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Trump is an outlaw. And the US system was not built for an outlaw in the Oval Office

He zeroes in on legal loopholes and the assumption that our leaders – and their families – will be not be voracious scam artists.

06.09.2026 30

The Age

Maureen Dowd

Trump is an outlaw. And the US system was not built for an outlaw in the Oval Office

He zeroes in on legal loopholes and the assumption that our leaders – and their families – will be not be voracious scam artists.

06.09.2026 40

WA Today

Maureen Dowd

Trump is an outlaw. And the US system was not built for an outlaw in the Oval Office

He zeroes in on legal loopholes and the assumption that our leaders – and their families – will be not be voracious scam artists.

06.09.2026 30

The Sydney Morning Herald

Maureen Dowd

Trump is an outlaw. And the US system was not built for an outlaw in the Oval Office

He zeroes in on legal loopholes and the assumption that our leaders – and their families – will be not be voracious scam artists.

06.09.2026 30

Brisbane Times

Maureen Dowd

Trump is an outlaw. And the US system was not built for an outlaw in the Oval

He zeroes in on legal loopholes and the assumption that our leaders – and their families – will be not be voracious scam artists.

06.09.2026 40

WA Today

Maureen Dowd

Trump is an outlaw. And the US system was not built for an outlaw in the Oval

He zeroes in on legal loopholes and the assumption that our leaders – and their families – will be not be voracious scam artists.

06.09.2026 40

The Sydney Morning Herald

Maureen Dowd

Trump is an outlaw. And the US system was not built for an outlaw in the Oval

He zeroes in on legal loopholes and the assumption that our leaders – and their families – will be not be voracious scam artists.

06.09.2026 20

The Age

Maureen Dowd

Trump is an outlaw. And the US system was not built for an outlaw in the Oval

He zeroes in on legal loopholes and the assumption that our leaders – and their families – will be not be voracious scam artists.

06.09.2026 30

Brisbane Times

Maureen Dowd

Trump aide Natalie Harp’s magnificent obsession

The hit horror movie about a man who wishes for more adoration from a young woman, who falls under his spell and provides it, is playing out in...

24.08.2026 40

Financial Review

Maureen Dowd

Natalie Harp has a magnificent obsession with Trump

It’s a perfect (taxpayer-funded) relationship. She thinks he’s amazing. And he agrees.

23.08.2026 40

WA Today

Maureen Dowd

Natalie Harp has a magnificent obsession with Trump

It’s a perfect (taxpayer-funded) relationship. She thinks he’s amazing. And he agrees.

23.08.2026 40

The Sydney Morning Herald

Maureen Dowd

Natalie Harp has a magnificent obsession with Trump

It’s a perfect (taxpayer-funded) relationship. She thinks he’s amazing. And he agrees.

23.08.2026 40

Brisbane Times

Maureen Dowd

Natalie Harp has a magnificent obsession with Trump

It’s a perfect (taxpayer-funded) relationship. She thinks he’s amazing. And he agrees.

23.08.2026 40

The Age

Maureen Dowd

Natalie’s Magnificent Obsession

It’s a perfect (taxpayer-funded) relationship. She thinks he’s amazing. And he agrees.

23.08.2026 40

WA Today

Maureen Dowd

Natalie’s Magnificent Obsession

It’s a perfect (taxpayer-funded) relationship. She thinks he’s amazing. And he agrees.

23.08.2026 40

The Sydney Morning Herald

Maureen Dowd

Natalie’s Magnificent Obsession

It’s a perfect (taxpayer-funded) relationship. She thinks he’s amazing. And he agrees.

23.08.2026 40

The Age

Maureen Dowd

Natalie’s Magnificent Obsession

It’s a perfect (taxpayer-funded) relationship. She thinks he’s amazing. And he agrees.

23.08.2026 40

Brisbane Times

Maureen Dowd

No sex, please – we’re Gen Z. But this zero-eros movie neuters Homer’s Odyssey

The poem’s famous sex scenes have been excised, sapping erotic power from the female characters. Odysseus’ moral ambiguity is gone, too.

