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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.

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  • On Thursday, Trump was found guilty of falsifying documents to cover up hush money payments to a porn star in 2016. He is to be sentenced on July 11
  • Trump said he would accept home confinement or prison, but: ‘I’m not sure the public would stand for it. At a certain point, there’s a breaking point’
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The 2024 presidential campaign has entered unprecedented territory after Donald Trump became the first former US president convicted of a crime.

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TikTok calls report that it is cloning its recommendation algorithm for US users to prepare for a potential divestment ‘misleading’ and ‘inaccurate’.

The New Jersey rep is seeking a second term, but his influential father’s corruption trial may be affecting his political career … here’s what you need to know

The guilty verdict in his hush money trial would not stop the Republican candidate from running for the top job, or being sworn in from prison if he beats Biden.

Trade between China and Russia surged to a record US$240 billion in 2023, an increase of more than 64 per cent since 2021, before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

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The US Supreme Court Justice told lawmakers the flags linked to Capitol rioters were flown by his wife, an ‘independently minded private citizen’.

These seven men and five women are tasked with deciding if the ex-US president is guilty of any of 34 felony counts of falsifying his company’s records.

Closing arguments offered both sides a final chance to score points with the jury before it starts deliberating the first felony case against an ex-US president.

A US appeal court set a fast-track schedule to consider the legal challenges to a new law requiring China-based ByteDance to divest TikTok’s US assets by January 19 or face a ban.

President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden were at a recent White House state dinner for the Kenyan president – as was their granddaughter Natalie, who drew plenty of attention

Amid a looming US election, Jia Qingguo says tariffs against Chinese goods are more ‘political’, but tougher policies could be imposed under Donald Trump.

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Donald Trump launched another vicious attack on his political opponents, choosing the Memorial Day holiday to dismiss his adversaries as ‘human scum’.

The Microsoft billionaire’s only son with his ex-wife Melinda French Gates turned 25 on the same day as the White House state dinner – so what has he been up to?

Flashing a gun in a journalist’s face during a recent interview and using the N word is just the most recent of Kid Rock’s many controversies over the years – here’s what you need to know

Libertarians, who prioritise small government and individual freedoms, are often sceptical of the former president, and his invitation to address the convention has divided the party.

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O’Donnell feuded with ex president Donald Trump and his notorious fixer – then Michael Cohen went to jail and formed a close bond with the actress, who’s now supporting him at the hush-money trial

Donald Trump holds a rally in the mainly Hispanic and black neighbourhood of New York City’s South Bronx, where he sought to portray migrants as a violent threat to America.

The Republican presidential candidate said the journalist would be freed soon after the November election, though the Kremlin denied having contact with Trump.

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Make ‘knowledge-intensive sectors’ a focal point and remove import taxes that offer no strategic value and hit working Americans hard, economist says.

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