After Sam Altman unveiled his ambitious $500 billion "Stargate" AI infrastructure project, Elon Musk took the opportunity to throw shade at his rival

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said his country would respond if President Donald Trump pressed ahead with his threat to impose tariffs on the US’s northern neighbour. “Canada provides many of the necessary inputs that the American economy is going to need,” he said on Tuesday morning.

Watch live as President Donald Trump announces investments worth up to $500 billion for infrastructure tied to artificial intelligence by a new partnership formed by OpenAI, Oracle and SoftBank.

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Since the ABC is in the process of presenting its talent for 2025, it’s an appropriate time to reassess its “expert” commentators on the US as America enters the second presidency of Donald J. Trump.

With President Biden largely out of the public eye for the past six months, it could be argued that Trump already began his second term, Sharyl Attkisson writes.

Though Trump started off his first full day as president by unceremoniously firing four prominent appointees from Biden’s administration, several of them pushed back on his characterization of events.

President Donald Trump said he was still considering putting a 10 per cent tariff on imports from China on February 1, repeating a threat he made on the campaign trail. His comment came one day after he ordered an investigation into Chinese trade practices but held off on announcing any new tariffs.

Donald Trump is granting security clearances to new White House officials before they have completed the vetting process, according to reports. The US President claimed he was forced to issue temporary, six-month clearances because of a backlog left by his predecessor, Joe Biden.

The White House is also expected to announce a multibillion-dollar investment in U.S. artificial-intelligence infrastructure.