US Votes 2024
Donald Trump spoke for an hour. We fact-checked every word
The US president-elect spoke about seizing Greenland, windmills driving whales crazy, and bringing Canada into the US. We break down the key claims from his speech.
- Chris Zappone
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‘The golden age of America’: Trump signals his family will keep making deals
The scale of overlap between the government he will lead and Trump’s family members and their business interests has been showcased.
- Eric Lipton, Maggie Haberman and Alan Blinder
Australian on Meta’s ‘Supreme Court’ warns of tensions over fact-checking curb
Mark Zuckerberg acknowledged the role of the recent US elections in his thinking, saying they “feel like a cultural tipping point”.
- Nick Bonyhady
A smiling Kamala Harris makes her own defeat official as she certifies Trump the winner
With her hands clasped before her, the departing vice president had noted that “the peaceful transfer of power” is one of the most fundamental principles of democracy.
- Farrah Tomazin
Law enforcement on full alert as Capitol riots anniversary approaches, Washington remembers
While some Americans want to move on, the violent attack on the Capitol four years ago still stirs anger and sadness.
- Joe Heim and Olivia George
Trump complains that US flags will be half-mast on his inauguration day
Joe Biden has ordered protocol be followed for 30 days to honour Jimmy Carter, as is custom when a US president dies.
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Trump blamed foreigners for terror attack. The truth may not matter
Whether the New Orleans terrorist is an American or not, the president-elect has pounced on the chance to press home his anti-migration message.
- Gordon Rayner
Scott Morrison spends New Year’s Eve with Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago
The former Australian prime minister and his wife partied their way into 2025 at the president-elect’s Florida estate.
- James Massola
How Elon Musk has planted himself almost literally at Trump’s doorstep
For most of the time since US election day, the world’s richest man and “first buddy” has been Donald Trump’s tenant.
- Maggie Haberman, Jonathan Swan and Ryan Mac
Trump loses appeal in $8 million E. Jean Carroll defamation, sexual abuse case
A US court said that evidence, including Trump bragging about his sexual prowess on an Access Hollywood video, established a “repeated, idiosyncratic pattern of conduct”.
- Jonathan Stempel
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