US politics

Photographers were on hand to capture every moment when gunshots rang out at a Trump rally.

Donald Trump says he was "shot with a bullet" that pierced the upper portion of his right ear in a new statement released on his social media platform, Truth Social.

In the wake of the former president's wounding in a shooting, friends and rivals have had their say.

The US president addressed reporters in Delaware after the assassination attempt on his rival.

Barack Obama and Nancy Pelosi have spoken privately about Joe Biden and the future of his 2024 campaign. Neither is quite sure what to do.

A Milwaukee radio station agreed to make two edits to an interview it recorded with US President Joe Biden earlier this month at the request of his campaign.

A candidate dropping out after securing the nomination is unprecedented. If Biden does, it raises many questions.

Facing calls from within his own party to drop out, concerns about the US President will only grow after today's gaffes.

The comments, despite US President Joe Biden's insistence he is still running, show how unsettled the question remains.

After days spent lying low and golfing Trump used his return to the campaign trail in Florida to ratchet up his attacks on both Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris.

In a letter to congressional Democrats, he stood firm against calls for him to drop his candidacy and called for an end to the drama that has torn the party apart.

"I have medical doctors traveling everywhere. Every president does, as you know. Medical doctors from the best of the world travel with me everywhere I go," Biden has reassured.

The president offered additional excuses for the performance, adding that it was his fault alone.

The remarks, made to a number of Democratic governors, didn't inspire universal confidence.

The US President admitted he 'wasn't very smart' for travelling extensively in the weeks ahead of his encounter with Donald Trump.

After a bombshell Vanity Fair article was published, the would-be US president said he was "not a church boy".

Democrats' collective freak-out over Biden's fitness hinges firstly on his ability to beat Trump, but it's not the only thing at risk.

Donald Trump will not be sentenced on his business fraud conviction until September, a New York judge ruled Tuesday in the wake of Monday's Supreme Court decision on presidential immunity.

Bannon called himself a "political prisoner" and said the former president was "very supportive" of him and slammed Democrats, including Attorney-General Merrick Garland.

The family discussions have focused on how members of the Biden clan could help the president – and not whether he should reconsider his candidacy, one of the advisers said.

There's a growing sense of concern that the Biden campaign isn't taking the result seriously.

Joe Biden's spotty debate performance immediately triggered new questions from worried Democrats about whether he would leave the presidential race.

Biden concedes debate fumbles but declares he will defend democracy as members of his party attempt to shut down talk of replacing him atop the ticket.

Shares of Trump Media, the owner of social networking site Truth Social, jumped five per cent at the opening bell on Friday, with some investors believing it could become a bigger mouthpiece for the former US president if he is re-elected.

After a dreadful debate performance, the Democrats are wondering if it's too late to find someone else.

High-ranking Democrats are reportedly considering pressuring the President to drop his re-election bid after a disastrous debate performance.

The US Presidential debate between Joe Biden and Donald Trump descended into farce, with both men momentarily engaged in a bragging contest about who is better at golf.

Five months from election day, Joe Biden and Donald Trump are meeting head-to-head for the first presidential debate.

Biden and Trump face fierce headwinds. Both candidates are disliked by majorities of Americans and offer sharply different visions on virtually every core issue.

Paris Hilton is opening up about her experience with past abuse as she continues to advocate for legislation that better protects children from suffering institutional abuse.

The WikiLeaks founder's team has hit out at his prosecution and thanked Australian officials, confirming Assange told Albanese he "saved his life".

He said that the use of just a warning label wouldn't make social media safe for young people, but would be a part of the steps needed.

The biggest stars rolled out the red carpet for the president in Los Angeles.

Hunter Biden was found guilty of three gun crime felony offences in a landmark trial.

Hunter Biden has been convicted of all three felony charges related to the purchase of a revolver in 2018.

Jurors said politics didn't enter into the matter, but that they felt sorry for the Biden family.

Several people spoke anonymously about what the former US president would need to do.

Trump isn't the first would-be president with a criminal record. He's not even the only one this year.

Federal prosecutors have overnight painted US President Joe Biden's son Hunter as deceptive and driven by addiction.

His comments come just days after a Manhattan jury found Trump guilty of all charges in his hush money trial, making him the first former president to be found guilty of a felony

Marian Robinson lived a low-key life in the White House during the Obama presidency.

The US President noted pointedly that Trump was found guilty by a unanimous jury and slammed his attempts to cast the case as politically motivated.

Trump was smiling and laughing with his attorney, Todd Blanche, as they waited for Judge Juan Merchan to announce the jury was heading home for the day.

The former US president continued his claims that his hush money trial was politically motivated.

Supporters - and detractors - of former US President Donald Trump gathered outside a Manhattan courthouse today as Trump was sensationally convicted of 34 counts of falsifying business records.

Now that a New York jury has convicted former President Donald Trump of all 34 felony charges of falsifying business records, the next obvious question is: Can a convicted felon run for president?

The judge in the ex president's hush money trial has range of sentencing options.

Trump was guilty on all 34 counts of falsifying business records, a jury found.

The 12-person jury was sent home after about four and a half hours of deliberations.