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‘It could boomerang’: Stormy Daniels testimony on sex, lies and money is risky for both sides
The porn actress’ account was explosive in her indignant delivery and in the details of a sexual encounter with Donald Trump that at times sounded non-consensual.
- by Shayna Jacobs, Perry Stein, Marianne LeVine and Devlin Barrett
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Trump promised a ‘deal’ to Big Oil as he asked for $US1b for campaign
With his eye on securing a second term in the White House propelled by donor funds, Trump told the oil CEOs at dinner at Mar-a-Lago: You are all wealthy enough.
- by Josh Dawsey and Maxine Joselow
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Can Trump survive a Stormy sex scandal? Just ask Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton accustomed the American people to political scandal. Donald Trump may benefit from their consequent ambivalence to politicians behaving badly.
- by Nick Bryant
Laura Tingle on John Howard and the corrosion of Australia’s national debate
The ABC journalist says we can’t blame Trump or social media for the quality – or lack of – in our national debate.
- by Kerrie O'Brien
Stormy Daniels clashes with Trump’s lawyer over her account of sex with former president
In a combative few hours of cross-examination in the hush money trial, Trump’s lawyers sought to portray the former porn star as a promiscuous extortionist.
- by Farrah Tomazin
Barron Trump named among Republican Party delegates ahead of US election
Former president Donald Trump’s youngest son, Barron Trump, is about to make his political debut.
- by Annabelle Timsit and Andrew Jeong
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Stormy Daniels tells a story of sex with Trump as he listens in disgust
After about half an hour of giving evidence, the 45-year-old started disclosing intimate details about the former president, so much so that the judge baulked at some of the testimony.
- by Ben Protess, Jonah E. Bromwich, Maggie Haberman, Michael Rothfeld and Jonathan Swan
The president, the porn star and the payment: Stormy Daniels testifies in Trump’s hush money trial
In another astonishing moment ahead of this year’s election, the porn star told a jury in explicit detail about her alleged sexual encounter with the former US president.
- by Farrah Tomazin
Trump re-election could lead to civil war in the US
America has a political system that, after 250 years, is no longer fit for purpose. Donald Trump wants to blow it all up.
Box billionaire goes Pratty in pink at the Met Gala
Visy cardboard king Anthony Pratt was one of the brightest figures on the glamour carpet in New York, if not the best dressed.
- by Stephen Brook and Kishor Napier-Raman
‘I have to watch every word I tell you people,’ says Trump after judge flags jail
The NY judge overseeing Donald Trump’s criminal trial has had enough of the ex-president’s gag order violations.
- by Shayna Jacobs, Tom Jackman, Devlin Barrett and Marianne LeVine