August
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
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
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.
- Updated
- Myriam Robin
January
- 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.
- Updated
- 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.
- Updated
- 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.
- Updated
- 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.
- Updated
- 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.
- Updated
- 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.
- Updated
- Matthew Cranston
July 2023
Fundraising triggers fresh questions over DeSantis campaign
More than two-thirds of the candidate’s donations came from deep-pocketed contributors who have reached the limit of how much they can give.
- Lauren Fedor and Sam Learner
June 2023
Trump hardens position on abortion, rails against indictment
The Republican frontrunner played up the fact that he appointed the three conservative Supreme Court justices who helped overturn a constitutional right to an abortion.
- Stephanie Lai, Nancy Cook and Gregory Korte
In America there are two Trump truths: mine and yours
Veteran writer Andrew Clark experiences Donald Trump’s impact on the US through a famous New York bar.
- Andrew Clark
- Analysis
- World politics
Why Trump was charged over documents but Clinton and Pence weren’t
Many Republicans are crying foul, but the indictment itself helps explain the difference between his case and other high-profile probes into retention of classified papers.
- Devlin Barrett
- Analysis
- Justice
Trump’s case puts the justice system on trial
History’s first federal indictment against a former US president poses one of the gravest challenges to democracy the country has ever faced.
- Peter Baker