Tom Minear

Some thoughts on the United States I’m leaving behind after two and a half years as the correspondent for @theheraldsun, the @dailytelegraph, the @couriermail and @theTiser. I’ll be back on deck at @theheraldsun in Melbourne next month. heraldsun.com.au/news/world/nor…

“I got a pardon from the President of the United States,” Chris Wade told his mum in Murwillumbah. “Yeah, but you needed a pardon,” she shot back. The Australian is now ready to explain why. To explain everything. Well, almost. dailytelegraph.com.au/news/world/nor…

They say the pen – or, in Donald Trump’s case, the Sharpie – is mightier than the sword. On the first day of his second term as America’s President, Mr Trump wielded both. heraldsun.com.au/news/world/uni…

When Joe Biden leaves the Oval Office next week, he will carry a legacy that for all of his achievements – and it is not an insignificant list – will forever be marked by his failure to know when to walk away. dailytelegraph.com.au/news/world/uni…

Shamsud Din Jabbar's New Year's Day rampage was not just the moment America’s luck ran out. It was the culmination of what could at best be called complacency – and at worst sheer incompetence – in the face of ever-increasing threats. heraldsun.com.au/news/world/uni…

How Andy Lee and a bunch of old mates came up with Old Mates, the pub of their dreams in the city that never sleeps. heraldsun.com.au/business/compa…

Three “narco-submarines” ferrying cocaine to Australia have been intercepted in a global drug bust that has exposed the stunning new smuggling trick used by South American cartels. heraldsun.com.au/truecrimeaustr…

The inside story of the most extraordinary comeback in American political history. heraldsun.com.au/news/world/im-…

Donald Trump is hired, Kamala Harris is fired, and the US will never be the same. heraldsun.com.au/news/opinion/u…

The Keystone State is the key. That’s Pennsylvania – a microcosm of the US with its mix of urban, suburban and rural communities, and the biggest battleground up for grabs. dailytelegraph.com.au/news/world/uni…

Exclusive: A failed Republican presidential candidate who led the charge to disqualify Donald Trump from next week’s election has been jailed for 15 years for a massive tax fraud scheme that ripped off Australian expats. heraldsun.com.au/news/world/uni…

One of Kamala Harris’s supporters described her rally as “an act of hope”. That’s what it felt like. People hoping, hoping, hoping – but not quite daring to believe. dailytelegraph.com.au/news/world/uni…

Donald Trump’s potential Treasury secretary has met with Treasurer Jim Chalmers amid mounting anxiety about the former president’s universal tariff plan if he returns to power. couriermail.com.au/news/national/…

Donald Trump is brushing off stunning allegations that would surely end Kamala Harris’s campaign if they were levelled against her. It begs the question: can anything stop him? heraldsun.com.au/news/world/uni…

“This is just one thing that it just does not matter who your dad is,” says Joe McGuire, the son of Eddie and the starting punter for the Ohio State Buckeyes, one of the biggest teams in college football. heraldsun.com.au/lifestyle/vwee…

Donald Trump has indicated that a key backer of the AUKUS pact will play a central role in his administration if he wins next month’s election, easing fears about the fate of the deal. adelaidenow.com.au/news/world/uni…

America on edge: An investigation into how the integrity of the US presidential election was challenged in 2020 and why a similar threat looms next month. Part one: dailytelegraph.com.au/news/world/uni… Part two: dailytelegraph.com.au/news/world/uni…

Australian security experts are baffled by what they say is Vice President Kamala Harris’s incorrect and naive declaration that Iran – not China – is America’s greatest adversary. heraldsun.com.au/news/world/uni…

Kevin Rudd has run up a $150,000 taxpayer-funded bill for overseas trips from the US since he was appointed as Australia’s representative in Washington DC, with a senior Labor figure quipping he has become the government's "ambassador to the world". dailytelegraph.com.au/news/national/…

The man who allegedly tried to kill Donald Trump on his Florida golf course wrote a chilling note months beforehand in which he outlined his plan to assassinate the former president and even predicted his failure. couriermail.com.au/news/world/uni…