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Kevin Rudd met Donald Trump just over a week before the US president was sworn in, but there is scant detail about the interaction.

Federal PoliticsCommentsMystery surrounds what happened when Kevin met Donald

Mystery still surrounds a meeting between Kevin Rudd and Donald Trump earlier this year as the Prime Minister refuses to go into detail about the golf course encounter

Katina Curtis

US President Donald Trump, Treasurer Jim Chalmers

Federal PoliticsCommentsPremiumScramble for more details on Trump’s ‘200pc’ drug tariff

The Federal Government is chasing details from the US about the President’s tariff threat on pharmaceutical imports, which Jim Chalmers says injects unnecessary uncertainty into the economy.

Katina Curtis

Orthocell chair John Van Der Wielen with chief executive officer Paul Anderson.

BiotechCommentsPremiumTrump’s pharma tariff threat a ‘cage-rattling exercise’

The boss of WA regenerative medicine company Orthocell has labelled Donald Trump’s latest tariff threat on pharmaceuticals as a ‘cage-rattling exercise’ to try elicit panic from the Australian Government.

Cheyanne Enciso

Donald Trump.

CNBC newsCommentsTrump threatens extra tariff on ‘Anti-American’ countries

US President Donald Trump has threatened an additional 10 per cent tariff on countries that orient themselves along the ‘Anti-American policies of BRICS.’

Anniek Bao

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says he does not expect Australia’s tariff rate to change. / Martin Ollman / NewsWire

EconomyPremium‘Boomerang’: Tariff threat after new deadline

The Trump administration has issued a fresh threat to countries failing to negotiate trade deals with the US.

Joseph Olbrycht-Palmer

US President Donald Trump says he’s considering a UFC match on the White House grounds. (Photo by Sarah Stier/Getty Images)

Donald TrumpCommentsFight fan Trump floats UFC bout on White House lawn

US President Donald Trump says he’s considering a UFC fight on the White House grounds with up to 25,000 spectators as part of America’s 250th birthday celebrations.

Kimberley Braddish

Lia Thomas’s name will ben removed from the record books.

SportTransgender swimmer stripped of titles after Trump threat

American sporting record books will be rewritten after one of the nation’s biggest schools bowed to pressure from the Trump administration and agreed to ban transgender women competing in female sports.

Matt Shrivell

The public feud has returned as Elon Musk renews his criticism of a spending bill, prompting US President Donald Trump to fire up. (AP PHOTO)

World NewsCommentsTrump: DOGE might ‘come back and eat Elon’, as feud heats up

The public feud has returned as Elon Musk renews his criticism of a spending bill, prompting US President Donald Trump to fire up.

Kimberley Braddish

The Republican-controlled Senate narrowly passed US President Donald Trump’s massive tax and spending package, with the bill now facing a tight vote. (AP PHOTO)

World NewsCommentsUS Senate passes Trump’s ‘big, beautiful’ spending bill

The Republican-controlled Senate has narrowly passed US President Donald Trump’s massive tax and spending package, with the bill now facing a tight vote.

Staff Writers

US Senate Republicans are still trying to pass Donald Trump’s sweeping tax-cut and spending bill.

PoliticsUS Senate struggling to pass Trump's ‘big, beautiful bill’

US Senators continue voting in a marathon session on a series of amendments to US President Donald Trump's tax-cut and spending bill, which will add $5 trillion to US debt.

Richard Cowan, Bo Erickson and David Morgan

The Prime Minister says his government is engaging ‘with everyone in the United States’ in its bid to keep the AUKUS defence pact on track amid a snap review by the Pentagon.

Federal PoliticsCommentsAlbanese pushing case for AUKUS with ‘everyone’ in US

The Prime Minister says his government is engaging ‘with everyone in the United States’ in its bid to keep the AUKUS defence pact on track amid a snap review by the Pentagon.

Katina Curtis

After a landmark Supreme Court decision, Donald Trump says he’ll act quickly to push through stalled policies and challenge court orders blocking his agenda. (Photo by Jim WATSON / POOL / AFP)

PoliticsCommentsTrump hails Supreme Court ruling as go-ahead for his agenda

THE WASHINGTON POST: After a landmark Supreme Court decision, Donald Trump says he’ll act quickly to push through stalled policies and challenge court orders blocking his agenda.

