Donald Trump
Opinion
US Votes 2024
Hey Big Spender! How Trump plans to step up America’s debt binge
The Republican Party’s platform for the November election is a 16-page document containing 20 policy measures. Oddly, there’s no word of debt or deficits anywhere.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
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The security ‘hole’ that may have delayed the sniper response at Trump rally
According to the analysis, Thomas Matthew Crooks would likely not have been visible as he crawled up the roof to take his final shooting position.
- by Samuel Oakford, Aaron Steckelberg, Evan Hill, Jarrett Ley, Jonathan Baran, Alex Horton and Samuel Granados
Live
US Votes 2024
Republican National Convention 2024 LIVE updates: Joe Biden tests positive for COVID; Trump running mate J.D. Vance set to speak
The convention in Milwaukee comes on the heels of an assassination attempt on Republican nominee former president Donald Trump.
- by Sherryn Groch and Chris Zappone
Trump-Vance presidency could herald a new era for the US dollar
In most cases, Trump likes his policies to be “strong,” but when it comes to the value of the US currency, he has long expressed a different view.
- by Alan Rappeport
Podcast
US Votes 2024
‘It is intense, but it just doesn’t compare’: Peter Hartcher on the mood in Washington DC
On assignment in the US, international editor Peter Hartcher compares the aftermath of the attempted assassination of Donald Trump with some of the more “feverish” American moments of the 21st century.
Opinion
Protests
Tenacious D thrive on black humour. So why gag themselves now?
Jack Black and his musical partner, Kyle Gass, called off their Australian tour after an “improvised” joke about the assassination attempt on Donald Trump. Too soon?
- by Bill Wyman
Analysis
US Votes 2024
Republican Party’s transformation is complete. It is united behind Trump
If there was ever any doubt that this is Donald J. Trump’s party, it has ended. Friends and former enemies alike have realigned behind the MAGA platform.
- by Farrah Tomazin
Tenacious D pushed boundaries for 30 years, but one joke brought them undone
The self-proclaimed “greatest band on Earth” enjoyed a proud history as political provocateurs. Now the group is on the brink of demise.
- by Thomas Mitchell
Republican National Convention 2024 as it happened: Former Trump rival gives presidential nominee her ‘strong endorsement’; J.D. Vance named as running mate
Donald Trump is officially the Republican presidential candidate for the US election on November 5 and is expected to formally accept the nomination on Thursday, US time.
- by Michaela Whitbourn
Opinion
China
Trump’s shadow looms larger over China
The increased likelihood that Donald Trump will regain the US presidency is a threat to Xi Jinping’s factory-led strategy for restructuring China’s economy.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Opinion
US Votes 2024
What would a second Trump term be like? Check out Project 2025
A blueprint has been drafted for how Trump’s administration would function if he wins back the White House. It’s every bit as menacing as critics report.
- by Paul Krugman