Today
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
This Month
- Opinion
- Opinion
How Trump’s ‘imperial presidency’ will reshape the world
If Donald Trump wins in November, expect even greater strain on American institutions. But he’s unlikely to be an “imperial president” abroad.
- James Curran
US set to impose 100pc tariffs on Chinese EVs
The move expected this week marks the latest effort by the Biden administration to protect America’s domestic industry from cheap competition.
- Updated
- Alan Rappeport and Jim Tankersley
Stormy Daniels accused of profiting off Trump sex claims
The former president’s lawyers are trying to undermine the porn actor’s credibility as the trial resumes in Manhattan.
- Joe Miller
Trump asked oil CEOs for $1.5b donations in exchange for favours
The former president demanded $US1 billion in donations to get re-elected and offered to overturn environmental rules and policies to help the oil industry.
- Updated
- Josh Dawsey and Maxine Joselow
- Opinion
- USA
Campus protests may help Donald Trump win
History suggests the intellectual conformism sweeping university life could trigger a popular backlash that ends in conservative rule.
- David Brooks
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
Stormy Daniels’ graphic testimony of alleged Trump sexual encounter
The remarkable testimony is the latest example of how Donald’s Trump’s dealings with women are coming back to haunt him in court.
- Updated
- Erik Larson, Patricia Hurtado and David Voreacos
Stormy Daniels expected to appear at Trump’s trial
The adult-film actress’ testimony is by far the most-awaited spectacle in Donald Trump’s hush money trial.
- Jennifer Peltz, Jake Offenhartz, Michael R. Sisak and Eric Tucker
- Analysis
- US election
Gallows humour and escape: Trump’s possible return rattles Washington
Much of official Washington is bracing for the former president’s return – this time with ‘retribution’ as his avowed mission, the discussion is about self-imposed exile.
- Peter Baker
- Opinion
- US election
Europe should brace itself for a Trump victory
The difference between 2024 and 2016, when Trump last won the presidency, is that this time he has a plan. From Europe’s perspective, it would look like Fortress America.
- Updated
- Edward Luce
Trump threatened with jail, fined for contempt of court
The former president was ordered to pay the fine by the end of the week, and he deleted, as ordered, the offending posts from his Truth Social account.
- Michael Sisak and Jennifer Peltz
April
- Opinion
- Opinion
Why Donald Trump is a style icon
With his dowdy, oversized navy suits and MAGA red caps, the former president’s personal brand is a crucial part of his accessible appeal.
- Jemima Kelly
- Analysis
- US election
With Trump in court, can Biden take control of the election?
As polls show the race tied, the president is campaigning around the country and his opponent is stuck spending his days in a Manhattan courtroom.
- James Politi, Lauren Fedor and Joe Miller
- Opinion
- Russia-Ukraine war
Fight to the last Ukrainian
More aid is clearly a relief for Kyiv, but will it be enough to reverse the tide of the war?
- James Curran
Trump to set interest rates himself under secret presidential plan
Donald Trump’s aides plan to roll back the independence of the US Federal Reserve if he returns to the Oval Office.
- Tim Wallace
The loyal lieutenant who buried Trump’s secrets
David Pecker, ex-publisher of The National Enquirer, testified at the trial that Donald Trump personally thanked him for hiding potentially damaging stories.
- Jonah E. Bromwich, Ben Protess and Michael Rothfeld
- Opinion
- Electric vehicles
How China plans to win the global EV war
The US and European governments are increasingly alarmed at the potential for China’s EV ambitions to put their own car manufacturers at risk.
- Updated
- Jennifer Hewett
US to rush weapons to Ukraine as Biden signs aid bill
The Pentagon said it would rush the first $1.5 billion in aid to Ukraine, including shoulder-fired Stinger surface-to-air missiles and other air defence munitions.
- Zolan Kanno-Youngs
Tabloid publisher says he sought to shield Trump from sex scandals
The effort to suppress unflattering information was designed to illegally influence the election, prosecutors have alleged.
- Michael Sisak, Eric Tucker, Jennifer Peltz and Jake Offenhartz