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Donald John Trump, born June 14, 1946, became the 45th President of the United States in 2017, after he defeated Democratic rival Hillary Clinton in the general election of 2016. He was preceded by Barack Obama, who was in office for two terms between January 20, 2009 and January 20, 2017. He was succeeded by Joe Biden, who became 46th President of the United States on January 20, 2021.
Bizarre recent headlines around Donald Trump and other notable Republicans suggest US politics is spinning out of control, but there is reason to hope. House Speaker Mike Johnson getting aid for Ukraine passed suggests there are limits to the extremism in the Republican Party and sanity can still prevail.
Note from 12 Republican senators threatens court’s chief prosecutor, family and associates with sanctions in bid to protect Israeli leaders.
Latest US protectionist moves targeting Chinese steel and aluminium imports, together with other measures, risk another damaging round of trade war.
- New Jersey Democrat is accused of accepting bribes of gold and cash to deliver favours that would help 3 businessmen
- Besides charges including bribery, extortion, fraud and obstruction of justice, Menendez is also charged with acting as a foreign agent of Egypt
Donald Trump’s one-time fixer and the star prosecution witness at the former president’s criminal trial testified how the then-Republican candidate directed him to pay a porn actress to bury revelations of an alleged tryst.
The US reportedly plans to raise tariffs on Chinese clean energy goods such as electric vehicles, batteries, solar products, with an announcement expected this week.
Asian advocacy organisations worry the rhetoric could encourage further harassment and violence toward the Asian community.
‘The late, great Hannibal Lecter is a wonderful man,’ former US President Donald Trump said at a rally, referencing the fictional cannibal from 1991 film Silence of the Lambs.
While the former US ambassador to the UN has acknowledged that Trump would be the Republican nominee, she has so far not endorsed him.
The ex-US president’s youngest son will not be representing Florida at the Republican Party convention, a statement from his mother Melania Trump’s office says.
Riley Roberts and New York congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, aka AOC, met at age 19 as Boston University students, started dating, split after graduating – then got back together around 5 years ago
The star witness, who was the ex-US president’s former lawyer, had spoken on social media while wearing a T-shirt depicting Trump behind bars.
The US will impose new, elevated tariffs that focus on key industries including electric vehicles, batteries and solar cells, according to Bloomberg and The Wall Street Journal.
Six months before the US presidential election, pollsters are scrambling to get an accurate read on the people voting for Donald Trump, a group that has systematically eluded them for eight years and counting.
She’s taken the stand as a witness in the ex-president’s hush money trial, but the notorious adult film star also dabbles in the occult, enjoys family time at her ranch and continues her work in showbiz.
The ex-US president’s lawyer asked her about different accounts she had given of the incident, seeking to undermine the porn star’s credibility as a witness in the hush money trial.
Donald Trump said “What Biden is doing with respect to Israel is disgraceful,” in reference to the president’s threat to stop sending weapons to Israel as it wages war against the Palestinian militant group in Gaza.
Democrats joined Republicans in a 359-43 vote, avoiding a replay of the chaos in October when predecessor Kevin McCarthy was removed from the role.
Xi’s arrival and remarks published in Serbia coincided with 25th anniversary of US air strike that killed three Chinese journalists.
The independent White House hopeful made the claim in a 2012 deposition as part of his divorce from his second wife, but says he has since recovered.
The decision comes a day after a Florida judge postponed the classified documents trial indefinitely, as the list of stalled cases against the ex-US president grows.
Centre for Strategic and International Studies report says punishment or abandonment of city’s special status in US law could damage remaining autonomy.
First visit by Chinese president to Europe in over five years is highlighting the pivotal role Beijing’s ties with Moscow play in Europe’s relationship with China.
Trump’s 2016 campaign team was panicked about the potential political fallout from a tape that showed Trump bragging about grabbing women sexually without their permission, Hicks just testified
The decision greatly reduces the chances that the ex-US president will face a jury in either of two federal cases against him before the November election.
Jailing Trump would almost certainly inflame his already loyal base of supporters and in their minds further Trump’s narrative that he is being politically persecuted.
The porn star at the heart of Donald Trump’s historic criminal trial testified – in sometimes explicit detail – about an alleged 2006 sexual encounter with the former president in a hotel penthouse suite.
The suit argues that the law violates the US Constitution on a number of grounds, including running afoul of First Amendment free speech protections.
Bernie Sanders, the longest-serving independent senator in American history, said he will seek a fourth term in an announcement touting his record over 16 years and taking aim at US military funding for Israel.
The judge in the criminal hush money trial of Donald Trump said he will consider prison time for the former president for additional violations of the gag order.
Former US president Donald Trump has sharpened his allegation that his Democratic successor has weaponised the US justice system against him, comparing Joe Biden’s tactics to those of Hitler’s secret police.
