Can Kamala slay the vampire? I asked Obama’s vote-whisperer

Can Kamala slay the vampire? I asked Obama’s vote-whisperer

Kamala Harris may have had “the best month in modern American political history”,but Jim Messina thinks she’s still a long way from winning the White House.

  • byPeter Hartcher

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The Obamas called Kamala Harris. Cameras rolled. Hokeyness ensued

The Obamas called Kamala Harris. Cameras rolled. Hokeyness ensued

The historical weight of the moment may have been somewhat undercut by the stage management.

  • byRebecca Davis O’Brien
Local high schools should be supported as well as selective ones

Local high schools should be supported as well as selective ones

While some parents will always want to send their children to an independent school the possibilities if all other students attended their local high school are amazing. The local school’s NAPLAN results would be better. All students would live locally,rather than having to travel to a school out of their area.

I knocked Biden out of the race in ’87. Almost four decades later,he needs to quit again

I knocked Biden out of the race in ’87. Almost four decades later,he needs to quit again

In Washington,people often become what they start out scorning. This has happened to Joe Biden.

  • byMaureen Dowd
‘My rock’:Marian Robinson,Michelle Obama’s mother,dies at 86

‘My rock’:Marian Robinson,Michelle Obama’s mother,dies at 86

A black woman who grew up in the 50s in segregated Chicago,Mrs R moved into the White House to watch her daughter become first lady of the United States.

  • byKrissah Thompson
Julia Gillard made history with 15 minutes of fury. Now it’s Justine Clarke’s turn

Julia Gillard made history with 15 minutes of fury. Now it’s Justine Clarke’s turn

The former prime minister’s famous misogyny speech was a stunning piece of political theatre – and it’s now an acclaimed stage show.

  • byLouise Rugendyke
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Despite Obama and Trump,America just proved it’s still the ‘indispensable power’

Despite Obama and Trump,America just proved it’s still the ‘indispensable power’

This multibillion-dollar aid package shores up US friends and allies with priceless support amid existential struggles across three continents.

  • byPeter Hartcher
‘Numbers don’t lie’:Biden outpaces Trump in fundraising,enlists big guns for more

‘Numbers don’t lie’:Biden outpaces Trump in fundraising,enlists big guns for more

With seven months until the US election,Democrats hoped a single,star-studded event would add a record $US25 million to their war chest.

  • byFarrah Tomazin
‘Zero chance’:Michelle Obama rules out running for president

‘Zero chance’:Michelle Obama rules out running for president

A spokeswoman for the former first lady told NBC News:“Mrs Obama supports President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris’s re-election campaign.”

  • bySusie Coen
2022:Barack Obama visits White House for first time since he left office
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2022:Barack Obama visits White House for first time since he left office

Former US president Barack Obama returns the White House for the first time since leaving office.

He couldn’t even swear properly:Biden-Obama tensions laid bare in new book

He couldn’t even swear properly:Biden-Obama tensions laid bare in new book

Joe Biden reportedly said Barack Obama was unable to deliver a “f--- you” with “the right elongation of vowels and the necessary hardness of consonants;it was how they must curse in the ivory tower”.

  • byWill Weissert