US Votes 2024
Trump signals support for AUKUS pact in meeting with Morrison
The former prime minister has come to the former US president’s defence, describing the challenges the Republican faces in the US as a “pile-on”.
- by Farrah Tomazin
Latest
Influx of Trump vice presidential hopefuls fly into New York
Michael Cohen testified that after his home was raided in 2018, he received a call from Trump, who told him: “Don’t worry, I’m president ... you’re gonna be OK.”
- by Farrah Tomazin
Opinion
Donald Trump
If the US election were held today, Trump would win
Trump’s many outrages are plain for all to see, yet thus far he is playing the winning hand against Joe Biden.
- by Bruce Wolpe
Michael Cohen, Trump’s fixer-turned-foe, takes the stand in the hush money trial
The prosecution will hinge on how well Cohen can convince a jury that Trump falsified business records with the intent to commit campaign finance violations.
- by Farrah Tomazin
‘Vast power of censorship’: Robert F Kennedy jnr sues Meta, claiming election interference
The lawsuit said Meta began censoring the video about Kennedy “within minutes” of it going live on May 5 before restoring it.
- by Stephanie Kelly
Opinion
US politics
In the president v the porn star, Stormy Daniels is a legal dominatrix
The compelling part of this case is not whether Trump did something wrong with business papers, but how it shows – in a vivid way – that he’s the wrong man for the job.
- by Maureen Dowd
Opinion
Trade wars
The US is tightening the screws on China
Joe Biden is throwing the kitchen sink at a key part of China’s economy.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Trump is a micromanager. Prosecutors doubt he’d let lawyers handle Stormy Daniels
Prosecutors say Donald Trump would simply be unable to leave hush-money payments to other people. They even called an unusual witness: a book written by Trump himself.
- by Jonah E. Bromwich, Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan
‘He liked to use the Oxford comma’: Trump aide reveals how he crafted his tweets
Donald Trump’s New York hush trial has heard the former president delivered precise instructions about the use of punctuation marks for his tweets.
- by Raoul Simons
Barron Trump will not be a delegate at Republican convention after all
The announcement came only hours after Donald Trump suggested in a radio interview that the 18-year-old was among his political advisers.
- by Michael Gold
Analysis
Analysis
‘It could boomerang’: Stormy Daniels testimony on sex, lies and money is risky for both sides
The porn actor’s account was explosive in her indignant delivery and in the details of a sexual encounter with Donald Trump that at times sounded non-consensual.
- by Shayna Jacobs, Perry Stein, Marianne LeVine and Devlin Barrett