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US President-elect Donald Trump shakes hands with US House Speaker Mike Johnson as he meets with House Republicans on Capitol Hill in Washington on Wednesday. Photo: Reuters

US Politics

Republicans keep control of US House, giving Trump’s agenda a smoother path

With Republicans retaking the US Senate, the party controls both legislative chambers.

14 Nov 2024 - 3:46PMvideocam

United States

Opinion | For a closely divided United States, a coin toss would have sufficed

7 Nov 2024 - 11:37PMvideocam

US presidential election 2024

In Africa, US soft power through films and aid brings huge election interest

6 Nov 2024 - 5:07PMvideocam

Fame and celebrity

Barack Obama has no problem with daughter not using his name

Filmmaker Malia Obama doesn’t want tagging as a ‘nepo baby’, so these days she is ‘Malia Ann’. And US ex-president is just fine with that.

1 Nov 2024 - 4:15PM

Former US president Barack Obama takes the stage at a campaign rally for Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris. Photo: dpa

Middle East

Opinion | How the Middle East quagmire muddies Biden’s legacy

The Biden administration’s repeated missteps have dealt a big blow to US standing in the region and given Beijing an opportunity to exercise its global influence.

31 Oct 2024 - 7:16AMvideocam

US presidential election 2024

Down to the wire: Harris, Trump in final sprint of US election race

Polls show Kamala Harris and Donald Trump neck-and-neck as Election Day on November 5 looms.

28 Oct 2024 - 2:34PM

US presidential election 2024

Trump headlines New York rally after vulgar, racist remarks from allies

Donald Trump holds a homecoming rally at Madison Square Garden as the US election campaign heads into final full week.

28 Oct 2024 - 2:41PM

Donald Trump walks on stage at Madison Square Garden, in New York. Photo: Reuters

US presidential election 2024

Obama joins Harris, Trump calls November 5 ‘Liberation Day’ in race’s final days

Kamala Harris holds star-studded rally in Georgia as Donald Trump campaigns in Arizona in a final push for voters in nail-biter US election.

25 Oct 2024 - 12:50PM

US presidential election 2024

Harris leans on A-list, Trump on world’s richest man in election homestretch

Celebrity endorsements can amplify messages but may have mixed effects on voter turnout.

24 Oct 2024 - 3:26PM

US presidential election 2024

Opinion | Can the US overcome its political polarisation, whoever wins the election?

Harris will have the support of the establishment but not Trump. The possibility of the the US going into terminal decline looms large.

23 Oct 2024 - 2:25AMvideocam

Republican presidential nominee and former US president Donald Trump watches a video featuring Democratic presidential candidate, US Vice-President Kamala Harris, during a campaign rally on October 18 in Detroit, Michigan. Photo: Getty Images/AFP

US Politics

Meet US Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s ex-husband Kevin Noonan

After marrying young, Sotomayor’s long work hours and success took a toll on her marriage; she and Noonan divorced amicably and each went on to have a highly successful career in law.

15 Oct 2024 - 4:00AMvideocam

Meet US Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s ex, patent lawyer Kevin Noonan: the high school sweethearts married after college but divorced after seven years. Photos: AFP; MBHB

Indonesia

Widodo’s decade in power leaves an Indonesia transformed – but concerned

While Jokowi’s presidency brought growth and modernisation, his last-minute political manoeuvring raised fears of democratic backsliding.

14 Oct 2024 - 9:29AM

US presidential election 2024

Obama lashes out at ‘crazy’ Trump in first campaign rally for Harris

Battleground state of Pennsylvania was the first stop of Obama’s campaign tour for Harris, with less than four weeks until Election Day.

11 Oct 2024 - 12:23PM

US presidential election 2024

Trump ramps up campaign in Wisconsin, Harris hits airwaves in razor-edge US election

Trump visited battleground state Wisconsin for the fourth time in eight days as Harris begins week-long media blitz.

7 Oct 2024 - 3:11PM

Donald Trump

Trump’s mass deportations goal fell short. But he has new plans for second term

Republican presidential candidate would begin largest deportation programme in US history if he wins November election, his campaign said.

23 Sep 2024 - 12:43PM

Donald Trump holds up an immigration numbers graph during a visit to the US southern border in Arizona in August. Photo: EPA-EFE

US-China relations

Panel urges Biden to prioritise release of Americans wrongfully held in China

Chair of Congressional-Executive Commission on China says detainees must be the focus whenever secretary of state meets Chinese officials.

