President Xi calls for ‘sustainable’ ties after Trump election victory
Chinese President Xi Jinping wants to ‘get along’ and establish a ‘stable, healthy’ relationship between Beijing and Washington in a message to US President-elect Donald Trump.
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Trump, MAGA masses retake Manhattan
If Donald Trump wins the election this will be seen as the defiant culmination of the world’s greatest political comeback. If he loses, it will be seen as a narcissistic overreach in the critical last days of a knife-edge, historic campaign.
‘Zero tolerance’: ACTU suspends the CFMEU
ACTU secretary Sally McManus says the CFMEU’s construction division cannot return to the fold unless it cleans up its act, as the union’s Queensland boss attacks Anthony Albanese for being ‘gutless’ by appointing administrators.
Kennedy Junior’s wife blasts Biden as husband rises in polls
As Robert F. Kennedy Junior rises above 20 per cent in major polls, wife Cheryl Hines slams Joe Biden for risking his life by withholding secret service protection.
Right can learn from Rudy Giuliani’s sad decline
For conservatives everywhere, there is still time to choose the path that the once-dominant mayor of New York City took — seriousness, effectiveness, reality, moderation.
Trump mugshot turns into record-breaking moneymaker
Donald Trump’s presidential campaign cashes in on scowling jailhouse image, using mugshot merchandise to raise more than $10 million since his day in prison.
Slick young Republican candidate ‘won’t be a VP’
The party buzz is less about Ron DeSantis than Vivek Ramaswamy, a self-made multi-millionaire who has risen to third in poll ratings.
Trump’s campaign looks like a defence fund
The former US president says his goal is election, but his spending reports suggest it’s acquittal.
The challenge for Ron DeSantis
The Florida Governor has a strong record. Can he offer voters a larger national vision?
What does DeSantis offer that Trump doesn’t?
The Republican candidate, who has the same message as the former president but is untested on the national stage, may fail to break through.
Tech glitch mars DeSantis’ announcement
The Florida Governor has launched his 2024 presidential bid, teeing up a bitter battle with Donald Trump, but not before a very messy start | WATCH
‘Unelectability’ won’t defeat Donald Trump in 2024
For one thing, Trump won in 2016, and current polling doesn’t support the contention that he is unelectable. Trump’s opponents look weak for not simply calling him unfit to be president.
Republicans subpoena FBI over Biden claim
Senior congressmen say a concealed document allegedly provides evidence Biden was influenced by a foreign national as vice-president.
Will ‘lacklustre’ Kamala be Biden’s running mate?
President Biden’s decision to seek a second term will shine a spotlight on Kamala Harris, who is widely viewed as a weak link.
Still a hint of swagger, then a rasping voice said: ‘Not guilty’
Donald Trump’s movements were slow and deliberate. His lips were pursed, eyes scrunched up. There was something of a slow-rolling swagger to his gait but his aspect was grave, to the point of stricken.
Do Trump’s political ambitions go bigly up or bigly down?
In normal times, a presidential candidate being under indictment would be a serious impediment. But these are not normal times, and Trump is no normal candidate.
DeSantis pulls ahead of Trump in state that shapes race
Ron DeSantis and Donald Trump are locked in a close fight in Iowa, as national polls give the former president a comfortable lead.
Charging Trump would be a terrible call
The Democrat prosecutor appears to resurrecting a seven-year-old case that even federal prosecutors refused to bring to court.
‘Groper’ scares off Republican contenders
The Republican Party’s ‘beauty parade’ for its presidential hopefuls has been overshadowed by scandal.
US caught in permanent election frenzy
A dispiriting midterm cycle has only just finished and the 2024 presidential race has already started.
The big ‘racist’ fail in Virginia
Voters labelled ‘white supremacists’ by Democrats and their media allies elected a black woman as Lieutenant Governor.
Inside blowup over Mike Pence book
A petition has demanded a US publisher drop a potential blockbuster by Mike Pence in another political clash in business.
Pompeo fires gun for White House race
Former secretary of state addresses Iowa Republicans, pitching himself as Trump loyalist while hinting at own presidential campaign.
Republicans ignore Biden bill for culture wars
Donald Trump may be out of power but his style – focusing on hot-button identity issues instead of policy details – appears to be dominating the party.
Trump loving life without Twitter
Instead of raging against his social media ban, the former US president is feeling ‘happier now than he’s been in some time’, his senior adviser says.
Biden orders by the dozen
Joe Biden in the coming week will extend the busiest opening salvo from a US leader since Franklin Roosevelt.
Best for everyone, including Trump, for him to quit now
The best outcome would be for Donald Trump to resign to spare the US another impeachment fight.
Trump’s tired schtick earned him flick
Despite his conga line of apologists, Trump’s erosion of decency and respect meant he had to be shown the door.
Trump’s challenge is over and it’s now time to move on
After losing at the Supreme Court, Donald Trump has no legal alternatives and ought to concede.
Trump mocked Biden for wearing mask
During the presidential debate Donald Trump mocked Joe Biden for wearing a mask and downplayed their effectiveness – now he’s got the virus.
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