26.07.2026 40

The Sydney Morning Herald

Maureen Dowd

No sex, please – we’re Gen Z. But this zero-eros movie neuters Homer’s Odyssey

The poem’s famous sex scenes have been excised, sapping erotic power from the female characters. Odysseus’ moral ambiguity is gone, too.

26.07.2026 40

Brisbane Times

Maureen Dowd

No sex, please – we’re Gen Z. But this zero-eros movie neuters Homer’s Odyssey

The poem’s famous sex scenes have been excised, sapping erotic power from the female characters. Odysseus’ moral ambiguity is gone, too.

26.07.2026 50

The Age

Maureen Dowd

No sex, please – we’re Gen Z. But this zero-eros movie neuters Homer’s Odyssey

The poem’s famous sex scenes have been excised, sapping erotic power from the female characters. Odysseus’ moral ambiguity is gone, too.

26.07.2026 50

WA Today

Maureen Dowd

No sex, please – we’re Gen Z. But this zero-eros movie neuters Homer’s Odyssey

The poem’s famous sex scenes have been excised, sapping erotic power from the female characters. Odysseus’ moral ambiguity is gone, too.

26.07.2026 70

WA Today

Maureen Dowd

No sex, please – we’re Gen Z. But this zero-eros movie neuters Homer’s Odyssey

The poem’s famous sex scenes have been excised, sapping erotic power from the female characters. Odysseus’ moral ambiguity is gone, too.

26.07.2026 40

The Sydney Morning Herald

Maureen Dowd

No sex, please – we’re Gen Z. But this zero-eros movie neuters Homer’s Odyssey

The poem’s famous sex scenes have been excised, sapping erotic power from the female characters. Odysseus’ moral ambiguity is gone, too.

26.07.2026 40

Brisbane Times

Maureen Dowd

No sex, please – we’re Gen Z. But this zero-eros movie neuters Homer’s Odyssey

The poem’s famous sex scenes have been excised, sapping erotic power from the female characters. Odysseus’ moral ambiguity is gone, too.

26.07.2026 40

The Age

Maureen Dowd

Trump served us a batty stew of obsessive complaints ... about the time he was president

There was barely a peep from Republicans on Capitol Hill about the speech. You could almost hear the fervent wish of the Republicans watching: Please,...

19.07.2026 50

WA Today

Maureen Dowd

Trump served us a batty stew of obsessive complaints ... about the time he was president

There was barely a peep from Republicans on Capitol Hill about the speech. You could almost hear the fervent wish of the Republicans watching: Please,...

19.07.2026 70

The Sydney Morning Herald

Maureen Dowd

Trump served us a batty stew of obsessive complaints ... about the time he was president

There was barely a peep from Republicans on Capitol Hill about the speech. You could almost hear the fervent wish of the Republicans watching: Please,...

19.07.2026 50

The Age

Maureen Dowd

Trump served us a batty stew of obsessive complaints ... about the time he was president

There was barely a peep from Republicans on Capitol Hill about the speech. You could almost hear the fervent wish of the Republicans watching: Please,...

19.07.2026 50

Brisbane Times

Maureen Dowd

The lyin’ king Trump is the kind of leader Washington feared and reviled

America’s beloved first president famously wouldn’t tell a lie. The current one can’t stop telling lies.

05.07.2026 40

WA Today

Maureen Dowd

The lyin’ king Trump is the kind of leader Washington feared and reviled

America’s beloved first president famously wouldn’t tell a lie. The current one can’t stop telling lies.

05.07.2026 60

The Sydney Morning Herald

Maureen Dowd

The lyin’ king Trump is the kind of leader Washington feared and reviled

America’s beloved first president famously wouldn’t tell a lie. The current one can’t stop telling lies.

05.07.2026 50

The Age

Maureen Dowd

The lyin’ king Trump is the kind of leader Washington feared and reviled

America’s beloved first president famously wouldn’t tell a lie. The current one can’t stop telling lies.

05.07.2026 50

Brisbane Times

Maureen Dowd

‘Demagogue’ Trump would stun America’s founding fathers

As the United States celebrates 250 years of independence, the current president could not be more different than George Washington and his vision for...