19 Sep 2024 - 7:14AM

China-Africa relations

Opinion | China’s winning strategy in Africa goes way back

China started building infrastructure in Africa decades ago, long before its Belt and Road Initiative could inspire Western jealousy.

15 Sep 2024 - 5:17PM

Kamala Harris

Who is Tony West, Kamala Harris’ brother-in-law and a senior VP at Uber?

From Stanford – where he met Maya Harris – to Uber and now a ‘close adviser’ to the Harris-Walz campaign, here’s what you need to know about 59-year-old Tony West

28 Aug 2024 - 7:00PM

Tony West is Kamala Harris’ brother in law. Photos: @meenasdad/Instagram

US presidential election 2024

Behind bulletproof glass, Trump holds 1st outdoor rally since shooting attempt

Storage containers were stacked around the venue to create additional walls and block sight lines, and snipers were positioned on roofs.

22 Aug 2024 - 5:35AM

US presidential election 2024

Harris hires Obama’s advisors in effort to topple Trump in presidential race

The hires represent a cold calculation – that with less than three months to Election Day, Democrats can’t risk learning on the fly.

21 Aug 2024 - 5:00PMvideocam

United States

Biden’s Democratic convention moment: opening act, not the main attraction

US President will give a bittersweet farewell address at the Democratic National Convention on Monday, passing torch to Kamala Harris as party’s nominee for US election.

20 Aug 2024 - 12:33AMvideocam

US President Joe Biden, left, and Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris. Photo: AP

United States

False claims Democrats plotted to kill Trump spread by bogus US news sites

As the US presidential election nears, experts sound the alarm over an explosion of AI-powered propaganda masquerading as news.

19 Aug 2024 - 10:00AM

Donald Trump reacts in the moments after a would-be assassin’s bullet grazed his ear during a campaign rally in Pennsylvania on July 13. Photo: Reuters

US presidential election 2024

Harris implies Trump a ‘coward’ during Pennsylvania campaign appearance

Kamala Harris took her surging US presidential campaign to the swing state of Pennsylvania to push her case against Donald Trump.

19 Aug 2024 - 7:49AMvideocam

US presidential election 2024

US Democrats drove ‘natural enemies’ China and Russia together: Trump

2024 Republican presidential nominee also suggests he would ‘get along great’ with Chinese leader Xi Jinping if he wins back White House.

9 Aug 2024 - 6:19AMvideocam

United States

Opinion | Trump’s tariffs won’t tackle the US deficit that really matters

Far more pressing than the trade deficit is the government’s budget deficit and rapid debt accumulation, which truly risk America’s future.

6 Aug 2024 - 2:45PMvideocam

Former US president and 2024 Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump (left) gestures next to US Senator from Ohio and 2024 Republican vice-president candidate J.D. Vance during the first day of the 2024 Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, on July 15. Trump has promised sweeping tariffs on China if elected president. Photo: AFP/Getty Images/TNS

Fame and celebrity

Who is Brian Chesky, the Airbnb CEO and co-founder worth US$8.6 billion?

Brian Chesky defined himself as an artist, and now he’s one of the world’s most influential CEOs – here’s what you need to know about the 42-year-old New Yorker

6 Aug 2024 - 5:00AM

Who is Brian Chesky, the Airbnb founder worth US$8.6 billion? Photo: @cleverpodcast/Instagram

US presidential election 2024

Could Kamala Harris as president boost US ties to the Global South?

China’s steady inroads across developing world not the only obstacle for new Democratic Party standard-bearer seeking White House.

7 Aug 2024 - 7:36PMvideocam

United States

US appeal court blocks Biden administration net neutrality rules

Rules would give FCC tools to crack down on Chinese telecoms firms; bar internet service providers from blocking traffic to some websites.

2 Aug 2024 - 6:45AM

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Barack Obama

Barack Hussein Obama II, born August 4, 1961, was the 44th President of the United States and the first black US president. He served as president between January 20, 2009 to January 20, 2017. Obama was named the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize laureate in October 2009. He was succeeded by Republican Donald John Trump, who assumed office in January 2017.

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4 Aug 1961

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Politics

Job Title

44th President of the United States of America

last updated:

7 October, 2024