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Donald Trump

A photo of Alex Pretti is displayed during a vigil for Alex Pretti by nurses and their supporters outside VA NY Harbor Healthcare System in New York.

Justice Department opens civil rights probe into Alex Pretti shooting

The move follows what appeared to be a shift in approach by the Trump administration after the shooting caused widespread outrage.

Crime and Justice

6:33am

President Donald Trump speaks during a cabinet meeting at the White House, Thursday, January 29, 2026, in Washington.

Trump expands trade war with Canada, threatens 50% tariff on aircraft

Trump’s threat posted on social media came after he threatened over the weekend to impose a 100% tariff on goods imported from Canada if it went forward with a planned trade deal with China.

World

3:09pm

Melania will premiere today at the Kennedy Centre, where the Trumps are expected to walk the red carpet before the film opens in theatres worldwide.

Melania Trump's doco premieres in US ahead of global release

"Everyone wants to know. So here it is," she said in the trailer for the nearly two-hour film.

Entertainment

1:07pm

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has had his first face to face encounter with US President Donald Trump.

NZ says no to Trump's Board of Peace, joins nations declining invitation

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon said the Government had considered the invitation but decided not to join "in its current form".

Politics

8:54am

2:49

President Donald Trump holds the charter during a signing ceremony on his Board of Peace initiative at the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum.

Trump's Board of Peace backfires, sparks new support for the UN

The president's attempt to sidestep the United Nations through his new Board of Peace appears to have inadvertently backfired.

World

Fri, Jan 30

1:31

A photo of Alex Pretti is displayed during a vigil for Alex Pretti by nurses and their supporters outside VA NY Harbor Healthcare System in New York.

Justice Department opens civil rights probe into Alex Pretti shooting

The move follows what appeared to be a shift in approach by the Trump administration after the shooting caused widespread outrage.

Crime and Justice

6:33am

President Donald Trump speaks during a cabinet meeting at the White House, Thursday, January 29, 2026, in Washington.

Trump expands trade war with Canada, threatens 50% tariff on aircraft

Trump’s threat posted on social media came after he threatened over the weekend to impose a 100% tariff on goods imported from Canada if it went forward with a planned trade deal with China.

World

3:09pm

Melania will premiere today at the Kennedy Centre, where the Trumps are expected to walk the red carpet before the film opens in theatres worldwide.

Melania Trump's doco premieres in US ahead of global release

"Everyone wants to know. So here it is," she said in the trailer for the nearly two-hour film.

Entertainment

1:07pm

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has had his first face to face encounter with US President Donald Trump.

NZ says no to Trump's Board of Peace, joins nations declining invitation

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon said the Government had considered the invitation but decided not to join "in its current form".

Politics

8:54am

2:49

President Donald Trump holds the charter during a signing ceremony on his Board of Peace initiative at the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum.

Trump's Board of Peace backfires, sparks new support for the UN

The president's attempt to sidestep the United Nations through his new Board of Peace appears to have inadvertently backfired.

World

Fri, Jan 30

1:31

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Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell.

Federal Reserve keeps interest rates, Trump insists on lower

The Federal Reserve left its key rate unchanged at about 3.6% after lowering it three times last year.

World

Thursday 4:30pm

The Independence Arch 3D model.

Monumental ambitions: What's the 'Arc de Trump' all about?

A historian unpacks the implications of Trump's new architectural designs.

World

Thursday 3:56pm

Bruce Springsteen appears at the AFI Fest premiere of "Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere" in Los Angeles on October 22, 2025.

Bruce Springsteen calls out Trump and ICE in new song

The lyrics of Streets of Minneapolis, released today, describe how “a city aflame fought fire and ice ’neath... King Trump’s private army”.

Entertainment

Thursday 12:22pm

Secretary of State Marco Rubio appears before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, on Capitol Hill.

Rubio defends Trump on Venezuela while trying to allay Greenland fears

The US Secretary of State addressed Trump's intentions, and his often bellicose rhetoric that have alarmed US allies in Europe and elsewhere.

World

Thursday 12:15pm

Federal Bureau of Prisons officers threaten AP video journalist Mark Vancleave with arrest on Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2026, in Minneapolis

Trump suggests tensions easing but Minneapolis' streets see little change

The strain was evident when Trump made a leadership change by sending his top border adviser to Minnesota to take charge of the immigration crackdown.

World

Thursday 8:14am

1:30

President Donald Trump speaks during an event at Carnegie Mellon Auditorium.

Trump says 'time is running out' for Iran to 'come to the table'

Iranian officials reached out to the wider Middle East overnight over the threat of a possible US military strike on the country.

