November 2024
- Analysis
- Trump's White House
The big split on China at the heart of Trump’s new team
Donald Trump and JD Vance have assembled a team of strident China hawks, hellbent on countering the rise of Beijing, but is it all for show?
- James Curran
June 2023
- Opinion
- Trump's America
Trump has officially broken the Republican Party
With work, luck and pluck, Democrats and independents can repel the GOP. But they can’t reform it. Only Republicans can do that.
- Francis Wilkinson
Trump’s court date brings fears of violence
William Barr’s comments come as police step up security on concerns of violence from supporters during the former president’s court appearance this week.
- Updated
- Sarah Lynch
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.
- Sarah N. Lynch
December 2022
Lockerbie bombing suspect taken into US custody
A former Libyan intelligence officer will face court 34 years after the plane attack over Scotland that killed 270 people.
- Alistair Smout and Sarah N. Lynch
June 2022
Testimony sheds damning light on Trump’s actions on January 6
Cassidy Hutchinson’s recollections showed Mr Trump not only fuelled the mob that assaulted Congress, but wanted to join it.
- James Politi
Joe Hockey spruiks Washington memoirs
The former ambassador is still carrying on about his great relationship with Donald Trump as he promotes a new book on his time in Washington.
- Tom Richardson
February 2021
Senators revive bill to combat Chinese censorship of US companies
US officials have complained that the Chinese government has increasingly sought to suppress opposition to its ruling Communist Party by coercing US companies to take pro-Beijing stances.
- Michael Martina
January 2021
Tough charges to be brought on US Capitol rioters
Seditious conspiracy. Damage to federal property. Use of explosives. These are just some of the possible charges.
- Keith L. Alexander, Spencer S. Hsu and Paul Duggan
December 2020
- Analysis
- US votes 2020
Trump turns to fringe element in election fight
President Donald Trump has turned to a ragtag group of conspiracy theorists, media-hungry lawyers and other political misfits in a desperate attempt to hold on to power after his election loss.
- Toluse Olorunnipa, Josh Dawsey, Rosalind S. Helderman and Emma Brown
- Opinion
- US votes 2020
A day that settled an election and brought hope for beating a pandemic
For Donald Trump, the dean of denial who has refused to accept either the election results or the severity of the coronavirus pandemic, the clarity of December 14 was not entirely welcome.
- Peter Baker
Trump loses attorney-general William Barr
Donald Trump's internal bloodletting continues with the departure of Attorney-General Bill Barr, who last month said there was no evidence of widespread election fraud.
- Updated
- Jacob Greber
Supreme Court humiliation for Trump as Electoral College vote looms
At least 86 judges, some appointed by Donald Trump himself, have rejected lawsuits filed by the President or his supporters since the November 3 election.
- Jacob Greber
Trump's preemptive pardons and policy by tweet will go
Joe Biden says he is concerned about the possibility Donald Trump could pardon himself and key aides before he leaves office; Election officials in states Trump lost have been bombarded with threats. Follow developments here.
- Updated
- Rohan Sullivan and Timothy Moore
Trump escalates election attacks in 46-minute video rant
Alleging ''corrupt forces'' are behind ''massive'' fraud, the US President says this "may be the most important speech I've ever made".
- Philip Rucker
- Opinion
- US election
Trump knows how to profit from losses
Trump's area of expertise is how to profit from losing. He survived the bankruptcy of six of his businesses, and he will survive the moral bankruptcy of his presidency.
- Max Boot
Barr says DoJ has found no widespread voter fraud
Attorney-General William Barr affirming Joe Biden's win served as a particularly harsh blow to Donald Trump's efforts to overturn the election result.
- Katie Benner and Michael S. Schmidt
November 2020
Biden says nothing will stop transition as Trump vows new legal action
Legal experts say litigation has little chance of changing the outcome, and state officials say there are no significant irregularities in the election.
- Simon Lewis and Jeff Mason
October 2020
Trumpism has taken over; What is the future of the GOP?
Win or lose next week, the Trump family will continue rallying their white working-class fans around the country for the next four years.
- Updated
- Joe Aston
- Opinion
- US votes 2020
A President in hospital and back and a nation in the dark
Donald Trump's participation in super-spreader events and dismissive attitude towards the virus despite being hospitalised are evidence of an administrative malady.
- Frank Bruni