Paul McGeough
Paul McGeough is chief foreign correspondent for the Sydney Morning Herald.
Dallas shooting: Who was Micah Xavier Johnson?
Paul McGeough They called him X – as in his middle initial. Some thought him cool, others thought him egregious.
After Dallas shootings, race, violence fears bend direction of US campaign
Paul McGeough Analysts make the point that the current tension might match that of the 1960s and 1970s, but these days a torrent of social media images and commentaries feed an African American belief that little...
Dallas shootings: decades after JFK's death, city once again emerges as troubled crossroads
Paul McGeough A quintessential American city, the name of which is etched in the global consciousness as the setting for an earlier act of infamy, finds itself at the intersection of a US debate that seemingly is...
Dallas shootings: How a peaceful protest became a crazed massacre of policemen
Paul McGeough, Chief Correspondent A cold-blooded and methodical killer took a casual approach to life and death in the streets of Dallas.
Dallas police shooting: a three day spasm of violence culminates in a sniper attack
Paul McGeough A three-day spasm of violence and protests in cities across the US climaxed Thursday night with the killing of four cops and the wounding of seven more in Dallas Texas by what police said were "two...
US police shootings: Philando Castile complied with orders and was still shot live on Facebook
Paul McGeough It's a seriously sick society when a four-year- old is heard supporting her mother in the minutes after a white policeman has killed the mother's African American boyfriend – seemingly for...
Chilcot Report: The mind-boggling incompetence of Bush, Blair and Howard laid bare
Paul McGeough The three buccaneers took leave of their senses in invading Iraq – George W. Bush, Tony Blair and John Howard.
FBI 'no charge' recommendation for Hillary Clinton could be devastating
Paul McGeough This election just got so much harder for Hillary Clinton – to be cleared of criminal misconduct was good news that lasted for just a minute.
US Elections 2016: Hillary Clinton 'vetted' by the FBI
Paul McGeough The timing of the three-and a half hour interview over Clinton's email server is delicate.
ANALYSIS
Dhaka, Istanbul, Fallujah - mapping a caliphate of Islamic State terror
Paul McGeough It's a long way from Istanbul to Fallujah or Dhaka – but in the dark geography of Islamic State, the three are strongly connected.
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Donald Trump dumps on free trade's 'rape of our country' in Pennsylvania address
Paul McGeough Junking decades of Republican orthodoxy, the maverick candidate vows to shred global trade agreements.
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A unanimous verdict: US pollies can be bribed, if you play it right
Paul McGeough The US Supreme Court found the gifts to Virginia governor Bob McDonnell and his family distasteful, but all perfectly legal.
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Brexit vote could be an 'October surprise' in June for Donald Trump
Paul McGeough Brexit should worry the Clinton campaign, because people ignored the boffins and went with their gut instincts in making a momentous and unexpected decision.
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US Supreme Court smashes laws aimed at denying women access to abortion
Paul McGeough It was one hell of a collision on Monday when the hugely successful American anti-abortion lobby ran into a brick wall called the US Supreme Court.
The morning after the night before: The Trans-Atlantic fallout over Brexit
Paul McGeough As panic set in among institutional and private investors, the American political and pundit classes spun the shock referendum outcome defensively and cautiously, save for Trump,
Hope Hicks: The 27-year-old at the heart of Donald Trump's presidential campaign
Paul McGeough The island of calm in a chaotic campaign? Meet the 27-year-old at the heart of Donald Trump's US presidential tilt.
Analysis
Forget Donald Trump's lies. It's that his political language that no longer matters
Paul McGeough PolitiFact found 50 per cent of what Clinton had to say on the campaign trail was true or mostly true. With Trump it's closer to 9 per cent.
Donald Trump serves up angry whoppers at Hillary Clinton as slugfest continues
Paul McGeough This is the slugfest election - so Wednesday was payback time as Donald Trump wiped the floor with Hillary Clinton; in pretty much the same fashion as she had wiped the floor with Trump on Tuesday...
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Here is the link between Omar Mateen and Thomas Mair; Donald Trump and Brexit
Paul McGeough As the Brexiteers and Trumpites head for the polls, there's an eerie similarity to the political noise on both sides of the Atlantic.
Donald Trump's financial disclosures draw giggles from rivals, critics
Paul McGeough If Trump is so happily self-funding his campaign, why is the campaign paying so much money to Trump corporate entities?
