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Trump’s chief-of-staff Susie Wiles diagnosed with breast cancer
Susie Wiles, the first female White House chief-of-staff in US history, will continue to serve in the role “virtually full-time” while she undergoes treatment.
- by Michael Koziol
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John F Kennedy
How this Kennedy drama has flipped the Camelot script
A new dramatised series tracing the romance, wedding and stunningly sad death of JFK Jr and Carolyn Bessette has found unexpected audiences.
- by Maureen Dowd
How Trump’s elite marine unit could wrest control of the Strait of Hormuz
The redirection of this elite, rapid-reaction unit from Asia has raised concerns that the Pacific region could be left exposed.
- by Allegra Mendelson
Analysis
Middle East at war
With the Iran war entering its third week, what is Trump’s exit strategy?
The president must decide whether to wrap the war up, leaving Iran’s regime battered but intact, or press on and risk a spiralling conflict with even greater economic shockwaves.
- by David E. Sanger, Eric Schmitt, Tyler Pager, Ronen Bergman and Julian E. Barnes
As oil prices spike, is this the week Trump declares victory in Iran?
While Americans are more sceptical than ever about their country’s largest military undertaking in two decades, the US president may have done what he needed to exit the war.
- by Michael Koziol
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Middle East at war
‘We will hunt you down’: Is Pete Hegseth for real?
It’s been a busy year for Donald Trump’s unconventional pick for secretary of war. Now, with the war in Iran, he’s firmly in the spotlight. Where did he come from? How is he performing so far?
- by Angus Holland and Madeleine Heffernan
Trump sons looking to make a motza as drones rewrite the rules of war
Unmanned aircraft are dominating battlefields around the globe, and with the Pentagon ready to invest in the technology, US President Donald Trump’s eldest sons have taken a shine to drones.
- by Annie Massa and Tom Maloney
Analysis
US politics
With 10 damning words, Pete Hegseth says the quiet part out loud
“The sooner David Ellison takes over that network the better,” the US Defence Secretary said as he excoriated CNN over its coverage of the war against Iran.
- by Michael Koziol
How a Trump post sparked a wave of misinformation about Australia
The twists and turns in the tale of the Iranian women’s team in Australia this week came with a deluge of social media misinformation amplified by the usual suspects.
- by Michael Koziol
Man dead after ramming car into Detroit synagogue hosting preschoolers
Meanwhile, a shooting at a university campus in Virginia is being treated as an act of terrorism, with the assailant having been previously jailed for supporting Islamic State.
- by Michael Koziol
New tariffs coming: Trump fires fresh trade salvo at 15 countries, EU
The move came as US trade representative Jamieson Greer told an audience at the Australian embassy in Washington: “If your point is ‘take down all the tariffs’, we’re not going to get along.”
- by Michael Koziol