05.07.2026 60

Financial Review

Maureen Dowd

Are Americans still fair, as my parents were? It’s unfair that I must ask

As America approaches its 250th birthday on July 4, I want to reclaim my faith in its decency.

28.06.2026 50

WA Today

Maureen Dowd

Are Americans still fair, as my parents were? It’s unfair that I must ask

As America approaches its 250th birthday on July 4, I want to reclaim my faith in its decency.

28.06.2026 50

The Sydney Morning Herald

Maureen Dowd

Are Americans still fair, as my parents were? It’s unfair that I must ask

As America approaches its 250th birthday on July 4, I want to reclaim my faith in its decency.

28.06.2026 100

The Age

Maureen Dowd

Are Americans still fair, as my parents were? It’s unfair that I must ask

As America approaches its 250th birthday on July 4, I want to reclaim my faith in its decency.

28.06.2026 50

Brisbane Times

Maureen Dowd

Trump marched in to transform DC’s famed reflection pool. The result is just like his presidency

On the hallowed site where Martin Luther King jnr gave his “I Have a Dream” speech, Trump promised to turn the water “American flag blue”. The...

21.06.2026 50

WA Today

Maureen Dowd

Trump marched in to transform DC’s famed reflection pool. The result is just like his presidency

On the hallowed site where Martin Luther King jnr gave his “I Have a Dream” speech, Trump promised to turn the water “American flag blue”. The...

21.06.2026 80

The Sydney Morning Herald

Maureen Dowd

Trump marched in to transform DC’s famed reflection pool. The result is just like his presidency

On the hallowed site where Martin Luther King jnr gave his “I Have a Dream” speech, Trump promised to turn the water “American flag blue”. The...

21.06.2026 70

The Age

Maureen Dowd

Trump marched in to transform DC’s famed reflection pool. The result is just like his presidency

On the hallowed site where Martin Luther King jnr gave his “I Have a Dream” speech, Trump promised to turn the water “American flag blue”. The...

21.06.2026 70

Brisbane Times

Maureen Dowd

The spell of Jeffrey Epstein haunts the White House

After a week bristling with lurid revelations, it’s clear that no matter how much the US president wishes him away, Jeffrey Epstein is haunting...

14.06.2026 60

WA Today

Maureen Dowd

The spell of Jeffrey Epstein haunts the White House

After a week bristling with lurid revelations, it’s clear that no matter how much the US president wishes him away, Jeffrey Epstein is haunting...

14.06.2026 60

The Age

Maureen Dowd

The spell of Jeffrey Epstein haunts the White House

After a week bristling with lurid revelations, it’s clear that no matter how much the US president wishes him away, Jeffrey Epstein is haunting...

14.06.2026 50

The Sydney Morning Herald

Maureen Dowd

The spell of Jeffrey Epstein haunts the White House

After a week bristling with lurid revelations, it’s clear that no matter how much the US president wishes him away, Jeffrey Epstein is haunting...

14.06.2026 60

Brisbane Times

Maureen Dowd

Why one woman has persisted as the world’s most shimmery sex symbol – and it wasn’t her looks

Norma Jeane Mortenson is getting the love she always craved. In a world that lacks artists who burn through the screen, Marilyn Monroe remains as...

07.06.2026 50

WA Today

Maureen Dowd

Why one woman has persisted as the world’s most shimmery sex symbol – and it wasn’t her looks

Norma Jeane Mortenson is getting the love she always craved. In a world that lacks artists who burn through the screen, Marilyn Monroe remains as...

07.06.2026 70

The Sydney Morning Herald

Maureen Dowd

Why one woman has persisted as the world’s most shimmery sex symbol – and it wasn’t her looks

Norma Jeane Mortenson is getting the love she always craved. In a world that lacks artists who burn through the screen, Marilyn Monroe remains as...

07.06.2026 50

The Age

Maureen Dowd

Why Marilyn Monroe has persisted as the world’s most shimmery sex symbol – and it wasn’t her looks

Norma Jeane Mortenson – who survived a mentally ill mother, 12 foster homes and a mudslide of sexual predation in Hollywood – is getting the love...

07.06.2026 60

Brisbane Times

Maureen Dowd