This Month
- Opinion
- Joe Biden
Biden (not Trump) has weakened America’s rule of law
In pardoning his son, the president has ensured that the distance between himself and Trump is now shrouded in fog.
- Edward Luce
- Analysis
- Joe Biden
Biden’s pardon decision just shattered his legacy
The president broke a promise not to get involved in his son’s legal problems, after pledging to restore trust in the judicial system.
- Updated
- Colleen Long and Zeke Miller
- Opinion
- Opinion
A disgraceful presidential pardon right out of the MAGA ‘swamp’
What a degrading finale for Joe Biden’s feeble, forgettable, frequently foolish presidency.
- Bret Stephens
- Updated
- Joe Biden
Biden pardons his son Hunter on gun, tax charges
The outgoing US president has used his executive powers to pardon his son despite vowing many times not to, claiming a “miscarriage of justice”.
- Updated
- Zeke Miller and Allanna Durkin Richer
- Analysis
- Joe Biden
In pardoning his son, Biden sounds a lot like Trump
President Joe Biden complained about selective prosecution and political pressure in a system he has spent his political life defending.
- Peter Baker
November
Could Donald Trump crush the US property market?
Comprehensive tariffs could inflate the economy and slow the pace of rate cuts, dampening hope for a recovery in home sales and a lifeline for office landlords.
- Patrick Clark, Prashant Gopal and Natalie Wong
- Updated
- US votes 2020
Trump claims victory after ‘empty’ criminal cases dropped
The decision ensures the president-elect enters office free from scrutiny over his efforts to overturn the 2020 election result.
- Alanna Durkin Richer and Eric Tucker
What to know about Trump’s Treasury pick Scott Bessent
Here are four things to know about the South Carolina billionaire who, if confirmed by the Senate, will manage America’s finances.
- Fatima Hussein
- Updated
- Trump's White House
Meet Trump’s ‘slam dunk, Olympic gold’ pick for AG
Florida lawyer Pam Bondi is his new justice department chief after Matt Gaetz withdraw his nomination which was “unfairly becoming a distraction” to the Trump team.
- Updated
- Matthew Cranston
Who is Trump’s new attorney-general pick Pam Bondi?
Donald Trump chose the longtime ally after Matt Gaetz withdrew; Jim Chalmers says the Coalitions Future Fund response is “unhinged and ill-informed”. How the day unfolded.
- Updated
- Lucy Slade and Timothy Moore
Musk defends Gaetz as pressure rises for release of ethics report
Matt Gaetz will bring three critical assets to the US Justice Department, says Elon Musk: “A big brain, a spine of steel and an axe to grind.”
- Hadriana Lowenkron
Citadel’s Ken Griffin ‘very anxious’ about Trump tariffs
The billionaire hedge fund titan said protectionist policies were a “slippery slope” but that America was back to the “business of business”.
- Nishant Kumar
Trump’s new energy secretary linked to Beetaloo Basin gas project
Chris Wright’s Liberty Energy is behind the fracking fleet used for extraction from developing fields in the Northern Territory.
- Updated
- Matthew Cranston
Bessent, Lutnick in final push for Trump’s Treasury pick
Allies of both men have been lobbying in calls to the president-elect, which is creating tension and increasing the chance that another candidate emerges.
- Nancy Cook, Saleha Mohsin and Annmarie Hordern
Gaetz ethics report should be kept secret: Republican leader
Mike Johnson said releasing a report examining allegations of sexual misconduct against Donald Trump’s pick for attorney-general would be a “terrible” breach of protocol and tradition.
- David Morgan
FBI braces for Trump’s radical ‘henchman’
Congressman Matt Gaetz has threatened to abolish the justice department he has been nominated to lead.
- Stefania Palma
- Opinion
- US Votes 2024
How the Democrats can win in 2028
The electoral coalition that Donald Trump forged last week was sensational – almost Disraelian in its marriage of the overclass and the working class. But it won’t last.
- Janan Ganesh
Thune elected US Senate majority leader, rejecting Musk’s pick
South Dakota senator John Thune was chosen in a secret ballot, as Republicans shrugged off pressure from Elon Musk and others to plump for a Trump loyalist.
- Reuters
Trump picks Musk, Ramaswamy as heads of government efficiency
Donald Trump says Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy will lead the Department of Government Efficiency; “this will send shockwaves through the system,” Musk says. How the day unfolded.
- Updated
- Lucy Slade
- Analysis
- China relations
Trump wants ally Australia to ‘stand up to China’
The president-elect’s picks for secretary of state and national security adviser both want Australia to do more to tackle China’s aggression in the Pacific.
- Updated
- Matthew Cranston
