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People hold signs in New York thanking President Donald Trump.

What does war with Iran mean for US voters? In November, we’ll know

When US presidents start wars overseas, it doesn’t always win over the voters back home.

  • Bruce Wolpe

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New details have come to light about US influence on Joh Bjelke-Petersen’s role in the fall of Gough Whitlam

‘She heard an extraordinary plot against the government’: The call that would haunt Winsome Nash

For 50 years, a family kept a secret about events leading up to a cataclysmic moment in Australian politics. Now they are going public.

  • Peter Rees
The late Jimmy Carter and president-elect Donald Trump.

Pious Carter and profane Trump were very different, but not in every way

Both the late Jimmy Carter and the resurgent Donald Trump prided themselves on being outsiders and breaking norms, and they both were suffused with grievances.

  • Maureen Dowd
The awkward interactions between key figures during Jimmy Carter’s funeral.

Awkward ghosting and a death stare: The curious dynamics at Jimmy Carter’s funeral

A rare, frosty handshake between Donald Trump and the former vice president who defied him. An awkward ghosting. And warm, unexpected smiles. Here’s how the scenes unfolded.

  • Chris Zappone, Tom McKendrick and Chris Paine
President Joe Biden, first lady Jill Biden watch as a joint services body bearer team carries the casket of former President Jimmy Carter during the state funeral at Washington National Cathedral in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025.

‘God bless you, Jimmy Carter’: Ex-president’s funeral provides rare moment of unity

President-elect Donald Trump and former president Barack Obama shared a laugh. Trump even shook Mike Pence’s hand.

  • Farrah Tomazin
An artist’s impression of the 29-unit housing block that Homes NSW is proposing to build for seniors in Riverwood in Sydney’s south.

Where’s the good in Riverwood? Get a heart!

With the number of homeless aged people on the rise, how heartwarming it would have been if the residents of Hardwicke Street had put out the welcome mat.

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The flag above the White House is lowered to half-mast.

Trump complains that US flags will be half-mast on his inauguration day

Joe Biden has ordered protocol be followed for 30 days to honour Jimmy Carter, as is custom when a US president dies.

A 1979 file image of Skylab, at the end of its mission when it crashed back to Earth. Skylab was the first United States manned space station, launched on May 14, 1973.

The day Jimmy Carter told Australia he was sorry

A little-publicised apology from the 39th US president, who died on Sunday at the age of 100, took place after America’s first space station exploded.

  • Farrah Tomazin
Bono of U2, former President Jimmy Carter and co-founder of WAFF Nile Rodgers attend We Are Family Foundation 2016 Celebration Gala in 2016 in New York

How Jimmy Carter became the first rock ’n’ roll president

Jimmy Carter was a music fan way before he considered a career in politics, and it helped him pioneer a road to the White House.

  • Nick Galvin
President Jimmy Carter waves to the crowd while walking with wife Rosalynn and their daughter, Amy, to the White House following his inauguration on January 20, 1977.

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