US votes 2020
New House Speaker Mike Johnson played leading role in effort to overturn 2020 election
On the eve of the January 6, 2021 votes, the far-right Congressman presented colleagues with arguments they could use to oppose the will of the voters.
- by Luke Broadwater and Steve Eder
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Analysis
Media & marketing
Rupert Murdoch can’t retire from Fox’s legal woes
The billionaire’s ‘retirement’ from his controversial media empire might not protect him from litigants such as his fellow News Corp and Fox shareholders.
- by Colin Kruger
Opinion
US politics
Donald Trump has hit a new low, even by his standards
It’s possible what we’re seeing isn’t the effects of a growing movement of a destructive force, but rather the shaking and rattling of a poorly built car whose doors and wheels are about to fall off.
- by Bill Wyman
Trump chief of staff burnt so many papers his wife noticed ‘bonfire’ smell, book says
Mark Meadows’ aide says when she would enter his office, she “would sometimes find him leaning over the fire, feeding papers into it, watching to make sure they burned”.
- by Michelle L. Price
Analysis
US politics
Rupert Murdoch’s exit may reset Fox’s relationship with Donald Trump
One of Lachlan Murdoch’s biggest challenges will be how to handle Donald Trump in an election year.
- by Farrah Tomazin
Special counsel seeks gag order on Trump in 2020 election case
Prosecutors want Trump restricted from giving statements about “the identity, testimony, or credibility of prospective witnesses”.
- by Kanishka Singh and Eric Beech
Georgia jury sought charges against Republican senator in Trump election case
Republican Senator Lindsey Graham came under scrutiny for a phone call he made to Georgia’s secretary of state in the days after the 2020 presidential election. Today, Graham told reporters: “This is troubling for the country. We can’t criminalise senators for doing their job.”
- by Farrah Tomazin
Opinion
US politics
Trump’s martyrs or American traitors? Just imagine that assault on our parliament
How can hundreds of Trump’s supporters be convicted and go to jail, but the man in whose name they acted not be accountable under the rule of law?
- by Bruce Wolpe
‘Act of terrorism’: Proud Boys’ Enrique Tarrio gets record 22 years for Capitol riot role
Prosecutors say the 39-year-old organised and led the Proud Boys’ assault from afar, inspiring followers with his charisma and penchant for propaganda.
- by Michael Kunzelman, Lindsay Whitehurst and Alanna Durkin Richer
Proud Boys leader gets 18 years in prison for pro-Trump US Capitol riot
“If we don’t have a peaceful transfer of power in this country, we don’t have anything,” said US District Judge Timothy Kelly.
- by Makini Brice and Sarah N. Lynch
Why Trump’s ‘Kubrick Stare’ mugshot is straight out of the horror film playbook
From “A Clockwork Orange” to “Full Metal Jacket” to prisoner number P01135809 of Fulton County Jail in Georgia, the stare has recognisable characteristics.
- by Robbie Collin
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