Today
Trump seeks to spin court ruling into political gold
The former president’s re-election bid may hinge on upcoming judgments in the US Supreme Court.
- James Politi, Stefania Palma and Alex Rogers
More states gear up to hear challenges to Trump’s eligibility
More than a dozen other states have pending legal challenges under the same amendment, according to US media reports.
- Matthew Cranston
Yesterday
Elon Musk’s X in political advertising push to offset revenue falls
Plans for new political ads team to hit $US100 million in sales ahead of US presidential election are met with industry scepticism.
- Hannah Murphy
- Analysis
- Middle East tensions
National security wolves howl at moon over Red Sea warship
Cries of outrage over the decision not to deploy to the Middle East are obscuring questions about Australia’s basic defence capabilities.
- James Curran
- Analysis
- Israeli-Palestinian conflict
The Houthi rebels ignored for 10 years who threaten global trade
Gulf experts say the West may have underestimated the power of the Iran-backed militant group.
- James Rothwell and James Crisp
Colorado Supreme Court disqualifies Trump from holding office
The ruling makes Donald Trump the first presidential candidate in US history to be deemed ineligible for the White House under a rarely used provision of the US Constitution.
- Updated
- Andrew Goudsward and Jack Queen
- Opinion
- Inflation
Beware economists who won’t admit they were wrong
From an economic point of view, 2023 will go down in the record books as one of the best years ever.
- Paul Krugman
What the Colorado ruling means for Donald Trump
While it sounds like a potential dagger to the former president’s 2024 election hopes, it’s unlikely the Colorado Supreme Court landmark ruling will do much to hinder the Republican frontrunner.
- Susie Coen
This Month
US envoys work for new hostage deal as Israeli barrage continues
US officials have repeatedly expressed concern about the large number of civilian deaths in Gaza. Still, there is no sign yet that a shift in the war is imminent.
- Tara Copp, Melanie Lidman and Samy Magdy
- Opinion
- Russia-Ukraine war
Ukraine and its backers need a credible path to victory
The country no longer has a convincing theory of victory. Unless they can come up with one, Western support for Ukraine will continue to waver.
- Gideon Rachman
Apple to halt US sales of smartwatches after patent loss
The company is preparing for a looming ban of models with a blood oxygen sensor – a feature first added to the line-up in 2020 – that Masimo says it invented.
- Updated
- Mark Gurman
Trump bemoans record sharemarket as just making ‘rich people richer’
Donald Trump, the “billionaire” frontrunner for the 2024 Republican nomination, often took credit for a rising market when he was president from 2017 to 2021.
- Tim Reid
US fears as China eyes EV factories in Mexico
Three of China’s biggest EV makers are scoping sites for plants. The push puts Latin America’s second-largest economy in the middle of the US-China trade war.
- Christine Murray, Amanda Chu and Edward White
Trump glorifies Putin, uses Nazi rhetoric in campaign speech
The former US president demonised immigrants as “poisoning the blood of our country” and called January 6 defendants “hostages”, amid alarm over his language.
- Isaac Arnsdorf
Israel found the Hamas money machine years ago. Nobody turned it off
Agents worried as millions poured in. Hamas bought weapons and plotted an attack. The authorities now say the money helped lay the groundwork for the October 7 assault.
- Jo Becker and Justin Scheck
- Analysis
- Monetary policy
US rate cuts a boon for Biden in election year
Lower borrowing costs are set to bring relief to US voters in a presidential voting year after a long period of high inflation.
- James Politi and Colby Smith
Israel using unguided ‘dumb bombs’ in Gaza strikes
The revelation, disclosed in a US intelligence assessment, emerged as American officials press Israel to take a more targeted approach to its military campaign.
- John Hudson, Louisa Loveluck and Victoria Bisset
- Analysis
- Global economy
Anyone seen that US recession?
The US economy avoided a recession this year but, if history is any guide, it’s still a possibility.
- Matthew Cranston
- Exclusive
- AUKUS
Defence deal makers team up as US Senate approves AUKUS legislation
Security experts say the approval will send a strong message to China and strengthen the military industrial bases of both Australia and America.
- Updated
- Andrew Tillett and Matthew Cranston
Brussels’ rule-setting for AI isn’t pretty, but someone’s got to do it
The potential for AI to change economies and societies is unknown. Someone needs to be thinking methodically about how its power can be channelled for good.
- Alan Beattie
