US Votes 2024
Opinion
Interest rates
How Donald Trump’s ‘catastrophic’ debate shook up Wall Street
For much of this year, markets have been pricing in the implications of a second Trump presidency. After Wednesday’s debate, those “Trump Trades” started to unravel.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Latest
Kamala Harris wants a second debate, Donald Trump is not so sure
As the dust settled on Tuesday’s debate, Trump and his allies went into damage control amid widespread dismay that the former president was repeatedly baited by Harris.
- by Farrah Tomazin
‘Think I get orders from the CIA?’ Top Russian propagandist taunts US
Alexey Navalny lampooned Margarita Simonyan for years with the nickname “beaver-eater” after a 2012 social media post where she outlined her plans to boil up a beaver head for broth.
- by Robyn Dixon
Opinion
Taylor Swift
You need to calm down: Why Taylor’s endorsement hasn’t won Harris the election
Democrats may be dancing – metaphorically and probably literally. But is an Instagram post from Taylor Swift a signed, sealed and delivered election victory? Not yet.
- by Katy Hall
Editorial
US politics
Why Harris’ strong debate performance is good for Australia
The US presidential debate ushered Kamala Harris into American lounge rooms – and showed the world the election race has caught fire.
- The Herald's View
Analysis
Kamala Harris
Harris laid the bait and Trump took it on a bad night for the former president
It took only half an hour for Kamala Harris to bait Donald Trump, simply by saying people leave his rallies looking exhausted and bored.
- by Farrah Tomazin
US Presidential debate 2024 LIVE updates: Trump, Harris clash over abortion, immigration; Taylor Swift endorses vice president
It will be the first time the two candidates have met in person and with less than two months before election day, the stakes could not be higher.
- by Michael Koziol and Farrah Tomazin
‘Eating cats’: Fact-checking Trump’s false claims during the presidential debate
The Republican nominee and former president backed rumours about immigrants eating pets, then claimed he oversaw the most dynamic economy in the world.
Opinion
US politics
Kamala sliced Trump like sashimi, when he wasn’t doing it himself
Trump saved his best for last, but it was too late to recover from what will go down as a genuinely shocking performance.
- by Bruce Wolpe
Taylor Swift, childless cat lady, endorses Kamala Harris
The world’s most powerful pop star has made her decision ahead of the US presidential election.
- by Thomas Mitchell
Republicans pushing ‘dangerous’ Haitian conspiracy theory, White House says
The claim started in a Springfield Facebook group, where someone wrote that a cat had got lost, ABC News (US) reported. The person then without evidence claimed that Haitians took the cat for food.
- by Trevor Hunnicutt and Doina Chiacu