US President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House on Wednesday.

Trump becomes chair of leading cultural centre. Artists quit

The US president’s actions have prompted an outcry in the cultural world.

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White House senior counselor for trade and manufacturing Peter Navarro (centre).

Trump tariff warrior says Australian ‘China-owned’ companies are flooding US market. It’s not true

A top adviser to the US president has launched an extraordinary attack on Australian aluminium exporters,making a claim rejected by independent economists – and US trade data.

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Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton are going to need to confront the profound changes that Donald Trump brings to the world order.

Trump is the US president Australia had to have

Donald Trump is brazenly upending the world order and threatening mostly America’s friends. Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton will need to confront these profound changes.

  • Shaun Carney
Elon Musk speaks during an event in the Oval Office with President Donald Trump at the White House.

‘Some things I say will be incorrect’:Musk defends DOGE sloppiness

Standing beside the president in the Oval Office,billionaire Elon Musk admitted to making errors of fact,as Donald Trump lashed out at the courts for blocking his agenda.

  • Michael Koziol
Marc Fogel on an airplane after his release from Russia,on Tuesday.

Trump says ‘we were treated very nicely by Russia’ as jailed American tastes freedom

Marc Fogel was arrested in Moscow in 2021 and was serving a 14-year prison sentence. His family and supporters said he had been caught with medically prescribed marijuana.

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Peter Navarro,White House Senior Counselor for Trade and Manufacturing.

Trump’s top trade adviser:‘Australia is killing our aluminium market’

The comments come less than 24 hours after the US president held out hope of a tariff exemption for Australian steel and aluminium.

  • Michael Koziol
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Why Elon Musk and J.D. Vance went to bat for a self-described racist

One “kid” at a time,Trump’s inner circle are leading a cultural revolution where the old world rules do not apply – especially for government employees.

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President Donald Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance leave a presidential inauguration event last month.

I don’t see J.D. Vance as my successor:Trump

The US president suggested it was too early to consider endorsing Vance to lead the Republican ticket in 2028,but added he was a “very capable” politician.

  • Connor Stringer andDavid Millward
Donald Trump signed a flurry of executive orders today.

Australia accused of breaking its word on exports as Trump presses go on tariffs

Trump said he would give “great consideration” to Australian exemptions,but his executive order accuses the government of breaking its word on aluminium exports.

  • David Crowe,Michael Koziol andOlivia Ireland

We’re on Trumpian time now. Albanese’s win could last five minutes or five years

Anthony Albanese just survived round one in a political boxing match against Donald Trump – a bout that has him at constant risk of a knockout blow before the election.

  • David Crowe