US politics
Some see suspect in UnitedHealthcare CEO killing as a folk hero
Support for the shooter is similar to what emerges after a mass shooting on websites such as 4chan and 8chan. But what’s disturbing about this is “it’s mainstream”.
- by Hurubie Meko
Latest
Trump claims ‘historic’ mandate but Americans have mixed feelings
Broadly speaking, polls show most Americans do want change in many of the areas where Trump has promised sweeping reform. But that’s not the whole story.
- by Kaleigh Rogers
US Republicans have a ‘homoerotic obsession’ with Putin, says Johnson
Former British prime minister Boris Johnson told a Sydney audience he had spoken with Donald Trump since the election and believed the president-elect would have “no choice” but to support Ukraine.
- by Michael Koziol
Wave of hate flows for health insurance industry after CEO’s shooting death
The shooting death of UnitedHealthcare’s Brian Thompson outside a New York hotel prompted an outpouring of horror stories in their dealings with health insurance companies.
- by Dionne Searcey and Madison Malone Kircher
Tony Wright’s Column
US Votes 2024
War criminals, creepo dad: The Trump pardons that defy belief
The “prerogative of mercy” was once a matter of life and death, as one of my ancestors discovered. In the time of Donald Trump, it is toxic and corrupted.
- by Tony Wright
Clouds gather over Pete Hegseth’s nomination as Trump’s Pentagon chief
The Fox News presenter has vowed he would “never back down” even as other names are floated for the role, including one-time Trump rival Ron DeSantis.
- by Farrah Tomazin
She met Hunter Biden one night at a club. Then she fell in love
A chance meeting in December 2017 plunged Zoe Kestan, a downtown “it” girl and social media star, headlong into an unpredictable affair.
- by Joseph Bernstein
Opinion
Letters
Pardon who? America is a global laughing stock
Readers respond to Joe Biden’s decision to pardon his son Hunter, the business case for the Suburban Rail Loop, and medical bias.
Analysis
USA
Joe Biden’s pardon for Hunter defies historical comparison
Experts say there is little to no precedent for a pardon covering such a wide range of activity over such a long period.
- by Aaron Blake
Opinion
US Votes 2024
Joe Biden can be pardoned as a parent, but not as a politician
More is in play here than a father’s unrelenting grief over the welfare of his child. There is family history and emotion, and then there is politics.
- by Bruce Wolpe
Loyal and feisty, Donald Trump Jr emerges as enforcer for his father
An important purity test for nominees is whether would-be nominees support the lie that Donald Trump won the 2020 election.
- by Katie Rogers