US election

President Joe Biden speaks during a news conference (Evan Vucci/AP)

Biden says it is his ‘expectation’ to run again for president

March 25, 2021

National Guard troops keep watch at the Capitol in Washington (J Scott Applewhite/AP)

Violent extremists pose elevated threat to US, officials say

March 17, 2021

(Matt Slocum/AP)

Despite threats, foreign hackers did not disrupt US election, officials say

March 16, 2021

Donald Trump (Carolyn Kaster/AP)

Democratic congressman sues Trump over role in US Capitol riot

February 16, 2021

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (Balce Ceneta/AP)

Speaker Pelosi says independent commission will examine Capitol riot

February 15, 2021

(AP)

Biden decree ends ’emergency’ that Trump used to build wall

February 11, 2021

Members of the National Guard patrol the area outside of the US Capitol (Jose Luis Magana/AP)

Rioters acting on Trump’s orders, Democrats say at impeachment trial

February 11, 2021

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell arrives at the Capitol on Thursday for the impeachment trial of former president Donald Trump (J Scott Applewhite/AP)

Chilling video footage becomes key exhibit in Trump trial

February 11, 2021

Security video is shown to senators at the second impeachment trial of former president Donald Trump in the Senate at the US Capitol in Washington (Senate Television via AP)

Impeachment trial: Harrowing footage and Trump’s rhetoric take centre stage

February 11, 2021

Reporters vie for a response from Senator Mitt Romney (Scott Applewhite/AP)

‘Distressing and emotional’: Senators relive horror of riot at US Capitol

February 11, 2021

Security video shows Vice President Mike Pence being evacuated as rioters breach the Capitol (Senate Television/AP)

Chilling new footage shown in Trump impeachment trial

February 11, 2021

House impeachment manager Jamie Raskin speaks during the trial (Senate Television via AP)

Trump was ‘inciter in chief’ of Capitol attack, say Democrats

February 10, 2021

Donald Trump pressed secretary of state Brad Raffensperger to ‘find’ enough votes to overturn Joe Biden’s victory in the state (Jose Luis Magana/AP)

Georgia prosecutor opens election probe after Trump call

February 10, 2021

Impeachment managers walk through the Rotunda to the Senate for the impeachment trial (Alex Brandon/AP)

Democrats to argue Trump alone incited mob

February 10, 2021

Members of the national guard patrol outside the US Capitol (Jose Luis Magana/AP)

Senators to hear opening arguments as Trump fumes over trial

February 10, 2021

Insurrectionists loyal to President Donald Trump climb on an inauguration platform on the West Front of the US Capitol in Washington on January 6 (Jose Luis Magana/AP)

How will the Trump impeachment trial unfold?

February 9, 2021

Rioters storm the US Capitol on January 6 in an insurrection which has led to Donald Trump’s second impeachment trial (John Minchillo/AP)

Stage set for Trump impeachment trial

February 9, 2021

People loyal to Donald Trump breach the Capitol in Washington (John Minchillo/AP)

Trump lawyers brand impeachment trial as ‘political theatre’

February 8, 2021

Rioters storm the US Capitol in Washington on January 6 (John Minchillo/AP)

US prepares for Trump impeachment trial

February 8, 2021

A fiercely divided House tossed US politician Marjorie Taylor Greene off both her committees in an unprecedented punishment that Democrats said she had earned by spreading hateful and violent conspiracy theories (Andrew Harnik/AP)

Republican Greene thrown off committees for spreading conspiracy theories

February 5, 2021