Donald Trump
‘DIDN’T EXIST’: Trump falsely accuses Harris of faking crowd photos using AI
Conspiracy theorists and far-right influencers have promoted a number of falsehoods targeted at the Harris campaign. Donald Trump has taken it up a level.
- by Ariana Eunjung Cha
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From bad to worse: Inside Trump’s worst three weeks of the 2024 campaign
Questioning his opponent’s racial identity. Still hoping to “stop the steal”. Constant crowd comparisons. The former president’s people see a candidate knocked off his bearings.
- by Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan
A financial tale of two potential vice presidents
Tim Walz and JD Vance both come from modest backgrounds, but one running mate is rich and the other far from it.
- by Sharon LaFraniere
Analysis
US Votes 2024
The Harris-Walz waltz prompts relief among climate activists
Facing the possibility of a hostile Trump administration, global scientists and analysts are breathing a sigh of relief at the reinvigorated Democratic campaign.
- by Nick O'Malley
Opinion
US Votes 2024
If Trump wins, it’s because he’s called out ‘the last acceptable prejudice’
The narrative of victimhood – one of the main tropes of identity politics – has been increasingly adopted by the right. Donald Trump has appointed himself victim-in-chief.
- by George Brandis
Harris leads Trump in three key states after a year of Biden’s polls struggle
The New York Times and Siena College polls are some of the first high-quality surveys in the states since US President Joe Biden announced he would no longer run for re-election.
- by Lisa Lerer and Ruth Igielnik
Donald Trump’s campaign says its emails were hacked
A Trump campaign spokesperson blamed the hack on “foreign sources hostile to the United States” and suggested Iranian actors were involved.
- by Bill Barrow
Opinion
US Votes 2024
They called him ‘Tampon Tim’ as an insult. It backfired
Positive political role models like Tim Walz are important. He shows young men that they have nothing to fear by giving things to women – be they tampons or just some basic respect.
- by Jacqueline Maley
From hype to hope: Can Kamala Harris beat Donald Trump?
The question is whether the newly rebooted Harris can sustain the Kamala-mentum or if it will fizzle out before election day on November 5.
- by Farrah Tomazin
Opinion
US Votes 2024
In a deepfake election, America is going to the trolls not the polls
Online corporations largely have given up their pretence at trying to impose any kind of civility on their platforms.
- by Peter Hartcher
Opinion
Political unrest
The spirit of the London Games has gone up in flames. Brace for Paris to torch the legacy
As we saw in London and Sydney, the celebratory multicultural and liberal triumphs of the Games are quickly followed by illiberal kickbacks.
- by Nick Bryant