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Trump on trial: the billionaire’s crumbling empire dealt a fresh blow by new legal challenges

The subject of more than 4,000 state and federal cases, hundreds of personal injury, contract, fraud and tax dispute settlements, criminal probes, claims of sexual misconduct, bankruptcies and two impeachments, will Trump finally meet his moment of reckoning?

Marion McKeone: Ravenous Republicans eyeing House majority with slew of extremist candidates

The primaries have ended with hardliners winning out over moderates, setting the scene for bitterly contested midterms in November

Marion McKeone: Biden finally springs for Trump’s throat in an invigorating offensive

The US president’s speech in Philadelphia last Thursday carried the fight to his predecessor, hammering home the theme that American democracy is under attack from far-right elements

Marion McKeone: DeSantis emerges as the new GOP pretender as Trump’s grip loosens

Described by party strategists as ‘Trump with a brain’, Ron DeSantis has emerged for Republicans as a creditable contender to the former US president, but he is also widely perceived as lacking in personality or charisma

Marion McKeone: Formidable Fetterman leads Democrats’ charge as Senate race hots up

The 6’9” Pennsylvanian holds a strong lead over celebrity chat show host Dr Mehmet Oz in the most eye-catching of the midterm contests in the US

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Republicans must stand back and let justice take its course

The GOP’s attack on the American legal system in defence of the conman Donald Trump is threatening the very credibility and standing of the United States itself

Marion McKeone: FBI’s stunning Mar-A-Lago raid puts Trump on the back foot

The former US president is facing explosive allegations that he brought top-secret and classified documents with him to his Palm Beach residence, and may have committed crimes under three different laws

The unforgiven: Liz Cheney’s lonely fight for survival in Wyoming

The congresswoman and daughter of former US vice-president Dick Cheney is all but certain to lose her seat to a Donald Trump-backed opponent in the Republican primary this Tuesday. But in swimming pointedly against the tide of MAGA mania, is she eyeing a much bigger political prize on the horizon?

Irish start-up Bobbie on Target as big box US retailer takes on its infant formula

Company behind European-style organic formula for the US market increases production as national shortage continues

Marion McKeone: Biden makes a bad fist of a Saudi Arabian showdown

The US President’s fist-bump with Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman in Jeddah during the week was met with derision by both his domestic allies and foes

Marion McKeone: Beleaguered Biden’s lack of stomach for a battle is laid bare

With inflation rampant and his green energy agenda being nullified by one intransigent senator, these are dark days for the increasingly impotent US president

Marion McKeone: Trump sweats as his former counsel plays ball with Jan 6 committee

Pat Cipollone’s testimony on Friday about the events of the January 6 riot at the Capitol Building was delivered behind closed doors, but all the indications are that he was a co-operative witness, spelling more bad news for former US president Donald Trump

An aide’s account lifts lid on Trump’s presidential power grab

Last week’s testimony by Cassidy Hutchinson about the final days of Donald Trump’s presidency could be the smoking gun that leads to a criminal prosecution of him

Supreme Court’s political swing sparks fears of a constitutional crisis

In under two weeks, the conservative-dominated court has issued hard-right rulings on abortion, guns, climate change, voting rights and the role of religion in public life – and President Joe Biden appears powerless to do anything about it

Roe v Wade abortion rights case overturned by US Supreme Court

Ruling likely to result in abortion not being legally available in roughly half of US states

Marion McKeone: Portrayal of Pence as White House hero ignores some inconvenient facts

The irony of Donald Trump’s loyal vice-president turning from craven sycophant into ‘steely, determined’ hero has not been lost on observers, least of all Republicans

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Editorial: Holding Trump accountable for his role in Capitol riot is crucial

The US has little credibility to claim global leadership or moral authority if it is unable to defend its own democracy

Marion McKeone: Capitol offence? January 6 Committee determined to hold Trump to account

Committee members believe the January 6 report will ‘blow the roof off’ congress, but have the American public become too obsessed with fantastical conspiracies to be shocked by mere facts?

In Texas, a systems failure that allowed a gunman to kill at will

Across America, revulsion at the massacre of 19 schoolchildren and two teachers in the small Texan town of Uvalde is now turning to rage and disbelief at the incompetence of the local police who stood by as it happened

Trump wraps himself in the flag to keep the NRA’s cash coming

The former US president has drunk deeply from the well of the National Rifle Association’s coffers in recent years, and showed his gratitude by being the star turn at its flagship event on Friday