World

Thursday 7:38am

1:30

US President Donald Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney hold a bilateral meeting during the G7 Leaders' Summit on June 16, 2025 in Kananaskis, Alberta. Canada is hosting this year's meeting of the world's seven largest economies.

'I meant what I said': Carney defiant against Trump after Davos speech

The Canadian prime minister received widespread praise and attention for his remarks, upstaging Trump at the gathering.

World

Wed, Jan 28

Teresa Hurst waves an upside-down American flag on top of a car during a rally against federal immigration enforcement

Minneapolis shooting scrambles gun rights politics for Trump

Prominent Republicans and gun rights advocates helped elicit a turnabout this week after bristling over the administration’s characterisation of a protester shot by federal officers in Minneapolis.

World

Wed, Jan 28

Immigration and Customs Enforcement acting director Thomas Homan speaks during an interview in East Point, Ga., April 26, 2018.

US judge orders ICE chief to appear in court or risk contempt

The order comes a day after US President Donald Trump ordered border czar Tom Homan to take over his administration’s immigration crackdown in Minnesota.

World

Wed, Jan 28

People visit a makeshift memorial for 37-year-old Alex Pretti, who was fatally shot by a US Border Patrol officer over the weekend.

Trump's Minnesota about-face is the latest in pattern of sudden shifts

President Donald Trump shifted toward a more conciliatory approach with Democratic leaders in Minnesota, a sudden change in tack after the shooting of a protestor.

World

Tue, Jan 27

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NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, center, greets the audience prior to his address during the Security and Defence Committee at the European Parliament in Brussels

NATO chief says 'good luck' to thoughts Europe can defend itself without US

Tensions festering within NATO over US President Donald Trump’s renewed threats in recent weeks to annex Greenland.

World

Tue, Jan 27

President Donald Trump speaks before departing on Marine One from the South Lawn of the White House, January 20, 2026, in Washington.

Europe's leaders finding how to speak with one voice against Trump

Trump's vow to take over Greenland and punish any country that resists, seems to have been the crucible.

World

Tue, Jan 27

Students walk out of South Quad on the University of Michigan campus in Ann Arbor

He left for an internship. Trump's travel ban made it impossible to return

The ban was one of several ways the Trump administration made life harder for international students during his first year back in the White House.

World

Tue, Jan 27

US judge considers pause to Minnesota's immigration crackdown

US judge considers pause to Minnesota's immigration crackdown

Meanwhile, Donald Trump said he had a “very good” call with governor Tim Walz about the latest shooting and that they are now on a “similar wavelength.”

World

Tue, Jan 27

US President Donald Trump attends the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland

Trump blames Democrats for 'chaos' in Minneapolis

The US President also called on officials in Minnesota to work with immigration officers and "turn over" people who were in the US illegally.

World

Mon, Jan 26

Demonstrators hold signs during a protest in response to the fatal shooting of 37-year-old Alex Pretti in Minneapolis earlier in the day Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026, in Los Angeles.

Videos of deadly Minneapolis shooting contradict government statements

The Trump administration said ICE agents shot and killed 37-year-old Alex Pretti "defensively" as he "approached" them with a gun.

World

Mon, Jan 26

US President Donald Trump speaks to reporters on the South Lawn before boarding Marine One at the White House on January 16, 2026 in Washington, DC.

Analysis: A year in, Trump’s second term shows he wants absolute power

At stake this year are the future of democracy at home and alliances abroad, writes US politics expert Bruce Wolpe.

World

Mon, Jan 26

This photo provided by Luo Yun shows an undated photo of Guan Heng.

Chinese asylum seeker who exposed rights abuses fights to stay in the US

Guan Heng, who exposed human rights abuses in his native China, has been in US custody since being swept up in an immigration enforcement operation in August.

World

Sun, Jan 25

The coffins of seven British soldiers killed in Afghanistan, are driven through the town of Wootton Bassett, England, after repatriation to Britain, Tuesday, June 29, 2010 (file image).

Trump praises UK troops following fury over Afghanistan comments

Trump added that the bond between the two countries' militaries is "too strong to ever be broken" and that the UK "with tremendous heart and soul, is second to none (except for the USA)".

World

Sun, Jan 25

President Donald Trump speaks with reporters aboard Air Force One after leaving the World Economic Forum in Davos for Washington, Thursday, January 22, 2026.

Trump stirs talk of 'new world order' as global alliances shifting

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney is quickly emerging as a leader of a movement for countries to find ways to link up and counter the US.

World

Sun, Jan 25

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