There are worrying signs in recent polling which raise the disturbing possibility that a third-party campaign by the Green Party may once again divert enough votes from the Democratic Party candidate, in this case almost certainly Joe Biden, to get Donald Trump over the line in some key states and thereby deliver another Trump victory. As this would be devastating …

US President Joe Biden will address the Australian parliament when he visits Canberra and Sydney for security talks. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will host the president alongside Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio and Indian President Narendra Modi for the Quad summit next week. It will be the first visit by a US president in almost a decade and marks the fifth time …

US President Joe Biden says he will seek a second White House term in 2024, a decision that will test whether Americans are ready to give the 80-year-old Democrat another four years in office. Mr Biden made his announcement in a slickly produced video released by his new campaign team, in which he declares it is his job to defend …

Australia is in the market for at least eight nuclear-powered submarines, at a cost of at least $100 billion – the largest defence acquisition in the nation’s history. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, US President Joe Biden and UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak are expected to reveal the details of the deal on Tuesday (AEDT) in San Diego, where they convened …

The US military has shot down a suspected Chinese spy balloon over the Atlantic Ocean after it drifted off the East Coast. The order was given by President Joe Biden and came after he earlier told media that Washington would “take care of” the surveillance device. Media are reporting that recovery efforts are underway to collect the remnants of the …

A New York judge has sentenced Donald Trump’s namesake real estate company to pay a maximum $US1.61 million ($2.31 million) criminal penalty after it was convicted of scheming to defraud tax authorities for 15 years. Justice Juan Merchan of the Manhattan criminal court imposed the sentence, the maximum possible under state law, after jurors found two Trump Organization affiliates guilty …

Foreign Minister Penny Wong has used her speech to the UN General Assembly meeting to label Vladimir Putin’s nuclear threats “weak and desperate”, while calling on China and the global community to ramp up pressure on Moscow to end its invasion of Ukraine. Australia has been a forceful critic of Russia’s invasion and has been providing Ukraine with military equipment. Senator Wong …

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has used his speech at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) to defend the war in Ukraine and warn the United States against interfering in Taiwan. The speech, which was delivered in New York on Saturday, came days after Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a partial military mobilisation in the wake of a series of setbacks on the battlefield. …

A US judge has refused to let the Justice Department immediately resume reviewing classified records seized by the FBI from Donald Trump’s Florida estate in an ongoing criminal investigation, siding with the former president. Federal Judge Aileen Cannon also appointed Senior District Judge Raymond Dearie as a third party to review records seized by the FBI for materials that could …

Donald Trump has ignored pressure from some fellow Republicans to avoid repeating his false claims about a stolen 2020 election, insisting he won his second bid for the White House and would not allow his perceived enemies to bar a return. In his first speech in Washington since leaving office 18 months ago, the former US president stopped short of …