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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.
Latest US protectionist moves targeting Chinese steel and aluminium imports, together with other measures, risk another damaging round of trade war.
- Trump’s 2016 campaign team was worried about the potential political fallout due to a tape that showed Trump bragging about grabbing women sexually without their permission, Hicks just testified
- Hicks was 26 and working for Ivanka’s clothing business when 2024 presidential hopeful Donald offered her a job for his presidential campaign, despite no prior experience in politics
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.
She also described how her boss was upset about the ‘Access Hollywood’ recording in which he bragged about grabbing women’s genitals.
Multiple reporters from outlets have published stories noting that Donald Trump appeared to doze off during his first criminal trial.
Speaking at Trump’s hush money trial, lawyer Keith Davidson testified about his concern that he may have helped the businessman win the White House.
The ex-publisher of the Enquirer testified to his 2016 involvement in paying off Playboy model Karen McDougal, while the tabloid also ‘caught and killed’ stories to protect Weinstein and Schwarzenegger
Most analysts believe Trump would maintain the alliance to counter Beijing, but some said major shifts including a potential troop pull-out were possible
Though barred from making public statements about witnesses, jurors and some others connected to his hush money case, the ex-US president is free to criticise Judge Merchan.
The move is a rare open act of defiance of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, who has publicly backed Johnson.
Struggling US-China ties, a human rights shock and a student in big trouble: these are the highlights from the SCMP’s overseas correspondents from April 2024.
Four out of five people who responded to the poll say their opinion of mainland China is unfavourable, about the same as last year.
The US Justice Department is proposing to reclassify the drug, a move that would shake up cannabis policy nationwide.
Donald Trump has made illegal crossings at the US-Mexico border a centrepiece of his campaign against US President Joe Biden, a Democrat who is running for a second four-year term.
Trump was held in contempt of court, a stinging rebuke for the former US president, who had insisted he was exercising his free speech rights.
Rugged ranch fate, or cruel judgment? South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem, a potential Donald Trump 2024 running mate, has shocked Americans by revealing she once shot her family dog.
The meeting marked a thaw in relations between the former rivals after a brutal Republican primary contest marked by insults and bruised ego.
Libs of TikTok, aka Chaya Raichik, has mastered the art of being a hater on the internet, wrote the kids’ book No More Secrets: The Candy Cavern and is on an Oklahoma library media advisory committee
His comments at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner come as protesters outside slam his pro-Israel stance in the Gaza war.
Meet Allen Weisselberg – retired CFO of the Trump Organisation and the former president’s most trusted accountant who’s heading to prison for the second time aged 76
The US president’s team had previously been non-committal about his willingness to take part in the election tradition against his White House challenger.
The comments come a day after witness David Pecker testified that Trump never mentioned worrying what his wife thought about his alleged affairs.
