November 2024
Former publisher Jimmy Lai testifies in HK national security trial
The founder of the now shut down Apple Daily pro-democracy newspaper was arrested in 2020 during a crackdown on mass protests that rocked Hong Kong.
- Kanis Leung
The billionaires in charge of Trump’s White House
His first term was heavily reliant on the party establishment. The inner circle now includes billionaires and is in tune with the ideas of the new right.
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- Alex Rogers and James Politi
- Analysis
- US Votes 2024
‘You got this’: Harris joins SNL for a pep talk With Maya Rudolph
The vice president’s appearance, in a sketch delivered across a fictional dressing-room mirror, contained a solid riff that poked some fun at Donald Trump.
- Katie Rogers, Nicholas Nehamas and Maggie Haberman
- Opinion
- US election
Trump has no tragic flaw, just no character at all
Once, character and reputation were prized in our leaders. How is it that a man with none of those is now in with an even chance of becoming president again?
- Maureen Dowd
October 2024
Trump not immune from crimes in election case, prosecutors argue
The government says the former president was acting as a private citizen when he allegedly pressured his VP to intervene to stop the certification of Joe Biden’s win.
- Zoe Tillman, Chris Strohm and David Voreacos
August 2024
Trump hit with new US criminal charges before election
Prosecutors are attempting to tailor the fresh charges against Donald Trump to reflect the Supreme Court decision on presidential immunity.
- Andrew Goudsward and Sarah N. Lynch
July 2024
In Vance, Trump picks an ambitious ideologue and Millennial
His youth – there are nearly 40 years separating them, and he is the first Millennial nominated to a major-party ticket – could prove a boon to the ticket.
- Michael Gold
May 2024
Trump taps Texas oil tycoons in bid to close the cash gap with Biden
The former president, whose campaigning has been restricted by his criminal trial in New York, has attended fundraisers in Houston and Dallas.
- Myles McCormick and Alex Rogers
ScoMo brings Rudd closer to Trump
At Washington DC in front of Republican dignitaries, Scott Morrison finally spoke to a room familiar with his cadence.
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- Myriam Robin
January 2024
- Opinion
- US election
What makes Nikki Haley tougher than the rest
She grew up in the only Indian American family in a small working-class South Carolina town.
- David Brooks
Trump asks Supreme Court to overturn Colorado ballot ban
A Supreme Court decision to grant review and back Donald Trump could end efforts across the US to remove him from the ballot.
- Greg Stohr and Erik Larson
December 2023
DeSantis campaign to knock out Trump just took another hit
A staff shake-out at the Florida governor’s campaign spending group comes just six weeks before the first round of primary voting for the Republican candidate.
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- Alex Rogers and Jamie Smyth
October 2023
Pence ends 2024 campaign against Trump in sudden early exit
The former vice president’s campaign suspension could help to consolidate support among other non-Trump candidates.
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- Stephanie Lai and Gregory Korte
August 2023
- Analysis
- US politics
No Trump bombast, but GOP candidates have his base in their sights
The Milwaukee debate revealed candidates who, while not sharing the bombast, aggression and conspiracy-spinning of Donald Trump, want to appeal to the former president’s fans.
- Matthew Cranston
Republican candidates split over Trump, Ukraine in key debate
The former US president, meanwhile, sought to upstage the first Republican candidate debate by broadcasting his own interview with Tucker Carlson in competition.
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- Nathan Layne and Joseph Ax
- Analysis
- US election
If Trump can’t be beaten, what do these GOP candidates want?
From the impartial first chairman of Australia’s Atlassian to sycophants and haters of the former president, the eight Republican presidential candidates set for Thursday’s debate have different personal agendas.
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- Matthew Cranston
Trump called a coward for skipping all primary debates
The Republican front-runner and former president has said he sees little upside in joining his rivals on stage for this week’s first party presidential contest.
- Jill Colvin
‘We can’t let this happen’: Trump pleads not guilty
The former president has remained defiant despite the third indictment against him this year.
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- Matthew Cranston
- Opinion
- Trump's White House
Only politics, not the law, can stop Donald Trump
Unless politicians stand up to him again, his lies will remain an effective political and legal tool.
- The Economist
Trump lashes out at ‘pathetic’ charges
The former president was indicted for his wide-ranging attempts to overturn the 2020 poll, the third time in four months he has been criminally charged.
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- Matthew Cranston