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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
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Republican National Convention 2024 LIVE updates: Trump running mate J.D. Vance speaks, Joe Biden tests positive for COVID
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
Podcast
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‘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.
Ex-CIA analyst accused of spying in exchange for handbags, Michelin-star sushi
A prominent voice on US foreign policy with a taste for designer labels is accused of accepting luxury goods in exchange for helping South Korean intelligence.
- by Claire Fahy and Jesse McKinley
Analysis
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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
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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
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US relationship with Australia only stronger under Trump, says Kevin McCarthy
Despite Donald Trump’s resilience after the shooting, the former House Speaker noted that Trump “seems a little different”.
- by Farrah Tomazin
Updated
Live music
Jack Black ends Tenacious D tour after bandmate’s Trump assassination joke
Black said all future creative plans for the musical-comedy duo are on hold following a bad taste joke at a Sydney gig on Sunday.
- by Karl Quinn