Today
Trump’s a felon. Now Hunter Biden’s gun trial is set to start
Jury selection begins on Monday in the first of two cases Hunter Biden has tried to avoid for years, both to stay out of prison and spare his father.
- Chris Strohm, Jef Feeley and Jordan Fabian
Former president watches UFC bout amid chants of ‘we love Trump’
Last April Donald Trump sat cage-side after becoming the first former president to face criminal charges. On Saturday, he was at back at the Octagon.
- Updated
- Shawn McCreesh
Joe Biden seizes on opportunity in Trump’s guilty verdict
Donald Trump is a “convicted felon” who would “destroy our justice system, shred our democracy and attack the very idea of America”, according to the Biden camp.
- James Politi
- Opinion
- US election
It will be a miracle if American democracy survives this election
Bit by bit, the United States is becoming like some Central American banana republic, where presidents who lose office expect to be jailed by their successors.
- Daniel Hannan
Yesterday
‘Guilty on all 34 felony counts’: Biden’s major Trump strategy shift
President Joe Biden has warned denouncing a New York jury’s guilty verdict against Donald Trump is “reckless,” “dangerous” and “irresponsible.”
- Peter Baker
Trump claims ‘sick people’ are behind his prosecution
The former president declared that he would appeal against the landmark verdict, calling the trial a “scam” and the judge a “tyrant”.
- Updated
- Maggie Haberman and Michael Gold
Trump deepfakes, misinformation flood X after conviction
Influencers, former Fox News host Tucker Carlson and Elon Musk rushed to reiterate their support for the president.
- Daniel Zuidijk
May
Ackman to sell stake in Pershing Square ahead of planned IPO
The hedge fund manager is said to be selling a 10 per cent stake of his firm in a funding round that values it at more than $US10 billion.
- Crystal Tse
- Opinion
- The AFR View
A felon in the White House should raise alarm
Donald Trump’s criminal conviction may not be fatal in America’s upside-down politics. But to the rest of the world it will matter a lot.
- The AFR View
Defiant Trump seeks to turn verdict into campaign fuel
Donald Trump will try to capitalise on what might otherwise be a career-ending judgment in his election bid, claiming he is the victim of a political witchhunt.
- Updated
- David Voreacos and Patricia Hurtado
- Opinion
- Trump's America
Trump’s court is now America’s polling booths
A New York jury showed that no man is above the law. Their fellow Americans could over-rule that in November.
- Edward Luce
Hopeful yet cautious, Biden’s team hopes to exploit Trump’s conviction
Even if the president does not directly affix the title “felon” to his rival, scores of his allies are planning to do so in their communications about Trump.
- Reid J. Epstein and Nicholas Nehamas
Even as the judicial system finds Trump guilty, his attacks take a toll
The foundational democratic principle that no one is above the law withstood the first criminal trial of a former American president. But the strain is starting to show.
- Sarah Ellison and Josh Dawsey
Turmoil erupts inside OpenAI over safety fears
Arguments over safety and Sam Altman’s leadership are spilling back into the public domain as the AI start-up is hit by resignations.
- Madhumita Murgia and Cristina Criddle
Trump found guilty | Australia’s wealthiest 200 | Verdict’s election implications
Read everything that’s happened in the news so far today.
- Opinion
- US election
Trump, Biden to seize on verdict in bitter poll campaigns
The verdict not only stands as a bellwether for how powerful such legal actions against Donald Trump are, but will also define strategies for both sides of politics.
- Matthew Cranston
The next Cold War is taking place in a chilled data centre
Any doubt AI is now the most significant national security issue for the US and China was laid to rest this month.
- Matthew Cranston
Donald Trump becomes America’s first felon president
The conviction – a humiliating defeat for a man who has dwelled in legal grey zones for decades – brings America’s highest office to a new low.
- Ben Protess, Jonah E. Bromwich, Maggie Haberman, Kate Christobek and Jesse McKinley
Trump’s fundraising platform crashes after guilty verdict
President Joe Biden warned supporters Trump was likely “setting fundraising records” after historic conviction. Follow updates here.
- Euan Black and Timothy Moore
WeWork’s no-drama new owner pitches turnaround
Low-profile software tycoon Anant Yardi sees “tremendous opportunity” in the co-working business after a turbulent bankruptcy.
- Amelia Pollard and Sujeet Indap
