US politics
The 92-year-old who changed the world
A textbook inspired Morris Chang to create a company that is now a $US500 billion juggernaut and part of our everyday lives. It also put him at the centre of a technological cold war between the US and China.
- by Paul Mozur and John Liu
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Donald Trump pleads not guilty to additional charges as Republicans release Biden bank records
The charges also accused two Trump employees of conspiring with the former president to delete the footage at his Mar-a-Lago resort.
- by Farrah Tomazin
US officials beginning to think the truth may really be out there
Three highly credentialed whistleblowers have testified to a US congressional hearing that UFOs are real and that the government is covering up the evidence.
- by Farrah Tomazin
Man suspected of threatening Biden shot and killed
Special agents were trying to serve a warrant on the home of Craig Deleeuw Robertson in Provo, south of Salt Lake City.
- by Lindsay Whitehurst and Sam Metz
Investigators obtained secret warrant for Trump’s Twitter account
Trump said the Justice Department “secretly attacked my Twitter account, making it a point not to let me know about this major ‘hit’ on my civil rights”.
- by Alanna Durkin Richer
Analysis
Analysis
Republicans hunt for Hunter Biden scandal big enough to sink Joe, save Trump
The danger is that ongoing ructions surrounding the Biden family will continue to be a headache for a president heading into an election.
- by Farrah Tomazin
Opinion
Russia-Ukraine war
Vladimir Putin is getting a cash boost and the West needs to stop it
Surging oil prices are allowing Russia to generate more revenue to fund its war. It might be time for the West to step in.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Judge tosses Trump’s defamation suit against writer E Jean Carroll
The ruling shuts down, at least for now, Trump’s effort to turn the legal tables on E. Jean Carroll, who won a sexual abuse judgment against him in May.
- by Jennifer Peltz
Tension in Camelot over RFK Jr’s run at the White House
While on a visit to Australia, the only grandson of JFK joined a growing list of Kennedys speaking out against Robert F. Kennedy’s bid to become president.
- by Peter Baker
Opinion
Global economy
Why this billionaire Wall Street legend is so worried about the future
The massive wealth transfer that occurred during the pandemic is poised to cause problems. And Australia will not be immune.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Opinion
USA
Try looking at the Trump legal saga without congratulating yourself
I ask you to try on a vantage point in which we anti-Trumpers are not the eternal good guys. In fact, we’re the bad guys.
- by David Brooks