‘They cheat like hell’:The fallout from the attack on the Capitol
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US Votes 2024

‘They cheat like hell’:The fallout from the attack on the Capitol

Hare-brained schemes and legal loopholes helped cause havoc after the last presidential election. But there are many ways to contest a result. How?

  • byAngus Holland

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How election deniers have infiltrated the race for the White House

Four years after Donald Trump claimed the 2020 election was stolen from him,the Republican candidate and his allies are actively sowing seeds of doubt about this year’s vote.

  • byFarrah Tomazin
‘Doesn’t matter if you lost’:New details of Trump’s bid to overturn election loss revealed

‘Doesn’t matter if you lost’:New details of Trump’s bid to overturn election loss revealed

Much of the new filing focuses on Donald Trump’s dealings with then-vice president and running mate Mike Pence,who was pressured to overturn the 2020 election result.

  • byAndrew Goudsward
New House Speaker Mike Johnson played leading role in effort to overturn 2020 election

New House Speaker Mike Johnson played leading role in effort to overturn 2020 election

On the eve of the January 6,2021 votes,the far-right Congressman presented colleagues with arguments they could use to oppose the will of the voters.

  • byLuke Broadwater andSteve Eder
Rupert Murdoch can’t retire from Fox’s legal woes

Rupert Murdoch can’t retire from Fox’s legal woes

The billionaire’s ‘retirement’ from his controversial media empire might not protect him from litigants such as his fellow News Corp and Fox shareholders.

  • byColin Kruger
Donald Trump has hit a new low,even by his standards

Donald Trump has hit a new low,even by his standards

It’s possible what we’re seeing isn’t the effects of a growing movement of a destructive force,but rather the shaking and rattling of a poorly built car whose doors and wheels are about to fall off.

  • byBill Wyman
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Trump chief of staff burnt so many papers his wife noticed ‘bonfire’ smell,book says

Trump chief of staff burnt so many papers his wife noticed ‘bonfire’ smell,book says

Mark Meadows’ aide says when she would enter his office,she “would sometimes find him leaning over the fire,feeding papers into it,watching to make sure they burned”.

  • byMichelle L. Price
Rupert Murdoch’s exit may reset Fox’s relationship with Donald Trump
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Rupert Murdoch’s exit may reset Fox’s relationship with Donald Trump

One of Lachlan Murdoch’s biggest challenges will be how to handle Donald Trump in an election year.

  • byFarrah Tomazin
Special counsel seeks gag order on Trump in 2020 election case

Special counsel seeks gag order on Trump in 2020 election case

Prosecutors want Trump restricted from giving statements about “the identity,testimony,or credibility of prospective witnesses”.

  • byKanishka Singh andEric Beech
Georgia jury sought charges against Republican senator in Trump election case

Georgia jury sought charges against Republican senator in Trump election case

Republican Senator Lindsey Graham came under scrutiny for a phone call he made to Georgia’s secretary of state in the days after the 2020 presidential election. Today,Graham told reporters:“This is troubling for the country. We can’t criminalise senators for doing their job.”

  • byFarrah Tomazin
Trump’s martyrs or American traitors? Just imagine that assault on our parliament

Trump’s martyrs or American traitors? Just imagine that assault on our parliament

How can hundreds of Trump’s supporters be convicted and go to jail,but the man in whose name they acted not be accountable under the rule of law?

  • byBruce Wolpe