Today
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
This Month
‘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
- Analysis
- Greensill Capital
Why this Trump acolyte is key to finding some of Greensill’s billions
The fight to recover funds owed to Credit Suisse clients has landed with West Virginia coal baron and senate hopeful Jim Justice and a small Virginia bank.
- Updated
- Owen Walker and Joshua Franklin
Blinken visits Ukraine as Russia’s military closes in
The US secretary of state arrived in Kyiv to reassure Ukraine of America’s commitment to help the push-back against Russian advances that have gathered pace in recent months.
- Matthew Lee
Biden orders Chinese crypto miner to sell land near US military base
The US president ordered MineOne Partners and its associates to sell the land next to Warren Air Force Base in Wyoming within 120 days.
- Demetri Sevastopulo
Biden says US will not supply weapons for attack on Rafah
The US president’s ultimatum is aimed at trying to deter Israel’s planned operation in Gaza.
- Updated
- Zeke Miller and Aamer Madhani
Trump tax cut extension cost swells to $7 trillion, CBO warns
New estimates from Congress’ fiscal scorekeeper make clear the cost of extending the 2017 tax cuts enacted under president Donald Trump.
- Erik Wasson
- Opinion
- China relations
It’s economically naive to cut China out of direct investment
There may be more “like-minded” investors out there for Australia’s resources sector, but will they be as competitive and efficient as China has proven to be?
- James Laurenceson
April
- Analysis
- US 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
- Opinion
- Russia-Ukraine war
Fight to the last Ukrainian
More aid is clearly a relief for Kyiv, but will it be enough to reverse the tide of the war?
- James Curran
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
FTC sued a day after banning non-compete agreements for workers
The US Chamber of Commerce lawsuit alleges the Federal Trade Commission lacks the power to adopt sweeping rules such as the ban on so-called non-compete agreements.
- Daniel Wiessner
- Opinion
- Australian economy
Goyder’s fight at Woodside highlights question of shareholder voice
Activist battles largely take place between big asset managers and their proxy advisers. Is it time their retail investors got more of a say in what they do?
- Jonathan Wenig
Columbia University calls in police to arrest pro-Palestine protesters
The university’s clampdown on “disruptive” demonstrations leads to more than 100 arrests as US campus tensions intensify over the Israel-Hamas war.
- Jonathan Edwards, Susan Svrluga and Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff
- Opinion
- Biden's White House
America’s Superman foreign policy flies again
The hard realism of Asian allies about America’s direction must jostle with the return of uncompromising American unilateralism.
- James Curran
US House to vote on Ukraine and Israel aid, despite hardliners
Republican Speaker Mike Johnson says the long-awaited vote on aid for Ukraine, Israel and the Indo-Pacific should go ahead as soon as this weekend.
- Patricia Zengerle
Iran’s attack increases pressure on US Congress over aid
Speaker Mike Johnson has sat for two months on a $US95 billion supplemental package that would send support to US allies, and provide aid for civilians in Ukraine and Gaza.
- Stephen Groves
- Analysis
- Monetary policy
Hot inflation torpedoes Biden’s White House bid
Consumer prices are rising quickly at just the wrong time for the US president.
- James Politi and Claire Jones
Ukraine’s army at breaking point after new Russian missile strikes
Ukraine is at its most fragile in more than two years of war, according to officials, as Russian missile attacks blow up Kyiv’s biggest power plant.
- Natalia Drozdiak, Peter Martin and Kateryna Chursina
- Opinion
- Russia-Ukraine war
Trump’s Republicans are now Putin’s puppets
Republicans have a stark choice before the US presidential election: help Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky or pay fealty to Donald Trump.
- Edward Luce