In this episode of Guardian Australia’s weekly US politics podcast, co-host Jonathan Jerusalemi And Reged Ahmed Discuss Donald Trump’s closed-door meeting with Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House. They also examine the president’s escalating attacks on the Smithsonian National Museum of American History, as well as his performance at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner.
July 27, 2026 6:00 pm, EDT President Donald Trump during a speech at the General Motors Proving Ground in Milford, Michigan on July 27. (Alex Brandon/Associated Press) key takeaways: President Donald Trump visited a GM testing facility in Michigan on July 27 and said the tariffs had revived American manufacturing and helped automakers. The trip
The parasite, called Cyclospora, has sickened thousands of people in at least 41 states and made headlines about “explosive diarrhea” that lasted for weeks. But as Guardian health contributor and reporter Melody Schreiber told host Carter Sherman, Donald Trump’s cuts at the CDC and FDA have weakened the agencies’ ability to stop the dangerous outbreak
Donald Trump has announced a historic nuclear deal with Saudi Arabia, moving forward on efforts to prevent Tehran from developing nuclear weapons. What is the reason for Trump’s new agreement with Riyadh? And how is it likely to be received at home and across the Gulf? Jonathan Freedland spoke to Robert Jimison, who covers Congress
July 23, 2026 5:45 PM, EDT President Trump’s new tariffs will take effect just as the worldwide temporary 10% tariffs expire at 12:01 a.m. on July 24. (Alex Brandon/Associated Press) key takeaways: President Donald Trump imposed 10% to 12.5% Section 301 tariffs on imports from 60 countries as the temporary worldwide tariffs are set to
July 22, 2026 9:20 am, EDT Prime Minister Mark Carney in Ottawa on July 21. (Justin Tang/The Canadian Press via AP) key takeaways: Prime Minister Mark Carney said on July 21 that he and President Donald Trump agreed to accelerate trade talks after the U.S. announced 50% tariffs on most Canadian goods. The tariffs would
July 22, 2026 1:22 pm, EDT President Donald Trump announced the plan at the US Army War College during the 2026 Pennsylvania Defense and Innovation Summit in Carlisle. (Tom Brenner/Bloomberg) key takeaways: President Donald Trump said some military truck drivers will soon be automatically eligible for commercial driver’s licenses. The President linked the proposal to
NASA It’s been 23 years since Concorde carried passengers across the Atlantic Ocean in record time, but we may be getting closer to ending the decades-long ban on supersonic flights over land. The Federal Aviation Administration is working to establish new acceptable noise limits for supersonic flight
Since Donald Trump re-entered the White House, General Motors has worked hard to shift its business practices to capitalize on the policy changes by spending billions of dollars increasing U.S. production of GM’s biggest vehicles, introducing new pickup trucks, high-end, gas-powered Cadillacs and military vehicles. So far, it has paid off massively. The General has
Donald Trump has shocked the world by demanding to appoint FIFA president Gianni Infantino as the next Secretary-General of the United Nations in place of Antonio Guterres, whose term is due to end at the end of December. The unusual proposal comes at a time when relations between Trump and Infantino have become increasingly close,