news2shortsWorld’s richest man has unleashed a flurry moves ranging from compromising Americans’ private data to nearly upending USAid. Where does it stop? In 2022, the Pentagon proudly announced a committee on diversity and inclusion, with a Marine veteran and senior director at Tesla, serving as a member. The same person, who spent nearly six years … Read more
Seven years after winning their first Vince Lombardi trophy, the Philadelphia Eagles are back on the NFL mountaintop. Behind a MVP performance from quarterback Jalen Hurts and a defensive masterclass that harried, hit and harassed Patrick Mahomes into one of the worst games of his career, the Eagles roared to a 40-22 victory over the … Read more
US allies criticize Trump’s plans as harmful for all parties. Plus, the Forbes ‘30 Under 30’ curse Good morning. Donald Trump has said he will announce new 25% tariffs on all steel and aluminum imports into the US on Monday that would affect “everybody”, including its largest trading partners, Canada and Mexico, in another major … Read more
US president also said he would announce reciprocal tariffs – raising US tariff rates to match those of trading partners – this week Ben Makuch writes for the Guardian today examining the legality of Elon Musk’s actions in attempting to gut the US federal government operation: In 2025, as a “special government employee” heading up … Read more
The Philadelphia Eagles’ ferocious defense denied the Kansas City Chiefs a Super Bowl three-peat as quarterback Jalen Hurts threw for two touchdowns and ran for a score to earn Super Bowl MVP honours. ‘The last time around, it wasn’t our time,’ Hurts said. ‘Sometimes you have to accept you have to wait your turn’ Merciless … Read more
Report published before international summit suggests US is moving away from a global leadership role Donald Trump’s proposed “land grabs” mean the US is no longer perceived as “an anchor of stability, but rather a risk to be hedged against”, the organisers of the Munich Security Conference have said in their pre-summit report. The report, … Read more
As an erratic president imposes his international doctrine, countries are forging more stable alliances. His US will be weaker, not stronger One of the ways in which Donald Trump’s regime obscures and distracts is by drawing our eyes constantly to the US – its raw power to intimidate and bully other nations, and its vast … Read more
A 25% tariff on all steel and aluminium imports, as flagged by the US president, is more evidence that Australia cannot rely on our ally to do good by us News that the US president, Donald Trump, was going to place a 25% tariff on all steel and aluminium imports in to the US came … Read more
US president says 25% tariffs on steel and aluminium imports to be introduced this week as Chinese tariffs come into effect Trump to announce 25% aluminum and steel tariffs as China’s levies against US come into effect Hello and welcome to our live coverage of the world’s response to Donald Trump’s announcement that he will … Read more
A federal court on Sunday issued a temporary restraining order blocking the Trump administration from sending three Venezuelan immigrants held in New Mexico to the Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, detention camp as part of the president’s efforts to remove illegal immigrants from the U.S. Lawyers for the trio said in a legal filing that the detainees … Read more
