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
US guarantees Australian AUKUS submarine sovereignty
The US committees key to the passing of AUKUS laws say the US will hand over full control of submarines sold to Australia under the recently approved arrangements.
- Updated
- Matthew Cranston
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
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
- Opinion
- Monetary policy
The Fed should resist market bullying
The risk is that, to avoid unsettling market volatility, the Fed validates the market loosening with sizeable rate cuts but is forced to reverse course later.
- Mohamed El-Erian
West warns Houthis as US looks to expand Red Sea force
A surge in its harassment of merchant shipping in the Red Sea by the Houthi militant group has driven a rise in oil prices and raised concerns about global trade.
- Updated
- Matthew Cranston
This Month
Google to pay $1b in antitrust settlement over Android app store
Terms of the settlement come after Epic Games, the maker of popular online game Fortnite, won a related case against the tech giant last week.
- Michael Acton
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
- 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
Rudy Giuliani ordered to pay $220m for false 2020 election claims
Donald Trump’s former lawyer has been ordered to pay two election workers $US148 million after he promoted false claims they stole the election in Georgia.
- Spencer S. Hsu, Tom Jackman, Rachel Weiner and Olivia Diaz
- 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
US Congress passes AUKUS to greenlight submarines
Legislation on the sale of nuclear submarines has finally passed the US House, and could soon save Australian companies $600 million in compliance costs.
- Matthew Cranston and Andrew Tillett
Watch Blackstone go all-in on Taylor Swift fandom with Christmas video
For its annual holiday film clip, an internal production that skirts the line between corporate self-promotion and self-parody, its staff emulate the pop star.
- Amanda Gordon
- Opinion
- Israeli-Palestinian conflict
The bigot’s guide to antisemitism
Anti-Jewish activists hide their prejudice behind euphemisms, criticism of Israel and the Palestinian cause, writes a Jewish journalist.
- Yair Rosenberg
- 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
US House votes for Biden impeachment inquiry
Republicans seeking evidence linking the President to his son’s business dealings have voted to open an impeachment inquiry, raising tensions before the US election.
- Updated
- Matthew Cranston