Justin Jouvenal, Cat Zakrzewski, Jeremy Roebuck

US President Donald Trump says a Gaza ceasefire could be reached within days. (AP PHOTO)

World NewsCommentsTrump predicts Gaza ceasefire ‘within the next week’

US President Donald Trump says a Gaza ceasefire could be reached within days, claiming negotiations between Israel and Hamas are making progress despite deep divisions.

Kimberley Braddish

Donal Trump and Anthony Albanese.

FEDERAL POLITICSAlbanese says not shaken by US threats to Spain on defence

Anthony Albanese has held firm that Australia will set its own agenda on defence spending and refused to be drawn on the US placing tariffs pressure on Spain. 

Caitlyn Rintoul

Buckingham Palace will roll out the red carpet for Donald Trump, despite the King’s concerns about the US president’s threats to annexe Canada.

King Charles IIIVideoCommentsKing Charles in surprise move for Donald Trump

Buckingham Palace has confirmed a surprise change to Donald Trump’s expected visit to the UK, despite the King’s concerns about the US president’s threats to annexe Canada.

Peta Rasdien

Anthony Albanese says Trump’s ‘f…’ bomb reflects Australia’s ceasefire desire.

FEDERAL POLITICSPM says Trump’s ‘f…’ bomb reflects Aussie ceasefire desire

Anthony Albanese says Donald Trump’s ‘f…’ bomb - cursed in frustration over a breached Israel-Iran ceasefire - was ‘consistent’ with Australia’s desire for de-escalation in the region. 

Caitlyn Rintoul

Donald Trump looks on as he is greeted by NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte and the Prime Minister of the Netherlands Dick Schoof on the second day of the 2025 NATO Summit on June 25, 2025.

Middle EastVideoComments‘Total obliteration’: Trump likens Iran strike to Hiroshima

US President Donald Trump has compared American strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities to Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Madeline Cove and Ben McClellan

President Donald Trump ordered Israel to stop dropping bombs on Iran, calling it a ‘major violation’ of a fragile ceasefire between the two countries he announced just hours ago.

World NewsVideo‘They don’t know what the f. . . they are doing’: Trump

US President Donald Trump ordered Israel to stop dropping bombs on Iran, calling it a ‘major violation’ of a fragile ceasefire between the two countries he announced just hours ago.

Bloomberg

The tentative ceasefire in the Middle East — if it takes effect and lasts — may pull traders’ main focus back to the crude market’s underlying fundamentals.

EnergyCommentsPremiumMotorists breathe easy as oil extends slump on ceasefire

Oil extended a slump as US President Donald Trump announced a tentative ceasefire between Iran and Israel.

Bloomberg 

President Donald Trump has announced the US has bombed Iran.

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Trump announces US has bombed Iran nuclear sites

‘Great American Warriors’: President Donald Trump has confirmed to the world that the US have dropped bombs on Iranian nuclear sites.

Morgan de Smidt and Matt Shrivell

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese may make a trip to the NATO summit.

FEDERAL POLITICSNetherlands trip? PM flags potential trip to NATO summit

Anthony Albanese has flagged a trip to NATO summit in the Netherlands next week after his meeting with US President Donald Trump on the sideline of the G7 in Canada was canned.

Caitlyn Rintoul

Trump’s sons, Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr, unveiled the service, dubbed Trump Mobile, Monday at Trump Tower in New York

BusinessCommentsPremiumTrump dials into a new mobile phone venture

US President Donald Trump’s family is getting into the mobile phone business with a Trump-branded service that will rely on pre-existing wireless networks and hardware that is ‘made in America’.

Kelcee Griffis and Ashley Carman

Anthony Albanese shakes hands with Secretary General of NATO Mark Rutte during a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the G7 Leaders' Summit.

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Meeting cancelled: Trump departs G7 before meeting Albo

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s meeting with Donald Trump has been cancelled after the US President decided to leave the G7 summit a day early because of the escalating conflict in the Middle East.

Katina Curtis

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese reacts during a bilateral meeting with Prime Minister of Canada Mark Carney ahead of the G7 Leaders' Summit in Kananaskis, Alberta, Canada, Sunday, June 15, 2025. (AAP Image/Lukas Coch) NO ARCHIVING

Federal PoliticsPremiumPM told to ask Trump ‘what can I do to help’

Anthony Albanese has been advised to disarm Donald Trump in his first meeting with the US President with an opening offer of ‘what can I do to help’.

Katina Curtis