‘Nothing normal’:Midterm elections are a battle for America’s new reality

‘Nothing normal’:Midterm elections are a battle for America’s new reality

Not only is Congress up for grabs,but also positions that control the election process. Biden and Trump may not be on the ballot,but their deeply contrasting worldviews are.

  • byFarrah Tomazin

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Trump wins bid for review of seized FBI documents as election campaign heats up

Trump wins bid for review of seized FBI documents as election campaign heats up

On the campaign trail,US President Joe Biden has singled out Trump and the extremists loyal to him for being a threat to democracy.

  • byFarrah Tomazin
Bogus reasons are being used to keep controversial documents secret

Bogus reasons are being used to keep controversial documents secret

Our freedom of information regime is moribund,destroyed by political cynicism and an obsession with secrets. It can and must be fixed for the sake of our democracy.

  • byGeoffrey Watson andMax Douglass
Trump accuses FBI of corruption and election interference at first rally since raid

Trump accuses FBI of corruption and election interference at first rally since raid

The twice-impeached former president indicated that he was likely to run again in 2024 to “save America”.

  • byFarrah Tomazin
Why is everyone so angry about everything all of the time?

Why is everyone so angry about everything all of the time?

Whatever’s amiss in public conversation,we don’t seem quite to have diagnosed it precisely.

  • byWaleed Aly andScott Stephens
‘Soul of the nation’:Biden warns American democracy in peril in Trump,MAGA era

‘Soul of the nation’:Biden warns American democracy in peril in Trump,MAGA era

While Joe Biden is not on the ballot until the presidential election in 2024,the midterm elections generally represent the first electoral chance Americans have to express their approval or displeasure with the president of the day.

  • byFarrah Tomazin
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Liberal Party website ‘spoofed’ in shadowy NSW branch-stacking scheme

Liberal Party website ‘spoofed’ in shadowy NSW branch-stacking scheme

Figures behind a plan to stack branches registered a fake online domain designed to mirror the party’s genuine website,potentially enabling them to pose as the party or its officials.

  • byLucy Cormack andNick McKenzie
Revealed:How fake emails were used in NSW Liberals branch-stacking scheme

Revealed:How fake emails were used in NSW Liberals branch-stacking scheme

Confidential Liberal Party documents show how doctored emails and the promise of payment of fees were used in a widespread branch-stacking scam.

  • byNick McKenzie andLucy Cormack
Teflon Don? What is Trump being investigated for and will anything stick?

Teflon Don? What is Trump being investigated for and will anything stick?

An FBI raid on Mar-a-Lago is far from Trump’s only legal fight as he announces another run at the White House in 2024. What are the main investigations under way and how likely are charges?

  • bySherryn Groch
Trump critic Liz Cheney loses re-election bid,says fight isn’t over
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Trump critic Liz Cheney loses re-election bid,says fight isn’t over

“Now the real work begins,” she told her supporters after losing her seat in Wyoming,in one of the most anticipated primary races of the year.

  • byFarrah Tomazin
‘Never-ending witch-hunt’:Trump turns FBI raid into fundraising frenzy

‘Never-ending witch-hunt’:Trump turns FBI raid into fundraising frenzy

The ex-president and his fundraising arm have sent out an average of 10 emails a day since the unprecedented search of his Mar-a-Lago residence last week.

  • byFarrah Tomazin