December 2024
Kash Patel, from ‘not a credible witness’ to pick to lead the FBI
Patel has been a vocal supporter of Donald Trump for years and has said he would upend the FBI and radically reshape its mission.
- Eric Tucker and Alan Suderman
October 2024
- Opinion
- Trump's America
Donald Trump’s secret sauce - he just gets very lucky
From The Apprentice to Hillary Clinton’s email scandal, something always seems to turn up for Trump. But every gambler knows his luck will run out.
- Pamela Paul
June 2024
- Opinion
- US election
Why next week’s Biden v Trump debate is so important
A set piece clash between Joe Biden and Donald Trump will turn less on policies than on manner and appearance. What they say will matter less than how they seem.
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- Edward Luce
June 2023
Defiant Trump rages against Biden after not-guilty plea
The former president’s plea sets up a legal battle likely to play out over coming months as he campaigns to win back the presidency.
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- Matthew Cranston
April 2023
Now Trump wants to defund the DoJ and FBI
Donald Trump, who is seeking to regain the presidency in 2024, took aim at federal law enforcement authorities even though the criminal charges against him were pursued not by them but by the Manhattan district attorney.
- Rami Ayyub
November 2021
How Biden won where Trump failed
Donald Trump promised an infrastructure bonanza of his own, but was always too distracted or combative for the relationship politics that has got the US$1.2 trillion funding over the line.
- Matt Viser
October 2020
- Analysis
- US election
Could the US polls get it as wrong as 2016?
Like the US election four years ago, the Democratic candidate is enjoying a healthy lead in the polls, leading some to distrust the pundits. But there is a big difference this time – Joe Biden is not Hillary Clinton.
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- John Kehoe
September 2020
Donald Trump is making book sales great again
From White House memoirs and journalistic exposés to full-throated defenses of the president, the Trump books keep coming and readers can't stop buying them.
- Elizabeth A. Harris and Alexandra Alter
February 2020
Trump hints at pardon for jailed friend Roger Stone
Donald Trump belittled the case and hinted broadly that he would use his clemency power to spare Stone if a judge did not agree to a retrial sought by defence lawyers.
- Peter Baker
August 2019
Justice Department won't prosecute Comey for leaking memo
Former FBI director James Comey was found to have leaked a memo about Donald Trump to the New York Times, but will not be prosecuted over it.
April 2019
Mueller report explicitly doesn't exonerate Trump
The report says the US president complained, "this is terrible. This is the end of my presidency," when told of the Russia probe.