Barack Obama
- Analysis
- Trump's White House
Competing conspiracy theories consume Trump’s Washington
No commander-in-chief in his lifetime has been as consumed by conspiracy theories as Donald Trump – now they seem to be consuming him.
- Peter Baker
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- Opinion
- Epstein fallout
The key sign Trump is losing the plot over Epstein
Donald Trump is flailing. The self-proclaimed slayer of the deep state stands accused of becoming its mouthpiece.
- Nick Bryant
Trump told in May that his name appears in Epstein files: report
The White House said The Wall Street Journal’s latest story was the continuation of a “fake news” campaign and that Trump kicked Epstein out of his Mar-a-Lago club “for being a creep”.
- Michael Koziol
- Analysis
- Epstein fallout
Under the gun over Epstein, Trump tries to finger Obama for ‘treason’
The latest attempt by Donald Trump to distract from the Epstein issue could be dismissed as frivolous, but it appears to be having some effect in media circles.
- Michael Koziol
Trump’s manic 48 hours on Truth Social, posting about anything but Epstein
The US president has complained about an NFL team, shared an AI video of Barack Obama being arrested and a posted a mash-up of a snake-catching woman, motorcycle tricks and more.
- Cleve R. Wootson Jr.
- Opinion
- National security
Australia needs a new China strategy: America’s promised pivot to Asia is unlikely
The United States cannot disentangle itself from the Middle East – and that has big consequences for our defence planning.
- Stuart Rollo
‘It’s a scary climate’: America’s LGBTQ community begins the fightback
Hate attacks, employment discrimination and public harassment … for those who were in the Stonewall riots, it’s all too familiar.
- Liz Gooch
‘Let’s not go over the cliff’: Obama offers careful warning in rare public appearance
Former US president Barack Obama remarked on the dangers facing American democracy, including an erosion of traditional values like the rule of law, an independent judiciary, the freedom of the press and the right to protest.
- Lisa Lerer
How Biden’s allies gaslit America and the world
A new book alleges Joe Biden’s decline while president was covered up by enablers who were as addicted to the trappings of power as the Oval Office occupier himself.
- Michael Koziol
- Opinion
- Trump's America
Hillary Clinton on Trump’s ‘dumb power’: it’s feeble, friendless, stupid and lethal
The blundering Signal chat may be the least of the Trump administration’s dangerous moves. As a former senior spy put it, “we’re shooting ourselves in the head, not the foot”.
- Hillary Clinton
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