2024 US presidential election • Crikey https://www.crikey.com.au/topic/2024-us-presidential-election/ On politics, media, business, the environment and life Wed, 11 Sep 2024 05:56:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.5 https://www.crikey.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/cropped-android-chrome-512x512-1.png?quality=70&w=32 2024 US presidential election • Crikey https://www.crikey.com.au/topic/2024-us-presidential-election/ 32 32 232040107 Trump floundered in the debate. But Harris dealt no fatal blow https://www.crikey.com.au/2024/09/11/presidential-debate-donald-trump-flounders-kamala-harris/ https://www.crikey.com.au/2024/09/11/presidential-debate-donald-trump-flounders-kamala-harris/#comments Wed, 11 Sep 2024 05:56:13 +0000 https://www.crikey.com.au/?p=1174440 Donald Trump and Kamala Harris during the presidential debateProgressives will coo at Kamala's performance, but the Donald dream lives on.

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]]> https://www.crikey.com.au/2024/09/11/presidential-debate-donald-trump-flounders-kamala-harris/feed/ 15 Harris has stalled. Will today’s debate with Trump change that? https://www.crikey.com.au/2024/09/11/presidential-debate-kamala-harris-donald-trump/ https://www.crikey.com.au/2024/09/11/presidential-debate-kamala-harris-donald-trump/#comments Tue, 10 Sep 2024 23:52:12 +0000 https://www.crikey.com.au/?p=1174302 Kamala Harris and Donald Trump (Image: Private Media)Harris and Trump are running neck and neck. And today might be the Democratic nominee's only chance to regain momentum.

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]]> https://www.crikey.com.au/2024/09/11/presidential-debate-kamala-harris-donald-trump/feed/ 50 Peter Dutton: The mining industry’s best friend https://www.crikey.com.au/2024/09/11/peter-dutton-minerals-council-australia-us-debate-harris-trump/ https://www.crikey.com.au/2024/09/11/peter-dutton-minerals-council-australia-us-debate-harris-trump/#comments Tue, 10 Sep 2024 21:07:40 +0000 https://www.crikey.com.au/?p=1174232 Peter Dutton (Image: AAP/Lukas Coch)The opposition leader has his friendship bracelets at the ready for the Minerals Council of Australia, and set an alarm for 11am: it's presidential debate time.

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]]> https://www.crikey.com.au/2024/09/11/peter-dutton-minerals-council-australia-us-debate-harris-trump/feed/ 9 An evangelic candidate for governor bought hundreds of bootleg pornos in the ’90s and that’s not the weirdest part https://www.crikey.com.au/2024/09/06/2024-us-election-trump-harris-walz-russia/ https://www.crikey.com.au/2024/09/06/2024-us-election-trump-harris-walz-russia/#comments Fri, 06 Sep 2024 01:59:37 +0000 https://www.crikey.com.au/?p=1173629 Donald Trump (Image: AP/Alex Brandon)Pornography, Russian propaganda and unruly family members — just another week in US politics.

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]]> https://www.crikey.com.au/2024/09/06/2024-us-election-trump-harris-walz-russia/feed/ 13 Bullock doubles down on interest rates https://www.crikey.com.au/2024/09/06/michele-bullock-rba-interest-inflation-kamala-harris-donald-trump/ https://www.crikey.com.au/2024/09/06/michele-bullock-rba-interest-inflation-kamala-harris-donald-trump/#comments Thu, 05 Sep 2024 20:59:56 +0000 https://www.crikey.com.au/?p=1173550 RBA governor Michele Bullock (Image: AAP/Bianca De Marchi)RBA governor Michele Bullock is standing by her board's interest rate decisions, and Donald Trump and Kamala Harris agree on a set of rules for next week's presidential debate.

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]]> https://www.crikey.com.au/2024/09/06/michele-bullock-rba-interest-inflation-kamala-harris-donald-trump/feed/ 8 Kamala Harris’ campaign has taken off, but Trump still has one advantage — if he can rein himself in https://www.crikey.com.au/2024/09/04/kamala-harris-donald-trump-advantage-discipline/ https://www.crikey.com.au/2024/09/04/kamala-harris-donald-trump-advantage-discipline/#comments Wed, 04 Sep 2024 05:43:00 +0000 https://www.crikey.com.au/?p=1173300 A Donald Trump supporter (Image: AP/Rebecca Blackwell)The Democrats are on a roll, but Trump still leads on key issues with American voters. The question is whether he has the discipline to stay on message.

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]]> https://www.crikey.com.au/2024/09/04/kamala-harris-donald-trump-advantage-discipline/feed/ 24 Americans now look to Harris for policies, not just promises of joy  https://www.crikey.com.au/2024/09/02/kamala-harris-policy-positions-abortion-immigration-healthcare/ https://www.crikey.com.au/2024/09/02/kamala-harris-policy-positions-abortion-immigration-healthcare/#comments Mon, 02 Sep 2024 00:30:03 +0000 https://www.crikey.com.au/?p=1172817 Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris (Image: AAP/AP/Jacquelyn Martin)After a glitzy convention in Chicago, American voters are shifting their attention to Harris' position on concrete policies.

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]]> https://www.crikey.com.au/2024/09/02/kamala-harris-policy-positions-abortion-immigration-healthcare/feed/ 24 Is Trump genuinely losing it? Is Harris, for that matter? https://www.crikey.com.au/2024/08/30/donald-trump-kamala-harris-2024-us-presidential-election/ https://www.crikey.com.au/2024/08/30/donald-trump-kamala-harris-2024-us-presidential-election/#comments Fri, 30 Aug 2024 04:33:02 +0000 https://www.crikey.com.au/?p=1172563 Donald Trump and Kamala Harris (Images: AAP/Private Media)Donald Trump gets more erratic, while Kamala Harris gets more centrist.

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]]> https://www.crikey.com.au/2024/08/30/donald-trump-kamala-harris-2024-us-presidential-election/feed/ 16 The knockout suit, a decapitated whale, and the Dems are doing it again: The week in US politics https://www.crikey.com.au/2024/08/28/donald-trump-democrats-us-election-2024/ https://www.crikey.com.au/2024/08/28/donald-trump-democrats-us-election-2024/#comments Wed, 28 Aug 2024 01:59:09 +0000 https://www.crikey.com.au/?p=1172121 Donald Trump with Republican supporters (Image: AP/Carolyn Kaster)Trump appoints the literal brain worms guy to his team, and the Democrats hit back hard with a TikTok dance. US politics in 2024, baby!

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]]> https://www.crikey.com.au/2024/08/28/donald-trump-democrats-us-election-2024/feed/ 8 ‘Betrayal’: Disability advocates slam NDIS deal https://www.crikey.com.au/2024/08/23/betrayal-disability-advocates-ndis-deal-kamala-harris/ https://www.crikey.com.au/2024/08/23/betrayal-disability-advocates-ndis-deal-kamala-harris/#comments Thu, 22 Aug 2024 21:39:45 +0000 https://www.crikey.com.au/?p=1171513 NDIS Minister Bill Shorten and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese (Image: AAP/Lukas Coch)The government has passed a suite of reforms to the National Disability Insurance Scheme, and Kamala Harris is set to cap the Democratic National Convention with a historic speech.

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