November 2024
Donald Trump taps loyalists for top national security and Mid-East posts
The president-elect this week picked a number of loyalists with hardline views who will shape US foreign policy decisions in his new administration.
June 2024
Assange ‘won’t be silenced’ after guilty plea deal
Julian Assange is officially a free man, with the WikiLeaks founder now a convicted felon after pleading guilty in a remote US Pacific island courthouse.
May 2023
FBI probe had no ‘actual evidence’ of Trump campaign link to Russia
US Special Counsel John Durham accused the bureau of treating the 2016 probe differently from other politically sensitive investigations, including several involving Hillary Clinton.
April 2023
Trump’s next legal problem could come from Georgia
The former president still faces possible indictment over alleged electoral interference that carries the risk of a lengthy jail sentence.
April 2022
US seizes $160m yacht of oligarch and Putin ally
Spain’s Civil Guard and US federal agents descended on the 78-metre yacht in Palma de Mallorca.
March 2022
Trump sues Clinton for linking him to Russia
Former president Donald Trump is seeking millions in damages from Hillary Clinton and other Democrats, claiming they colluded in “racketeering” to stop him winning office in 2016.
March 2021
US expected to sanction Russia over alleged election meddling
US intelligence officials say President Vladimir Putin likely directed a Russian effort to manipulate the US presidential campaign to benefit Donald Trump.
February 2021
Russia cultivating Trump as an asset for 40 years, says former KGB spy
Former US President Donald Trump was the “perfect target” for the Russians, a new book claims.
November 2020
Trump planning to pardon former adviser, says source
Donald Trump has told aides that he plans to pardon his former national security adviser Michael Flynn among a string of pardons he plans to issue before leaving office
July 2020
Roger Stone should report to prison Tuesday
The longtime confidant of Donald Trump was convicted in November and sentenced to 40 months in prison on charges of lying and witness tampering.
February 2020
Russia boosting Trump's 2020 campaign, US intelligence warns
The warning raises questions about the integrity of the presidential campaign.
Former DoJ lawyers press for Barr to step down
The sharp denunciation of Barr underlined the extent of the fallout over the case of Roger Stone, capping a week that strained the attorney general's relationship with his rank and file, and with the president himself.
'I won't be bullied': Barr rebukes Trump over tweets
US Attorney-General William Barr said he couldn't do his job 'with a constant background commentary that undercuts me'.
Trial team quits Roger Stone case in dispute over sentence
The departures raised immediate questions over whether President Trump had at least indirectly exerted his will on a Justice Department that he often views as an arm of the White House.
January 2020
Democrats blast Trump's attempts to sully rival Biden
Democrats have worked to dismantle Donald Trump's long-standing allegation that Democrat presidential contender Joe Biden acted improperly towards Ukraine while vice-president.
December 2019
The 34 words from Alexander Downer that set off an FBI firestorm
Alexander Downer's now-famous cable helped trigger an FBI counter-intelligence probe into Trump's 2016 campaign "on the thinnest of suspicions".
Water, power, elections - how nothing is safe in the era of cyberwar
Absent rules of engagement in cyberspace, critical infrastructure is at risk of being held hostage or decimated by hackers.
November 2019
A rising star has emerged from impeachment hearings
Adam Schiff has taken the lead in tense hearings, making an enemy of Donald Trump, but earning the praise of colleagues.
Is the president a king?
Trump's lawyer's say he should have "absolute immunity" while in the the White House. But the courts say no.
The paradox of defending Trump
The president has created a working environment in which either following his orders or not following them is a threat to the proper functioning of the government.