This Month
Netanyahu backs Trump’s ‘remarkable’ Gaza plan
The White House defended Donald Trump’s “take-over” plan of the war-torn territory as US allies across Europe and the Middle East condemned the move.
July 2024
Biden says ‘I’m not going anywhere’ as calls to quit race grow
The president also told a group of key Democratic leaders that he was in the race to stay, chilling any talk of his withdrawal, participants said.
July 2023
Putin accused of ‘lust for power’ at NATO summit
US President Joe Biden attacked the Russian president as Ukraine won new security assurances at the NATO summit but no membership to the alliance.
May 2023
Biden, Republicans strike deal to avert debt default
The US president and Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy have agreed on terms to raise the borrowing limit, but they must convince sceptical members of their parties.
December 2022
Biden, Macron vow unity against Putin in Ukraine
The US and French presidents said they would continue to provide economic and military aid to Ukraine amid worries of waning support among Western allies.
February 2021
Trump lashes McConnell as Republican feud deepens
“Mitch is a dour, sullen, and unsmiling political hack, and if Republican Senators are going to stay with him, they will not win again.”
December 2020
Still seething,Trump hunkers down in White House 'man cave'
Sources in the White House paint a portrait of a lame-duck president who spends hours holed up with cronies and shows little interest in running the country.
November 2020
Vote counts push Biden closer to victory
Trump's lead is shrinking in Pennsylvania and Georgia while Biden is still ahead in Arizona and Nevada.
October 2020
Final Trump-Biden debate will feature 'mute' button
The Presidential Commission on Debates says each candidate's microphone at the debate in Nashville, Tennessee, will be silenced to allow the other to make two minutes of opening remarks at the beginning of each 15-minute segment.
No quarantine for the man next in line to Trump
Mike Pence has played a largely behind-the-scenes role in Trump's White House, although he is known to have presidential ambitions of his own.
July 2020
Trump finally dons a mask in public
The US President had previously refused to wear a mask in public or ask other Americans to do so.
June 2020
Trump orders big US troop cut in Germany, official says
President Donald Trump wants to cut the number of US troops in Germany by more than 25 per cent to 25,000.
May 2020
Trump terminating US relationship with World Health Organisation
The President said the WHO "failed to make the requested and greatly needed reforms" that he demanded earlier this month.
February 2020
Trump offered to pardon Assange if he co-operated, UK court hears
All Julian Assange had to say was that Russia had nothing to do with WikiLeaks' publication of Democratic Party emails in 2016, a London court heard.
August 2019
Trump says China talks 'productive' but Beijing vows retaliation
China has vowed to counter the latest US tariffs on $US300 billion of Chinese goods.
July 2019
'Send her back!': Trump intensifies attacks at raucous rally
The crowd cheered the US President as he accused four Democrat congresswomen of 'helping to fuel the rise of a dangerous, militant hard left'.
June 2019
Trump to decide on China tariffs after G20
US President Donald Trump says he will decide whether to carry out his threat to hit Beijing with higher tariffs later this month.
May 2019
Trump, Putin discuss new nuclear pact possibly including China
The two leaders also discussed efforts to persuade North Korea to give up nuclear weapons, the political discord in Venezuela, and Ukraine during a call that stretched over an hour.