‘The seal is now broken’: Trump’s post-arraignment speech at Bedminster
He dubbed Special Counsel Jack Smith ‘a deranged lunatic’ and ‘a raging and uncontrolled Trump hater’
Matt McDonald
Matt McDonald is the managing editor of The Spectator’s US edition.
Tuesday
Friday
The most amusing parts of the Donald Trump federal indictment
‘Wouldn’t it be better if we just told them we don’t have anything here?’
Thursday
Donald Trump: I have been indicted, again
Special Counsel Jack Smith has charged the former president in connection with the classified documents scandal
Friday
Revealed: first Republican presidential debate requirements
Candidates will need a minimum of 40,000 unique donors
Friday
Get in loser, we’re canceling Bluey
This animated dog has gone too far
Wednesday
Jury finds Donald Trump sexually abused author
From our UK edition
A New York federal jury has found Donald Trump liable for sexual abuse and defamation against the author E. Jean Carroll. The jury ordered the former president to pay Carroll $5 million (£4 million) in compensatory and punitive damages. Trump was not found liable for the more serious charge of rape leveled against him by
Monday
How Liz Truss is wooing Washington
From our UK edition
Many Brits who’ve outstayed their welcome in the Old Country head across the Pond for pastures new and the chance of a fresh start. The Pilgrims, Thomas Paine, John Oliver. Could former prime minister Liz Truss be the next to follow that well-trodden path? Since her astonishing fall from grace last September, when she managed
Thursday
Does Joe Biden have CTE from rugby?
The president appears ignorant of the concussion risk posed by the sport he played in college
Saturday
The media is too gleeful about anonymous ‘law enforcement sources’
Why would you act like this if you want people to believe a legal decision is fair?
Thursday
Developing: Donald Trump indicted
A grand jury has voted to charge the former president
Tuesday
Prince Andrew wants to groom the American media
The public demands another car-crash interview with a skilled professional, please
Friday
Vivek Ramaswamy’s ‘anti-woke’ campaign caper
Day one on the trail in New Hampshire with the unlikely presidential candidate
Saturday
Nikki Haley’s long shot
On the ground at the Republican candidate’s New Hampshire town hall
Thursday
The shocking Hunter Biden twists in the Twitter Files
Former New York Post editor Emma-Jo Morris describes how Twitter suppressed her story
Friday
Could Georgia decide the midterms?
From our UK edition
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This week Freddy is joined by Matt McDonald, US managing editor of The Spectator, who is covering the midterms from Georgia. What will the result of the run-off be there and could this decide who takes control of the Senate?
Wednesday
Georgia gets ready to runoff… again
Neither Herschel Walker nor Raphael Warnock was able to break 50 percent
Monday
How Stacey Abrams blew it
She’s been running a national campaign for four years. Why is it backfiring?
Saturday
On the ground with Obama, Warnock and Abrams in Georgia
Politician-turned-celebrity attacks celebrity-turned-politician
Wednesday
Steins and slogan tees at the Helen Oktoberfest
The Appalachian Alpine town offers a blissful escape from midterm attack ads
Tuesday
Carnage meets courtesy at the Georgia debates
Marjorie Taylor Greene is a human buzzsaw and Herschel Walker takes a night off
