Today
They still hate him, but Wall Street’s big donors turn to Trump
Exasperated with Joe Biden’s policies, top financiers are increasingly on board for a second Trump term despite being alienated during his first presidency.
- Rob Copeland
Morrison says Trump legal ‘pile-on’ political
Speaking in Washington, Scott Morrison backed Donald Trump’s assertion that America’s legal system is being used against him.
- Updated
- Matthew Cranston
‘Let’s get ready to rumble’: Biden and Trump agree to TV debates
The two men will go head-to-head on CNN on June 27 then on ABC News on September 10.
- Updated
- Zeke Miller and Jill Colvin
How 18-year-old Barron Trump could follow in his father’s footsteps
The youngest of Donald Trump’s children graduates high school this week, which makes him a target for the press.
- Kate Wills
Yesterday
Cohen tells of Trump’s Oval Office deal to pay ‘hush money’
Michael Cohen’s story of a deal struck in the White House with Donald Trump was the only personal account tying the former president to falsified documents.
- Ben Protess, Jonah E. Bromwich and Maggie Haberman
This Month
Trump leads in crucial states as Biden’s support unravels
A new set of polls shows the US president is behind in five of six battleground states, as the economy, Israel’s war and a desire for change press on voters.
- Nate Cohn
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
- Analysis
- Donald Trump
Trump’s long week in court as election looms
Stormy Daniels’ allegations of a sexual encounter with Trump set the courtroom alight this week. How they play into his election chances is unclear.
- Matthew Cranston
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
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
Judge threatens Trump with jail over ‘hush money’ gag order
The former US president suggested that he would be willing to risk incarceration after the judge’s warned him over repeatedly breaching the gag order.
- Jack Queen, Luc Cohen and Andy Sullivan
- Analysis
- Donald Trump
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
- Opinion
How one public gaffe can destroy your career
Potential Trump vice president candidate Kristi Noem, who admits shooting her dog, is not the only public figure to have disastrously misjudged popular opinion.
- Henry Mance
- Opinion
- Opinion
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
- Analysis
- US politics
A bystander to ’60s protests, Biden now becomes a target
The protests pose two political risks to Joe Biden. They could worsen his estrangement with the left and feed into a narrative that he has presided over disarray.
- Peter Baker
- Opinion
- Federal Reserve
The US presidential election is casting a long shadow over the Fed
Lingering inflation has caused hopes for US interest rate cuts to wither. That means the Federal Reserve risks becoming dragged into a divisive election.
- Karen Maley
- Opinion
- Monetary policy
Powell bristles at election influence on rate cuts
The Federal Reserve chairman has taken umbrage at suggestions monetary policy decisions will be influenced by the US presidential election.
- Matthew Cranston
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
- Analysis
- Analysis
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
Top US judges sympathetic to Trump in historic immunity case
Conservative Supreme Court judges signalled support for the former president on his claims of protection from prosecution in a case likely to impact the US election.
- John Kruzel and Andrew Chung
