US Election 2020
Handwritten notes paint a damning picture of Trump as he desperately sought to get officials to try to upend his election loss.
Updated 31 Jul, 2021 09:48am
The vote of 57-43 fell short of the two-thirds majority needed to convict Trump on a charge of incitement of insurrection.
Updated 15 Feb, 2021 06:35am
“The Senate should promptly and decisively vote to reject it,” says attorney Michael van der Veen.
Updated 13 Feb, 2021 09:06am
What is needed is a revolutionary change. That won’t happen.
Published 30 Jan, 2021 08:34am
Biden says he is aware the trial can have repercussions but "I think it has to happen."
Published 26 Jan, 2021 07:37pm
In call with Mexican counterpart, Biden outlines plan to create new legal pathways for immigration.
Updated 24 Jan, 2021 09:27am
Senate majority leader says new timeline will allow the Senate to move quickly on key Biden appointees and other tasks.
Updated 24 Jan, 2021 09:43am
The House impeached the Republican leader for a historic second time on Jan 13, just one week before he left office.
Updated 23 Jan, 2021 09:24am
In one afternoon, the new US president signed 17 executive orders that undo many of his predecessor's hallmark initiatives.
Updated 21 Jan, 2021 12:29pm
The ceremony had been largely stripped of its usual pomp and circumstance due to Covid-19 and security concerns.
Updated 21 Jan, 2021 05:23am
Democrat Biden, 78, becomes the oldest US president in history at a scaled-back ceremony in Washington.
Updated 21 Jan, 2021 07:38am
He will also halt the process of withdrawing from the World Health Organisation.
Published 20 Jan, 2021 08:51pm
The first president in modern history to boycott successor’s inauguration, he says his presidency was an “incredible four years”.
Published 20 Jan, 2021 08:47pm
All 12 of the members were found to have links with right-wing militia groups or had posted extremist views online, officials say.
Updated 20 Jan, 2021 05:00pm
Biden takes office with the nation reeling from challenges that rival those faced by Abraham Lincoln and Franklin D Roosevelt.
Updated 20 Jan, 2021 10:39pm
Trump departs the office twice impeached, with millions more out of work and 400,000 dead from the coronavirus.
Published 20 Jan, 2021 01:16pm
“Pakistan has also taken steps against anti-Indian groups, such as LeT and JeM, although progress is incomplete,” says Gen Austin.
Published 20 Jan, 2021 11:03am
Ahmed Aboul Gheit says two-state solution to Palestinian-Israeli conflict has been "marginalised by the main mediator".
Published 19 Jan, 2021 01:56pm
The soldiers are not there for the inaugural parade but to ensure the inauguration ceremony goes smoothly.
Updated 19 Jan, 2021 12:12pm
Speculation mounting over whether Trump will take the legally murky step of issuing himself and his children preemptive pardons.
Updated 19 Jan, 2021 08:59am
As he inherits the White House from Donald Trump, Biden’s plate is overflowing with acute challenges.
Updated 18 Jan, 2021 08:39am
The FBI has warned police agencies of possible armed protests at all 50 state Capitols starting on Jan 16.
Updated 17 Jan, 2021 09:10am
The outgoing president will fly to his Mar-a-Lago club in Florida, where he intends to stay.
Updated 16 Jan, 2021 09:26am
More than 20,000 armed National Guard troops were mobilised after the threat of more violence at the inauguration of Joe Biden.
Published 15 Jan, 2021 03:54pm
Democrats and 10 Republicans have voted to impeach Trump on one charge: incitement of insurrection.
Published 14 Jan, 2021 07:54pm
Several local media outlets had earlier reported father-son due were invited and would be attending the Biden-Harris inauguration.
Updated 14 Jan, 2021 06:32pm
"He must go; he is a clear and present danger to the nation," says House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
Updated 14 Jan, 2021 09:07am
Impeachment article accuses Trump of “engaging in high crimes and misdemeanours by inciting violence” against the US government.
Updated 14 Jan, 2021 07:07am
Under the 25th Amendment, the vice president can oust the president if he and majority of the cabinet find him unfit to continue.
Updated 14 Jan, 2021 05:00am
Trump has made it clear that he could take no blame for the speech in which he urged supporters to march on Congress.
Updated 13 Jan, 2021 07:18am