Trump shifts ground on Epstein
The US President only has himself to blame for the mess in which he finds himself, as his MAGA base demands answers.
Barack Obama
How Hunter Biden helped derail his father’s re-election
Joe Biden’s debate against Donald Trump was supposed to prove the ageing president’s stamina. But in the weeks leading up to it he was devastated — and distracted — by his son’s legal travails.
Nation has passed the point of no return on handouts
The days of Coalition governments coming into office and repairing the profligate spending of their predecessors is officially over.
Have we just reached Peak Trump?
He commands all he surveys. Foreign nations plead for redress. Trump’s performance was hard to match. Peak Trump? Perhaps. Pure Trump? One hundred per cent.
Obamas all smiles after marriage rumours
Barack Obama has posted a loving message to his wife on Instagram – but will it stem the gossip sparked by the lack of public appearances together?
Why did Trudeau go? Inside Canadian PM’s fall from grace
He came to office with the same message and momentum as Barack Obama. Nine years on, that’s a distant memory.
World recognises stronger hand at the tiller in the US
West’s arch-enemies, such as Iran, are reacting to Donald Trump
‘Unhinged’ vs ‘hater’; Harris and Trump swap insults at duelling rallies in Wisconsin
Kamala Harris and Donald Trump have swapped insults as they held campaigns just kilometres away from each other in the pivotal state of Wisconsin, which remains too close to call.
Harris’s switch from ‘joy’ to ‘hate’ may be a telling sign
Donald Trump can’t complain about incendiary language given he uses it himself, but the Democrats’ sudden shift to hysterical comparisons in the final two weeks suggests the Harris campaign has started to panic.
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
Beyoncé to join Harris in Houston as Obama shows in Georgia
The megastar will appear with the Vice President on Saturday after Barack Obama joins Kamala Harris onstage in Georgia for the first time in her campaign on Friday AEDT.
Obama raps Eminem lyrics, as Walz hits out at Musk
Rapper Eminem backed Kamala Harris as a defender of free speech at a rally with Barack Obama, after Democratic vice- presidential candidate Tim Walz traded barbs with Elon Musk | WATCH
Obama and Clinton mobilise support for Harris
Former presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton will hit the campaign trial in coming weeks, targeting key battleground states in a bid to energise the party’s base and edge out Donald Trump.
Harris’s vacuous platform divorced from reality
‘Hope and change’ worked for Barack Obama. Will ‘freedom and joy’ work for Kamala Harris? She’s banking on it.
The selling of Kamala Harris
The Vice-President is the least known presidential nominee in modern times.
A ‘new chapter’ with Harris: Obamas electrify Democratic faithful
Barack and Michelle Obama declared America was ‘ready for President Kamala Harris’, as they lent their political heft to her campaign for the White House.
‘Together with Kamala we’ll build a better country. Let’s get to work’
Barack Obama has called for an election that returns ‘the better angels of our nation’, vowing that Kamala Harris will fight for America’s future, but reminding voters of the steep climb ahead
Obama tries again to help elect the first female president
Barack Obama will make the case today for Kamala Harris to shatter a historic barrier just as he did 16 years ago, offering a preview of how Democrats expect to use him in the run-up to the election.
NSW Labor formally backs Palestine state ‘as priority’
The NSW Labor conference has formally called on party leader and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to recognise Palestine as a sovereign and independent state.
Both Obamas endorse Harris for president
Former first couple waited for the Democratic Party to unite before backing the Vice-President.
Australia’s warrior for Mid-East peace
Barack Obama made Martin Indyk his ambassador to Israel and his appointment was welcomed by both Jerusalem and the Palestinian Authority.
Why is Barack Obama yet to endorse Kamala Harris?
Former president is wary of a coronation for Joe Biden’s Vice President but is said to privately support her campaign and is expected to announce his backing ‘soon’
Barack and Michelle Obama endorse Kamala Harris for US president
The former first couple, who waited for the Democratic Party to unite before backing the Vice-President, said ‘she has the vision, the character, and the strength that this critical moment demands’.
Donald is ‘Laffin’ at Kamala while Joe looks doomed
Joe Biden, who is still in Covid isolation, is said to be ‘seething’ about being betrayed by senior Democrat leaders, especially party elder Nancy Pelosi and ex-president Barack Obama.
Sick man Joe’s race appears to be all but over
It looks like we are seeing the final days of Joe Biden’s bid for a second term in the White House. Barack Obama’s shift is surely the death-knell for the president’s hopes of re-election.
‘Time to go’: Obama says Biden needs to reconsider his election bid
Joe Biden’s future teeters on a knife edge after reports that the most influential figure in the Democratic party now believes the President’s path to victory has diminished and the 81-year-old should ‘seriously consider’ his candidacy.
Confused Biden stands by claim of Trump threat
The gaffe-prone US President set out on a round of interviews where he made clear his dislike of the press and his belief that Donald Trump was still a threat to democracy.
Donors ‘to withhold $US90m’ as Biden enters twilight zone
Barack Obama and Nancy Pelosi are thought to oppose the President’s re-election bid as poll suggests Kamala Harris would fare better against Donald Trump.
Biden’s hopes of surviving as the Democrat’s nominee take another hit
Barack Obama is the key powerbroker here and if Joe Biden loses the support of his former president, it is hard to imagine the President will keep fighting.
Obama, Clintons rush to quell Democratic revolt
After a calamitous debate performance led some of Joe Biden’s top supporters to openly question whether he was fit to remain the Democratic nominee, the US President has vowed to keep on fighting.
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