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Donald Trump
I am a Christian but my tribe supports Trump. I feel like I no longer belong
The Christian support for Donald Trump, both in the United States and Australia, has left me scratching my head in dismay. I no longer know where I belong.
- by Tim Costello
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What a conviction for Hunter Biden will mean for criminal, Donald Trump
After Donald Trump’s courtroom dramas, the trial of Joe Biden’s son Hunter will now taint the Democrat veteran’s run for re-election.
- by Bruce Wolpe
Australia is losing faith in America – but support for Trump’s higher than ever
Donald Trump is easily the most popular Republican presidential candidate among Australians for at least the past 16 years, a major poll has revealed.
- by Matthew Knott
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New York, the city that made Trump rich and famous, has turned on him
Trump’s conviction was the third and heaviest blow he has been dealt in New York – a series of challenges to his ego, his bottom line, and now, perhaps, his freedom.
- by Jesse McKinley and Maggie Haberman
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Donald Trump
Trump jokes he will be dictator for a day. But could it happen?
They can pardon a turkey and order a nuclear strike – but could a sitting US president really sweep away all checks and balances on power and rule unchallenged?
- by Jackson Graham and Angus Holland
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Why Donald Trump will benefit from the US college chaos
A lesson from 1968 – and, indeed, from the 1972 election – is that campus unrest favours the Republicans.
- by Nick Bryant
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Interest rates
Why no news from the Fed is good news
The US central bank is sticking to the “higher for longer” interest rate scenario factored into financial markets, while downplaying the prospect of widely feared rate hikes.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
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Energy
Why Joe Biden’s real enemy is the price of oil
Joe Biden’s battle for re-election as president of the United States now faces a surprise new threat – the surging price of petrol.
- by Jonathan Leake
Trump will see nuclear subs as a ‘win-win’, US foreign policy guru predicts
A former adviser to George W Bush says Kevin Rudd shouldn’t be too worried about Donald Trump either.
- by Matthew Knott
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US politics
The bare-chested Forrest Gump factor that could make or break Trump and Biden
Like the Kennedys who preceded him, Robert F. Kennedy Jr is an attention-grabber, but he’s gathering real traction – especially among young American voters.
- by Nick Bryant
In combative speech filled with insults, Trump vilifies Biden and migrants
Former president Donald Trump blasted US President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address as an “angry, dark, hate-filled rant” that was more divisive than unifying.
- by Michael Gold