This Month
What a second Trump presidency could bring
The influential American conservative platform Project 2025 has spent two years crafting a 900-page proposal for key areas of immigration, tax and trade.
- Matthew Cranston
April
The loyal lieutenant who buried Trump’s secrets
David Pecker, ex-publisher of The National Enquirer, testified at the trial that Donald Trump personally thanked him for hiding potentially damaging stories.
- Jonah E. Bromwich, Ben Protess and Michael Rothfeld
Trump’s immigration rhetoric makes inroads with some Democrats
The Republican candidate has ramped up anti-immigrant rhetoric, and it appears to be resonating with some of the voters Joe Biden will need to win over.
- Will Weissert and Jill Colvin
March
Joe Biden addresses questions of foul play in bridge collapse
The US president says there is no reason to believe anything intentional in the ramming of a ship that caused one of America’s biggest ports to be cut off.
- Matthew Cranston
Inside the battle to ban TikTok’s rising influence
US Congress has taken a first step to forcing the app’s Chinese owner to sell it off. Can the company fight back?
- Updated
- Demetri Sevastopulo, James Fontanella-Khan and Tabby Kinde
Netanyahu to struggle to stay in power: CIA
The US intelligence assessment report also predicted that Israel would struggle to achieve its goal of destroying Hamas in Gaza.
- Julian E. Barnes
February
‘Keeps me up at night’: How Australia’s government sees hacker threat
Home affairs Minister Clare O’Neil has warned of a growing threat of cyber sabotage to Australian power, telecommunications, health and water infrastructure.
- Nick Bonyhady
‘My memory is fine’: Biden lashes damaging documents report
The president hit back after the US Justice Department found he “wilfully” kept sensitive documents when he left office but should not face charges.
- Updated
- Andrew Goudsward
A dead son drove Biden to the presidency. Another pushed deals
After being vice president, Joe Biden wanted his oldest son to carry on the family political dynasty, while another tried to him drag into dubious business deals.
- Matt Viser
January
How China’s top spy agency is going toe-to-toe with the CIA
China’s all-powerful Ministry of State Security is deploying AI and other advanced technology to challenge the United States in the espionage stakes.
- Edward Wong, Julian E. Barnes, Muyi Xiao and Chris Buckley
- Opinion
- USA
America is on the mend. But do the voters believe it?
The resilience of the US economy and society during and after the pandemic has been remarkable. But so is the pessimism of ordinary people.
- Paul Krugman
November 2023
US thwarts plot to kill Sikh separatist, issues warning to India: FT
Gurpatwant Singh Pannun was identified as the target of the foiled plot, against whom India’s anti-terror agency filed a case on Monday.
- Reuters
The Russian agent who smuggled computer chips from France
Maxim Ermakov was part of an operation that obtained the sophisticated microchips for the Russian military.
- Chris Cook and Max Seddon
‘Never again’ Israel rally draws thousands in Washington
The demonstration was a resounding endorsement of one of America’s closest allies as criticism has intensified over Israel’s offensive in Gaza.
- Rebecca Santana and Michael Balsamo
October 2023
Sam Bankman-Fried testifies lawyers were involved in key decisions
FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried has sought to distance himself from responsibility for any wrongdoing in his testimony at his criminal fraud trial.
- Luc Cohen and Jody Godoy
Why Qatar is key to freeing 200 hostages
It took American and Qatari diplomacy, and self-interested decisions by Hamas, to bring two hostages safely back to Israel. Negotiations to release others are ongoing.
- Jeffrey Gettleman, Adam Goldman, Edward Wong and Ben Hubbard
ASIO on high alert as Middle East explodes
ASIO boss Mike Burgess says the agency has increased its vigilance since the Hamas attacks on Israel.
- Matthew Cranston
Five Eyes nations gather to fight China IP theft
Leaders of the Five Eyes intelligence agencies have gathered in Silicon Valley to call out China over intellectual property theft.
- Updated
- Matthew Cranston
Threat of home-grown terror ‘evolving continually’, warn ASIO, FBI
FBI director Christopher Wray the conflict in Israel had left a highly volatile environment which lent itself to domestic terror.
- Matthew Cranston
Trump ‘revealed nuclear submarine secrets’ to Anthony Pratt
Soon after leaving office, the former president shared information with the billionaire member of Mar-a-Lago, according to people familiar with the matter.
- Alan Feuer, Ben Protess, Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan
