Joe Kelly

Joe KellyNational Affairs editor

Joe Kelly is the National Affairs Editor. He joined The Australian in 2008 and since 2010 has worked in the parliamentary press gallery, most recently as Canberra Bureau chief.

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TOPSHOT - US Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris speaks during a campaign rally on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on November 4, 2024. (Photo by ANGELA WEISS / AFP)

Fighting to the last, Harris steps up as Rocky

Democrat ends campaign in Philadelphia 106 days after Joe Biden withdrew from the race by championing a message of optimism.

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exclusiveUS Politics

Former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump pumps his fist after speaking at the end of a campaign rally at Atrium Health Amphitheater in Macon, Georgia, on November 3, 2024. (Photo by Elijah Nouvelage / AFP)

Right pins hopes on Trump 2.0 economic revolution

A leading US think tank says a second Trump presidency could set a new economic legacy, cementing a culture change within the Republican Party and altering the nature of US politics.

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USA VOTES 2024US Politics

Former US president and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump at a campaign rally in North Carolina; Maya Rudolph and US Vice-President and Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris appear on Saturday Night Live; Volunteers and staff for the Harris campaign in Pennsylvania; Pro-Trump flags are seen on a home in Pennsylvania.

Fractious fairground: at the heart of the US political divide

Reading, Pennsylvania, is an illustration of how tight the presidential race has become in America’s most vital swing state, with locals complaining of division and hatred fuelled by the election.

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US election 2024US Politics

GREEN BAY, WISCONSIN - OCTOBER 30: Republican presidential nominee, former President Donald Trump holds a press conference from inside trash hauler at Green Bay Austin Straubel International Airport on October 30, 2024 in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Picture: X

Trump capitalises on Biden’s garbage gaffe

Donald Trump has donned a hi-vis vest and held a press conference from a garbage truck as he exploits Joe Biden’s rhetorical bungle, with Kamala Harris forced to mop-up after the President.

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America votesUS Politics

‘How do you like my garbage truck?’ Trump drives response to Biden remarks

Donald Trump holds a press conference from a garbage truck in Wisconsin, taking advantage of Joe Biden’s gaffe in calling his supporters ‘garbage’ as polls show Pennsylvania remains deadlocked.

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US election 2024US Politics

US Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris arrives to speak on The Ellipse just south of the White House in Washington, DC, on October 29, 2024. The Harris-Walz campaign is billing the speech as "a major closing argument" one week before the November 5 election. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP)

Biden ruins Harris’s big night with ‘garbage’ quip

Kamala Harris has urged Americans to turn the page on an era of fear and division, but her closing message was disrupted by Joe Biden who appeared to call Donald Trump’s supporters ‘garbage’.

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America votesUS Politics

Joe Biden had a 'deplorables' moment during Kamala Harris's rally

Biden forced to clarify ‘garbage Trump supporters’ remarks as Harris vows unity

Joe Biden claims his ‘garbage supporters’ remark was in reference to a comedian who made racist jokes at a Trump rally, as Kamala Harris told a crowd of 75,000 Americans had more in common than what separated them

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US election 2024US Politics

PALM BEACH, FLORIDA - OCTOBER 29: Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a press conference in the ballroom of the Mar-a-Lago Club on October 29, 2024 in Palm Beach, Florida. With one week until Election Day, Trump is scheduled to travel to the battleground state of Pennsylvania to campaign in Drexel Hill and Allentown. Joe Raedle/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by JOE RAEDLE / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

Trump to create fund for victims of migrant crime

Donald Trump has started the final week of his campaign by elevating border security as his priority issue, and declared his Madison Square Garden rally was an ‘absolute love fest’.

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US election 2024US Politics

(FILES) US comedian Tony Hinchcliffe speaks during a campaign rally for former US president and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump at Madison Square Garden in New York on October 27, 2024. Donald Trump was struggling October 28, 2024 to contain the blast radius of a fierce backlash to racist rhetoric targeting Puerto Ricans at his weekend rally, just nine days ahead of a presidential election that could be determined by the Latino vote. (Photo by ANGELA WEISS / AFP)

‘I’m the opposite of Nazi’ says Trump over NYC rally blowback

Donald Trump says that, by calling him a fascist, Kamala Harris has made the same mistake as Hillary Clinton in 2016 when she labelled his fans ‘deplorables.’

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georgia rallyUS Politics

Former President Barack Obama gestures to Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris after introducing her to speak during a campaign rally for Harris on Thursday, Oct. 24, 2024, in Clarkston, Ga. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)

Harris and Obama play ‘no Trump’ card

Kamala Harris and Barack Obama tell a star-studded Georgia rally Donald Trump will abuse the presidency to pursue his political enemies as voters, including a 100-year-old woman, tell The Weekend Australian who they want for president | WATCH

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