The US president took the time in his latest tour of the construction site to highlight his design choices for the ballroom.

‘I’m a really good builder’:Trump in his happy place as he shows off his White House ballroom dream

The US president may be keeping cards close to his chest on what happens next at Iran,but he can’t get enough of talking up his design choices for the $US400 million ballroom.

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Trump’s oldest sons,Donald Jr and Eric,have been raking in cash from business deals across the globe.

‘Get-out-of-jail-free card’:Trump lawsuit deal bars tax probes against him or his family – forever

Trump could have been liable for a tax bill exceeding $US100 million,plus interest and potential penalties,if he lost an IRS audit.

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Extending the lives of the Collins submarines could have been avoided if a replacement project was started a decade earlier.

Australia’s $11 billion upgrade to keep subs afloat while navy waits for AUKUS

Collins class submarines will get a scaled-back upgrade to keep them at sea while Australia waits for the first nuclear submarines to be delivered.

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Democrats described Trump’s lawsuit as a “sham” intended to instigate the favourable settlement that was announced on Monday.

‘Corruption on steroids’:Trump drops tax office lawsuit in return for $2.5b ‘slush fund’

The settlement will create an “anti-weaponisation fund” to compensate people who claim to have been victims of US government lawfare,possibly including those convicted over the January 6 riots,stunning his Democrat opponents.

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One key takeaway from Trump’s China visit should worry Australia

US President Donald Trump went to Beijing in a weakened state. China’s President Xi Jinping took full advantage.

  • Peter Hartcher
Doha city form the sky. The capital of the State of Qatar,located at the shore of the Persian Gulf. The Pearl is a purpose-built artificial island off the coast of Doha,connected to the mainland by a bridge. feb12cover TRAVELLER Middle East Moments by Belinda Jackson. Photo:iStock

Trump’s war is crippling one of the world’s richest nations

Qatar quickly turned from a pearl-diving backwater into one of the world’s wealthiest nations. Now it has been paralysed.

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A person worships as a recorded video message from President Donald Trump plays at Rededicate 250.

‘Rededicate our nation back to God’:Trump-backed prayer rally delivers for true believers

Against the backdrop of the Washington Monument,worship music blared from a stage at an event highlighting how the Trump administration is weaponising religion.

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FBI director Kash Patel at a Senate hearing in Washington last week.

Kash Patel’s ‘horrifying’ VIP snorkel next to sacred US military site

The FBI director continues to come under scrutiny for mixing government business with dates,holidays and leisure time.

  • Elizabeth Williamson andAdam Goldman
Donald Trump has in the past approved US military action against Islamist militants in Nigeria.

Trump says ISIS second-in-command Abu-Bilal al-Minuki eliminated

The joint operation to eliminate the terrorist was conducted by US and Nigerian forces,the US president said in a Truth Social post.

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‘Eating bitterness’:China is set up to outlast Trump’s America

Donald Trump goes to Beijing badly needing Chinese help to extricate himself from a quagmire that threatens to destroy his presidency and is entirely of his own making.

  • Ambrose Evans-Pritchard