This Month
Why Musk will struggle to reinvent American government
Those carrying scars from previous efforts to streamline US bureaucracy are sceptical about the billionaire’s ability to get any of his agenda through.
- Joe Miller, Stefania Palma and Stephen Morris
‘Not on my bingo card’: Trump’s shock justice pick faces pushback
Firebrand Matt Gaetz, who has never worked in the Justice Department or as a prosecutor at any level of government, is the latest in a wave of Donald Trump’s nominations.
- Andrew Goudsward and Sarah N. Lynch
October
‘Unpaid debts’: The men behind Trump’s murky new crypto venture
The serial entrepreneurs running Donald Trump’s new cryptocurrency project have left a trail of lawsuits. The venture has been called a “bunch of nonsense”.
- Sharon LaFraniere and David Yaffe-Bellany
- Opinion
- Trump's America
Donald Trump’s secret sauce - he just gets very lucky
From The Apprentice to Hillary Clinton’s email scandal, something always seems to turn up for Trump. But every gambler knows his luck will run out.
- Pamela Paul
September
ASX nears record; Trump shooting crisis; Bunnings CEO hits back
Read everything that’s happened in the news so far today.
Secrets of an unassuming NY official accused of working for China
Charges against Linda Sun are the latest in the efforts of the US Justice Department to stop efforts by the Chinese government to secretly wield its influence in the country.
- Hurubie Meko, Benjamin Oreskes and Nicholas Fandos
US cracks down on Russian plot to disrupt election
The US Department of Justice is seizing websites allegedly used by the Kremlin to spread disinformation and support Donald Trump in the presidential race.
- Chris Strohm, Zoe Tillman and Ramsey Al-Rikabi
August
White supremacists turn UK riots into online recruiting pitch
Hard-line organisations previously designated by the UK as domestic terrorists are calling for an overthrow of the British government.
- Jeff Stone
July
- Analysis
- Government Observed
Tech meltdown revealed a fundamental flaw in plain sight
The global CrowdStrike breakdown revealed just how much of the global IT system is built on inherently unsafe code.
- Tom Burton
Secret Service chief admits failure in Trump shooting but won’t resign
Kimberly Cheatle admitted the attempt on the former president’s life was the “most significant operational failure at the Secret Service in decades”.
- David Morgan
Suspect came within inches of killing Trump, but no one knows why
Thomas Matthew Crooks, who was shot dead by law enforcement, was a young, bright man working an entry-level job near his hometown in Pennsylvania.
- Nathan Layne, Gabriella Borter and Tyler Clifford
- Analysis
- Terror charges
This is how an American civil war begins
Extremists across the US are preparing for what they call the ‘boogaloo’ – a mass insurrection to overthrow the US government.
- Bruce Hoffman
June
- Opinion
- US election
The folly of the pro-Trump plutocrats
Business leaders dismiss fears of a return of the former president to the White House – they are wrong to do so. Trump is crazy and, alas, not amusingly so.
- Martin Wolf
- 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
- Exclusive
- Hong Kong protests
Ex-Crosby Textor pollster ‘deeply uncomfortable’ with Hong Kong work
The think tank which commissioned the research was founded by city’s former chief executive who remained a part of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference.
- Kylar Loussikian
May
What a second Trump presidency could bring
The influential American conservative platform Project 2025 has spent two years crafting a 900-page proposal for key areas of immigration, tax and trade.
- Matthew Cranston
April
The loyal lieutenant who buried Trump’s secrets
David Pecker, ex-publisher of The National Enquirer, testified at the trial that Donald Trump personally thanked him for hiding potentially damaging stories.
- Jonah E. Bromwich, Ben Protess and Michael Rothfeld
Trump’s immigration rhetoric makes inroads with some Democrats
The Republican candidate has ramped up anti-immigrant rhetoric, and it appears to be resonating with some of the voters Joe Biden will need to win over.
- Will Weissert and Jill Colvin
March
Joe Biden addresses questions of foul play in bridge collapse
The US president says there is no reason to believe anything intentional in the ramming of a ship that caused one of America’s biggest ports to be cut off.
- Matthew Cranston
Inside the battle to ban TikTok’s rising influence
US Congress has taken a first step to forcing the app’s Chinese owner to sell it off. Can the company fight back?
- Updated
- Demetri Sevastopulo, James Fontanella-Khan and Tabby Kinde