July
- Opinion
- US election
What if Joe Biden stays?
A second presidential term that was already burdened with political disadvantage will be incalculably more difficult because of questions about his age.
- Peter Spiegel
January
- Opinion
- Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Biden is running out of patience with Netanyahu
Bad blood between the Israeli prime minister and the US Democrats goes back a long way. The danger now is that Israel never escapes from the baleful Bibi era.
- James Curran
August 2023
Hunter special counsel will cast shadow over Biden’s 2024 campaign
A potential trial of Joe Biden’s son raises the possibility of an unprecedented spectacle in US history.
- Jarrett Renshaw and Nandita Bose
January 2023
- Analysis
- US politics
The roots of American governance by chaos started 20 years ago
The zero-sum politics of the Tea Party, MAGA Republicans and last week’s speaker debacle began with Newt Gingrich.
- Robert Draper
October 2021
- Opinion
- ICAC
Sex, lies and ICAC phone taps
The #MeToo era has changed the rules since Monica Lewinsky’s sexual relationship with Bill Clinton, but the combustible combination of sex and politics is still scorching Gladys Berejiklian.
- Jennifer Hewett
September 2021
Monica Lewinsky tells her story
As a producer on the new television series “Impeachment”, she revisits ‘that woman’.But it hasn’t been easy.
- Jessica Bennett
January 2021
Double act trumps all previous impeachments
The history of impeachments in the US shows what a dubious distinction Donald Trump enjoys, with two out of all five the nation's legislators have undertaken.
- Maggie Astor
September 2020
Hillary Clinton, a politician beaten by politics
This 4-part series is a rollicking overview of just how messy politics can get as seen through one of the most prominent female politicians of our time.
- John McDonald
January 2020
Starr Chamber: The Sequel
Donald Trump is once more doing his part to energise women voters – this time through his choice of lawyers.
- Maureen Dowd
November 2019
Between Nixon and Trump, a collapse in trust
Middle America decided that Richard Nixon's behaviour was unacceptable. Clinton and Trump's impeachment proceedings are seen merely as partisan payback.
- Marc Fisher