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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.
- A parade of Republicans has joined Donald Trump at court in a show of solidarity during his hush money trial
- US House Speaker Mike Johnson was the latest to do so, attacking the case against Trump as a ‘sham’
The former fixer’s own insult’s about his ex-boss – ‘Dictator douchebag’, ‘Cheeto-dusted cartoon villain’ – were used to paint him as a disgruntled turncoat.
The former adult film star was ‘paralysed with fear’ before giving testimony on her alleged sexual encounter with Trump in 2006.
US President Joe Biden also gives his action a political edge, criticising Donald Trump, his predecessor and challenger for re-election, for failing to increase US exports and boost manufacturing.
China should also ‘prepare for the worst’ but ‘do its best’ in response to further trade and tech frictions, Yang Jiemian tells summit in Hong Kong.
US Senator Bob Menendez went on trial in Manhattan federal court, accused of accepting bribes of gold and cash to use his influence to deliver favours that would help three New Jersey businessmen.
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 United States is reportedly planning to raise tariffs on Chinese clean energy goods such as electric vehicles, batteries and 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.
