August
‘You don’t embarrass the New Yorker in Trump’ says military adviser
Chris Miller, a former acting secretary of defence and Project 2025 contributor, says the AUKUS military alliance will be fine if Donald Trump wins the election, but Vladimir Putin could be in a jam.
- Kevin Chinnery
July
- Opinion
- US election
How toxic talk turns too easily to assassin’s bullets
A more centrist political culture doesn’t make Australia immune to the language that has inflamed American politics in recent times.
- Georgina Downer
‘I carry a firearm every day’: party chief who wanted gun inside RNC
Guns were allowed to the edge of the Republican National Convention perimeter this week. Their own politicians wanted to bring their pistols inside the venue.
- Matthew Cranston
- Opinion
- US election
Trump’s survival will turbocharge the Republican convention
The former president’s narrow escape from death is giving new life to his campaign, and Joe Biden’s address calling for unity won’t fix the extreme division in America.
- Jennifer Hewett
- Opinion
- US election
America is staring into the abyss
A bullet almost killed the man who is vowing retribution if he is returned to the White House. A spirit of vengeance is haunting America.
- Edward Luce
A history of political assassination in the US
There have been several instances of political violence targeting US presidents, former presidents and major party presidential candidates.
- Darlene Superville and Christina Cassidy
- Analysis
- US election
MAGA world unites around ‘unstoppable’ Donald Trump after shooting
The incident marked a new moment in America’s dark history of political violence. It also brings another twist in this year’s White House race between Trump and Joe Biden.
- James Politi and Lauren Fedor
Is America entering another age of political violence?
Let’s hope that the voices of American moderation, who have been cowed by extremes on both sides of the political spectrum, step back into the arena.
- Peter Spiegel
- 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
June
- 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.
- Updated
- Edward Luce
February
The expert who unmasked a Hitler forgery and appraised Nixon’s papers
Safeguarding History is a fun read about the life of a history expert who hobnobs with the rich and famous.
- Michael Dirda
January
- Opinion
- US election
Is Joe Biden the next Jimmy Carter? Here’s why not
There are uncanny parallels between 2023 and the fateful year of 1979. But there is one good reason why President Biden will not follow his one-term predecessor.
- Barry Eichengreen
June 2023
Pence files to run for president, challenging ex-boss Trump
The former vice-president and Indiana governor has been laying the groundwork for a White House bid for more than a year.
- Mark Niquette and Gregory Korte
May 2023
- Opinion
- US recession
Why do Americans believe their economy is bad when it isn’t?
What the data says, and how workers and consumers perceive it, are two very different things. Blame economists for this.
- Paul Krugman
April 2023
- Analysis
- World elections
Biden’s best bet may be to stress how different he is to Trump
The president’s age and lacklustre approval ratings had generated more questions than usual about whether he can, or should, mount another campaign.
- James Politi and Lauren Fedor
March 2023
- Opinion
- AUKUS
‘US forces give the nod’ and the Labor Left goes missing
The Left used to oppose the US military and nuclear power. What happened?
- Aaron Patrick
February 2023
- Opinion
- Russia-Ukraine war
Ukraine is fighting for a way of life as much as for its territory
Ukraine’s policy of EU integration involves a slow but steady march towards a rules-based, competitive market economy - the opposite of Russia’s capricious top-down model.
- Updated
- Martin Sandbu
America’s oldest president, Jimmy Carter, prepares for the end
A political sensation in the 1970s, Jimmy Carter defied illness and death for years and became the oldest living US president.
- Peter Baker
January 2023
McCarthy offers deal to end standoff in House speaker fight
Even if Kevin McCarthy can secure the votes he needs, he will emerge as a weakened speaker, having given away some powers and leaving him constantly under threat of being voted out by his detractors.
- Lisa Mascaro and Farnoush Amiri
December 2022
This 30-year-old Aussie is driving a US union resurgence
Lawrence Ben has probably been closer to the front line of the worker ascent in America than any other Australian. He says Australia, too, is ripe for similar.
- Updated
- Matthew Cranston