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Trump claims victory after ‘empty’ criminal cases dropped
The decision ensures the president-elect enters office free from scrutiny over his efforts to overturn the 2020 election result.
The sharemarket’s rally comes down to this missing ingredient
There’s a bad moon on the rise: bond yields are climbing and the gigantic US budget deficit is not being addressed in the presidential election, and it needs to be.
Trump, Harris to turbocharge economic pitches at duelling events
The economy has become an election focal point, with the candidates offering a slew of competing proposals to push tax breaks, credits and other programs.
Rudy Giuliani ordered to pay $220m for false 2020 election claims
Donald Trump’s former lawyer has been ordered to pay two election workers $US148 million after he promoted false claims they stole the election in Georgia.
‘It’s a fricken civil war’: Republican Party tears itself apart
Donald Trump’s Senate acquittal has triggered a wave of recrimination and score-settling inside the Republican Party.
February 2021
Lachlan Murdoch vows to stay true to US’ ‘centre-right’ audience
Rupert Murdoch’s eldest son has defended Fox News, which embraced and gave credence to Donald Trump’s widespread election fraud allegations.
January 2021
Trump impeachment trial will start week of February 8
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is poised to send the article of impeachment against Donald Trump to the Senate on Monday (Tuesday AEDT); Lloyd Austin is confirmed as Defence secretary. Follow news here.
Two raging viruses among Biden's biggest challenges
Dealing with the coronavirus pandemic may be one of President Biden's best prospects of early success, but expectations he'll restore national unity as the other virus of disinformation rages should be tempered.
Can Biden really unite America? Probably not
During the past two decades, public life in the United States has undergone a terrible deterioration.
South-east Asia looks forward to welcoming US back to the fold
Four ASEAN nations have territorial disputes with China in the South China Sea. Yet they still engage diplomatically. The US has fallen way behind, policy experts say.
‘A total failure’: The Proud Boys now mock Trump
As Trump departed the White House on Wednesday, the Proud Boys, once among his staunchest supporters, have also started leaving his side.
There was no carnage, just poetry
Americans heard a call for unity and a staunch defence of their most hallowed institutions as Joe Biden was inaugurated as the 46th US president.
Kamala Harris sworn into history
Kamala Harris was sworn in as Vice-President of the United States on Wednesday, stepping into history as the highest-ranking female politician in American history.
Top Fox News managers depart amid Murdoch concerns over election night
Bill Sammon, 62, the channel's senior vice president and managing editor in Washington, told staffers early this week about his retirement.
McConnell says Trump ‘provoked’ Capitol mob
Mitch McConnell's remarks were the clearest signal yet that after four years of enabling Trump, he now regards him as a force who could drag down the party.
Trump is starting his last full day in office hiding from the public
As his approval ratings plummet to historic lows, US President Donald Trump is also plotting to steal President-elect Joe Biden's thunder.
Prospect of pardons in final days fuels market in access to Trump
The brisk market for pardons reflects the access peddling that has defined Donald Trump's presidency as well as his unorthodox approach to exercising unchecked presidential clemency powers.
Trump to flee Washington and seek rehabilitation in a MAGA oasis: Florida
Even as the outgoing President broods over his second impeachment last week and the election he continues to falsely insist he won, his aides are at work to establish a Trump fiefdom in the Sunshine State.
Biden plans flurry of executive orders, new legislation for first days
The day he takes office, the new president is planning to return the United States to the Paris climate accords and repeal the ban on US entry for citizens of some majority-Muslim countries.
James Murdoch blasts US media for unleashing ‘insidious forces’
The remarks by Rupert Murdoch’s youngest son are his strongest public rebuke of America’s news industry since he parted ways with the family business built by his father.
Trump, Twitter and the messy fight over free speech
The decision to ban the President has demonstrated the unaccountable power of the big social media companies.
Biden's plan to fix a broken America
Joe Biden's pathway to success – and America’s by extension – is narrow and fraught. But it does exist.
Biden unveils $US1.9trn economic and healthcare relief package
The US President-elect has set a high bar for Republican endorsement, but the package will be important to all poorer voters.
Could McConnell’s signal to Republicans open floodgates against Trump?
The outgoing Majority Leader is ready to wash his hands of Trump and he might just see the impeachment process as a ready-made solvent.
America’s political crisis runs deeper than ideology
You can only counter the legacy of Trump if you first grasp why he was so potent to start with.