This Month
Morrison says Trump legal ‘pile-on’ political
Speaking in Washington, Scott Morrison backed Donald Trump’s assertion that America’s legal system is being used against him.
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- Matthew Cranston
‘Women will hate me’: Cohen says Trump fretted about 2016 campaign
The prosecution’s star witness said Donald Trump was concerned Stormy Daniels’ sexual encounter claim would ruin his 2016 bid for the White House.
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- Luc Cohen and Jack Queen
What a second Trump presidency could bring
The influential American conservative platform Project 2025 has spent two years crafting a 900-page proposal for key areas of immigration, tax and trade.
- Matthew Cranston
Trump tax cut extension cost swells to $7 trillion, CBO warns
New estimates from Congress’ fiscal scorekeeper make clear the cost of extending the 2017 tax cuts enacted under president Donald Trump.
- Erik Wasson
Key dates you need to know for the 2024 US presidential race
Here is a timeline of all the important events and dates in the lead up to the US presidential election on 5 November.
- Reuters and AFR
- Analysis
- Perspective
A bystander to ’60s protests, Biden now becomes a target
The protests pose two political risks to Joe Biden. They could worsen his estrangement with the left and feed into a narrative that he has presided over disarray.
- Peter Baker
April
- Analysis
- Donald Trump
The Aussies behind Trump’s ‘catch and kill’ trial
Journalist Lachlan Cartwright thinks he is at the top of any list to be “sent to the gulag” if Donald Trump returns to the Oval Office in November.
- Matthew Cranston
US House to vote on Ukraine and Israel aid, despite hardliners
Republican Speaker Mike Johnson says the long-awaited vote on aid for Ukraine, Israel and the Indo-Pacific should go ahead as soon as this weekend.
- Patricia Zengerle
- Analysis
- Inflation
Why the war on US inflation is far from over
Rent hikes are playing an increasingly large role in American price rises. That’s a political headache that President Biden does not need heading to the election.
- Matthew Cranston
- Opinion
- Abortion
How making abortion a state issue could work for Trump
After winning favour with the evangelical right, the former president’s latest policy on abortion is all about appeasing Republican moderates, particularly the suburban women he has lost.
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- Matthew Cranston
Trump’s Fed chairman option opposes rate cuts this year
Kevin Hassett is a frontrunner to become Federal Reserve chairman if Donald Trump is elected. He says inflation remains sticky and isn’t being measured properly.
- Matthew Cranston
March
Trump’s media company soars in Nasdaq debut
Shares in Trump Media & Technology Group briefly surged almost 60 per cent in value as they began trading on Nasdaq.
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- Medha Singh and Yuvraj Malik
Trump Media merger wins investor approval
The deal clears a near-final hurdle for Trump Media & Technology Group and a potential windfall for the former president.
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- Drew Harwell
Rudd’s backroom strategy for Trump
In behind the scenes meetings, the former prime minister is working on an unlikely plan to make himself indispensable to the former president if he wins again.
- Matthew Cranston
Trump unable to finance $686m appeal bond, lawyers say
The former president is asking a court to delay enforcement of a judgement after the Trump Organisation approached 30 surety companies who would not help.
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- Matthew Cranston
US House passes bill that would lead to a TikTok ban
The bill, passed by a vote of 352-65 in the House of Representatives, now goes to the Senate, where its prospects are unclear.
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- Kevin Freking
- Opinion
- Trump's America
Reminder: Trump’s last year in office was a nightmare
The ex-president and his surrogates are trying to pull off an even more impressive act of revisionism: portraying his entire presidency as pure magnificence.
- Paul Krugman
Biden fights to save his presidency in fiery State of the Union
An energetic US President Joe Biden has used the State of the Union address to rail at Donald Trump in his most important speech before the November election.
- Matthew Cranston
- Analysis
- US election
Not even Democrats could save Nikki Haley from Trump
Some Democrats voted for Republican candidate Nikki Haley in a failed and last-ditch bid to halt Donald Trump’s domination of Super Tuesday’s primary contest.
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- Matthew Cranston
Trump hits out at Biden over inflation, migration
Donald Trump speaks to his supporters in Florida as polling booths close on Super Tuesday; he says poor elections and migration have turned America into a Third World country. How the day unfolded.
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- Timothy Moore and Lois Maskiell