Ronald Reagan
Opinion
Trump's America
Fasten your seatbelts, this wild ride will Trump anything we’ve seen
Next year will be like no other year we have witnessed in American politics. Trump is, of course, presumed innocent – but now let’s see what the evidence is against him.
- by Bill Wyman
Latest
Opinion
US Supreme Court
Supreme Court marches US back in time
It’s yet to be seen how long Americans will tolerate a Supreme Court bound by an ideology inspired by a 250-year-old document, out of step with the concerns of today’s world.
- by Nick O'Malley
Analysis
Glasgow summit
Like Reagan and Gorbachev, Biden and Xi can unite when it matters
While Biden and Xi have berated each other on the world stage, their climate envoys have been working behind the scenes towards common goals.
- by Matthew Knott
John Hinckley, who shot Ronald Reagan, to be freed from oversight
Hinckley was 25 when he shot and wounded the 40th US president outside a Washington hotel in 1981.
- by Ben Finley
From the Archives, 1981: President Reagan shot
40 years ago, just 70 days into his first term, US President Ronald Reagan and three others were shot and wounded by a gunman outside the Washington Hilton.
- by Mike Steketee
Opinion
US votes 2020
My country's moment to mend the soul of a broken democracy
Having worked for two Republican presidents, this expat American watches the US election from her Sydney home and considers the wreckage of four years of Trump.
- by Kim Hoggard
From the Archives, 1980: Reagan in landslide US election victory
Forty years ago, ex-actor and Republican candidate Ronald Reagan, 69, humbly accepted his biggest starring role yet: President of the United States.
- by Mike Steketee
Opinion
US votes 2020
Trump's illness has upended the election, but there will be more surprises
That the virus seems to be claiming more of his circle, including former adviser Kellyanne Conway, is especially alarming.
- by Bruce Wolpe
Opinion
US votes 2020
Trump v Biden: Everything we know about presidential debates goes out the window
Trump is a highly tactical person. That characteristic, more than anything else, makes the question of what will happen in this week’s debate anyone’s guess.
- by Bill Wyman
How seven states will decide the next US president
Donald Trump trails Joe Biden in polls by an average seven percentage points but America's electoral college system is keeping the Republicans in the game.
- by Matthew Knott
Opinion
US votes 2020
Midnight in America: The true state of play in the US election is about to unfold
Trump is more popular now than were the last two one-term presidents.
- by Bruce Wolpe