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- US politics
Watching this Watergate classic makes me yearn for pre-Trump America
The movie All the President’s Men is 50 years old. Watching it reminds us of a time when dishonour in US politics came at a price and The Washington Post was in good hands.
- Bill Wyman
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- Explainer
- Trump diplomacy
‘Cuba is finished’: What does Trump want with the island nation?
Without oil from Venezuela, the island nation is in crisis. Now Trump says he will ‘take’ it. How did Cuba get here, and what’s next?
- Angus Holland
‘A moment of sheer nihilism’: Trump is running into a problem many political populists face
The legal battle launched by the US president against the head of America’s central bank threatens a repeat of the darkest days of Richard Nixon.
- Shane Wright
- Analysis
- Israeli-Palestinian conflict
A moment of hope breaks the despair of the Gaza war – thanks to Donald Trump
For all his flaws, the US president is personally invested in ending this conflict, and this moment may even bring him nearer a Nobel Prize.
- Matthew Knott
- Tony Wright’s Column
- Trump's America
The view from isolation: Amid relentless ill tidings, at least the faithless fairy wrens make sense
A spot of seclusion prompts an uncomfortable musing on the world’s ailments.
- Tony Wright
- Opinion
- Jimmy Carter
Jimmy Carter: A challenged presidency, a life of moral courage
He lived for 100 years. While Jimmy Carter could not fulfil his goals as president, the values he stood for – honesty, compassion, morality – endure.
- Bruce Wolpe
More respect for women is key to choice over babies
For some couples, there are insurmountable obstacles to having children.
State of US vote system puts ours in good light
The only upside of watching US elections and electoral processes is, as Peter Hartcher says, to develop or renew one’s own appreciation of Australia’s electoral system
Frydenberg 2.0 presents a problem for the Liberals
A faction in Kooyong has started to agitate for Mr Josh Frydenberg to be the Liberal candidate in this seat. The current selected candidate, Amelia Hamer, won the right to be the candidate with a large majority vote nine weeks ago. Will we next hear that she has “generously” stepped aside for Mr Frydenberg? Being a woman, she must know what action is expected of her.