and Arshad Mohammed
Biden says Trump is ‘obsessed with the past, not the future’
President Joe Biden warns that Donald Trump’s efforts to retake the White House in 2024 pose a grave threat to the nation.
- Updated
- Colleen Long and Zeke Miller
Blinken returns to Middle East amid fears of widening conflict
US concerns about Israel’s end game, and more immediate worries about attacks in the Red Sea, Lebanon, Iran and Iraq, mean the US secretary of state has a full agenda.
- Matthew Lee
Tough rules for US green hydrogen incentives open door for Australia
The Biden administration’s proposed regulations for accessing tax credits are worrying some developers, but are likely to keep more investment local.
- Matthew Cranston
