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Russia-Ukraine war
Volodymyr Zelensky says Vladimir Putin ‘fears’ Donald Trump
The Ukrainian president admitted the previously top-secret casualty numbers a few hours after Trump released the data as evidence that the war needed to stop.
- by Rob Harris
Latest
Who’s fired? Trump signals an aggressive opening, threatening jail for Cheney and others
In his first sit-down broadcast network interview since winning re-election, Donald Trump vowed to pardon Capitol attackers and to try to end automatic citizenship for children of immigrants.
- by Peter Baker
Opinion
Opinion
How a dynamist and a populist could make or break modern America
You can imagine a scenario in which these two men unite and create a fusionism that uplifts America. But the potential tensions here are also important.
- by Ross Douthat
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
Trump picks Silicon Valley venture capitalist for ‘AI and Crypto Tsar’
David Sacks, the millionaire founder of Yammer and friend of Elon Musk, was key in attracting financial support from other entrepreneurs for Trump’s campaign.
- by Stephanie Lai and Hadriana Lowenkron
Tony Wright’s Column
USA
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
Democrats dismayed, angry at Joe Biden over sweeping pardon of son Hunter
“A president’s family and allies shouldn’t get special treatment,” said Michigan Democratic senator Gary Peters.
- by Farrah Tomazin
Opinion
Trade wars
China is on a collision course with Trump. It just fired a warning shot
China has not wasted any time responding to the latest US attempt to restrain its development of a crucial industry. It was an unusual move and perhaps a sign of things to come.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Opinion
Trump's White House
Trump is America’s Caligula. His mission is to destroy what made America great
Donald Trump’s bizarre appointments are alarming, but perhaps more worrying is who he wants to fire. Trump’s war on the so-called “deep state” is an assault on the apparatus that built America to greatness.
- by Nick Bryant