US politics

Donald Trump was abruptly called to the witness stand and fined $15,800 after the judge in his civil fraud trial said the former president had violated a gag order.

After weeks of bitter infighting, Republicans united to fill the key role in US politics.

Three weeks after Speaker Kevin McCarthy was toppled in an intra-party coup, the second-most powerful job in Washington remains vacant.

Donald Trump has described one of Australia's richest men as a "red haired weirdo" after reports were published of the complicated relationship between the two.

Kenneth Chesebro, an attorney who helped orchestrate the Trump campaign's 2020 fake electors plot, has pleaded guilty in the Georgia election subversion case.

Donald Trump was fined US$5000 after his disparaging social media post about a key court staffer in his New York civil fraud trial lingered on his campaign website.

The US President is making the case for deepening US involvement in two unpredictable foreign conflicts in a rare Oval Office address.

Former US president Donald Trump on Tuesday decried the gag order issued on him by the federal judge overseeing his federal 2020 election subversion case, claiming she "took away my right to speak".

Donald Trump said that he stood with Israel and its prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, as his GOP rivals continued to pointedly denounce his lashing out at Netanyahu days after Hamas’ deadly attacks.

The new charges include allegations that he charged more than $68,357 to his campaign over a period of months using cards belonging to contributors without their knowledge.

Environmental lawyer and presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced on Monday his independent candidacy for president, officially ending his effort to defeat President Joe Biden in the Democratic primary in favor of a long-shot general election bid.

Trump's estimate of the property's value is a key sticking point in his ongoing fraud trial.

The judge overseeing the former US president's fraud trial warned outbursts against officials would not be tolerated.

No House speaker has ever before been ousted through the passage of a resolution to remove them.

Donald Trump's court appearances are no longer distractions from his campaign to return to the White House. They are central to it.

Hunter Biden's attorneys are suggesting that prosecutors bowed to pressure by Republicans, who have insisted the Democratic president's son got a sweetheart deal.

Trump travelled to New York in person to deny claims of "persistent and repeated fraud" as a "scam" and "sham".

In a key step to avoid a government shutdown, the House passed a short term spending resolution, which includes natural disaster aid but not additional funding for Ukraine or border security.

In an occasionally dark and profane speech, Donald Trump on Friday sought to win over Republicans in California by complaining that rich people in Beverly Hills smell bad because they're denied water, reiterating lies about widespread election fraud and calling on police to shoot people robbing stores.

While presidents have historically sat on the sidelines, Biden has inserted himself in the centre of a historic fight.

Bob Menendez has been accused of using his foreign affairs influence for personal gain.

It's the latest and weightiest step yet in a long-running investigation into the United States president's son.

He claims "allegations of abuse of power, obstruction and corruption" warrant further investigation.

Enrique Tarrio hung his head as the judge handed down his sentence - the longest so far in relation to the 2021 riots.

The senator appeared to briefly freeze up and was unable to answer a question from a reporter, weeks after he had a similar episode in Washington.

Donald Trump was booked at Fulton County Jail last week in a historic moment.

He has become the first US President in history to have a mugshot taken.

Trump is the first former US President in history to have his mugshot taken. Here are all the members of his team who have also been booked - and what they are accused of.

The historic mugshot of former US president Donald Trump has been released after he was arrested in Georgia this morning.

If Trump was facing the typical experience, he might find himself lingering for hours at the Rice Street jail waiting for his fingerprints and mug shot to be taken.

The former US President is facing 13 charges accusing him of conspiring to overturn his 2020 election loss in Georgia.

US District Judge Tanya Chutkan set the tone for how she would preside over the election subversion against Donald Trump.

Republican Party candidate Ron DeSantis is trying to talk tough on the campaign trail, but many feel he overstepped the mark

Despite COVID-19 hospitalisations recently trending up in the US, Michael Bloomberg has declared "the pandemic is over".

Prosecutors allege in the updated indictment that two Trump employees attempted to delete security camera footage at Mar-a-Lago resort.

Defence Minister Richard Marles has brushed off concerns the US Congress may block Australia's bid to buy American submarines.

Trump made the claim in a post on his Truth Social platform on Tuesday, saying he received the target letter on Sunday night.

Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville is waging an unprecedented campaign to try to change Pentagon abortion policy by holding up hundreds of military nominations and promotions.

Trump, the eldest son of former US president Donald Trump, was set to speak in Melbourne, Sydney, and Brisbane from July 9-11.

Carroll's lawyer Roberta Kaplan said the claim, after a jury found he sexually abused her, is "contrary to both logic and fact".

The FBI and the Department of Homeland Security downplayed or ignored "a massive amount of intelligence information" ahead of the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol, according to the chairman of a Senate panel that overnight released a new report on the intelligence failures ahead of the insurrection.

US intelligence officials believe that Yevgeny Prigozhin, chief of the private Wagner military group, had been planning a major challenge to Russia's military leadership for quite some time.

The deal ends a long-running Justice Department investigation into Biden's second son, who has acknowledged struggling with addiction following the 2015 death of his brother Beau Biden.

A prominent vaccine scientist said he was accosted outside of his home after a Twitter exchange with podcaster Joe Rogan, who challenged him to debate Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. over the weekend.

Donald Trump has levied a shocking broadside at US President Joe Biden in his first public remarks since appearing in a historic court appearance this morning.

No stranger to a showman's flair, Donald Trump has turned his court appearance into a campaign trip after a post-courthouse stop to mingle with members of Miami's Cuban community.

Former US President Donald Trump arrived in Florida early this morning ahead of a history-making federal court appearance on dozens of felony charges.

When Donald Trump faces court early tomorrow morning, he will be making history.

Speaking at the Georgia Republican Convention, Trump cast his indictment by the Department of Justice as an attempt to hurt his chances of returning to the White House as he campaigns for a second term in office.

Donald Trump allegedly kept classified documents at various places in his Mar-a-Lago resort, including a public ballroom, bathroom and a bedroom.