October 2024
Why women will decide the US election
This time around, it’s women who are angry – not so much about the demise of factory jobs as the threats to abortion rights, and the economic risks posed by Trump.
September 2024
Harris must dazzle in debate or face defeat
The Democratic candidate badly needs a breakthrough in this week’s televised debate to restore momentum to her faltering campaign.
August 2024
Chinese officials struggle to build ties with Trump’s campaign
The frustrated overtures come amid rising bipartisan hostility towards China and a realisation in Beijing that US policy is unlikely to become less hawkish.
July 2024
‘Vague, tactless’: Can Kamala Harris overhaul her image to beat Trump?
The vice president’s strengths and failings are under renewed scrutiny by Democrats as Joe Biden backs her to replace him as president.
August 2022
The truth that set Liz Cheney free
Her lonely stance against Donald Trump was seen as treachery by today’s cult-like Republicans.
Cheney loses Republican primary in Trump victory
Liz Cheney, the Republican who has spearheaded investigations into Donald Trump’s role in the US Capitol uprising, has lost her congressional primary race.
Dick Cheney calls Trump a ‘coward’ in ad for daughter Liz
The former Republican vice president said Donald Trump lost the 2020 election: “I know it, he knows it, and deep down, I think most Republicans know it.”
May 2021
Cheney assails Trump in fiery remarks before vote on her ouster
The Republican Representative said former president Donald Trump and his loyalists were undermining democracy and risked inciting more violence.
October 2020
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.
America's long history of secrecy over presidential illness
The history of illness in US presidents is largely one of intense secrecy, and occasionally flat-out lies.
January 2020
How Republicans came to deify the presidency
When US Republicans vote to acquit Donald Trump it will be the culmination of half a century of conservative thinking towards an all-powerful presidency,
May 2019
Why Washington is watching ScoMo's win
Australia has added itself to the long list of examples around the world of voters jabbing a sharp stick in the eye of experts, pollsters and the holders of elite opinion.