Today
The real reason Trump’s egomania is so dangerous
The president has engaged in a spree of self-aggrandisement unlike any of his predecessors, making himself the inescapable force at home and around the world.
Epstein boasted of his ties to Naomi Campbell
The supermodel previously claimed she was an acquaintance of the convicted sex offender. Emails shed new light on the extent of their interactions.
Yesterday
Trump working on rollback of steel and aluminium tariffs
The president is poised to scale back more tariffs amid rising costs for US businesses and consumers, and in a bid to check his faltering approval rating.
Gates Foundation ‘sullied’ by Epstein link, chief says
The philanthropic group’s staff have expressed concern about the impact of the chair’s ties to the disgraced financier after his 2008 conviction.
This Month
Dubai’s Bin Sulayem quits DP World after Epstein ties exposed
Emails between Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem and Epstein show the two men exchanged intimate messages and attempted to broker deals for one another.
Virginia Giuffre estate row elevated to senior WA judge
The court battle over the Epstein survivor’s multimillion-dollar estate has pitted her lawyer and friend against her children.
Trump axes US power to regulate climate change
The US president has scrapped a key finding that underpinned the ability of regulators to curb emissions, as he steps up his assault on global warming policy.
Citigroup bumps CEO Jane Fraser’s pay to record $59m
The 22 per cent increase in remuneration makes her among the best paid Wall Street bank CEOs – and just shy of JPMorgan boss Jamie Dimon’s package.
Goldman Sachs’ top lawyer resigns over Epstein files
The bank had been steadfast in its support of Kathy Ruemmler even as documents showed she was a close ally of the sex offender through his 2019 arrest.
Trump’s border tsar ends Minnesota immigration crackdown
Tom Homan touted the operation as a success, with 4000 people detained – though many of them have no criminal records, including children and US citizens.
Hiroshima to hypersonics: A new nuclear arms race is triggered
For the first time since 1972, the world’s superpowers are operating without limits, spending billions to modernise arsenals as old treaties collapse.
Pam Bondi lashes out in Congress over handling of Epstein files
The US attorney-general came under fire from legislators but defended the Trump administration’s release of the documents and its violent immigration enforcement.
US House rebukes Trump and overturns Canada tariffs
Six Republicans broke with the president’s party to pass the measure to end the tariffs, which are part of the president’s signature economic policy.
US adds surprise 130,000 job but job creation is weakest since 2020
The latest delayed jobs report included major revisions that reduced the number of jobs created last year to just 181,000, less than half the previously reported.
Zuckerberg flees California for ‘billionaire bunker’
The Meta CEO and his wife are the latest California billionaires to reportedly buy a home in Florida, amid concerns over the introduction of a wealth tax.
Trump to order companies to buy coal-fired power to revive industry
The Trump administration will evoke special wartime powers to force defence companies to buy power from coal plants in contracts with the Pentagon.
Person detained over kidnapping of mother of TV host
The arrest came shortly after a video was released of an armed, masked intruder at the home of the kidnapped 84-year-old mother of TV host Savannah Guthrie.
Trump told police ‘everybody’ knew of Epstein, Lutnick visited island
The president allegedly told a police chief Jeffrey Epstein’s abuse of girls was widely known as the commerce secretary hit back over his ties to the financier.
US Congressmen demand six mysterious men be named in Epstein files
After viewing unredacted files, US legislators are demanding to know why the men’s names were publicly concealed in the Jeffrey Epstein sex-trafficking probe.
A genuine anti-Trump backlash is finally under way
As the president’s behaviour becomes more and more indefensible, from ICE shootings to posting racist memes, a resistance is gathering some steam.
Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl show was about unity. Trump hated it
As a political message, it was pretty harmless. But in the context of Donald Trump, who is never shy about stoking division, the performance was pointed.
Will the real Kevin Warsh stand up to Donald Trump?
If the nominee for chairman of the Federal Reserve values his place in history, he must confound his sceptics and not bow to the US President on interest rates.
Private jets and front-row seats: Super Bowl fans face steep costs
Americans may be cutting back in a difficult economy, but not at the Super Bowl, the biggest sporting event in the United States, kicking off on Monday AEDT.
Trump’s commerce chief Lutnick ensnared in Epstein files
Howard Lutnick had claimed to have distanced himself from Jeffrey Epstein even before the disgraced financier was convicted of a sex crime in Florida.
Washington Post publisher steps down after gutting workforce
Jeff Bezos appointed the British-born Will Lewis to turn around the storied newspaper’s fortunes, but now he too is gone after sacking hundreds of staff.
