I am a reporter covering politics and Donald Trump’s presidential campaign for The New York Times.
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What I Cover
I am currently covering the 2024 presidential election, with a particular focus on the candidacy of former President Trump, whom I have covered for more than eight years. My stories often delve into how candidates plan to use power if they win.
My Background
My first job in journalism was when I was 16, as a “copy boy” at the Sun-Herald — a newspaper in my hometown, Sydney, Australia. I worked at The Sydney Morning Herald, where I covered everything from local crime in Sydney to federal politics in the nation’s capital, Canberra. In 2014, shortly before I moved to the United States, I won an award for an investigative project that exposed politicians’ misuse of taxpayer money. Our stories led to new rules governing politicians’ entitlements and expenses.
I moved to the U.S. in 2014 for what was supposed to be one year, for a fellowship program with the American Political Science Association designed to deepen understanding of Congress. But I loved it here so much that I never went home.
Since 2015, I have covered politics, first at The Hill newspaper in Washington and then at Axios, where I focused on the Trump presidency and Republicans in Congress. During my six years at Axios I won an Emmy Award for my 2020 interview of then-President Trump. In 2022, the White House Correspondents’ Association gave me the Aldo Beckman Award for “overall excellence in White House coverage.”
I joined The Times in January 2023.
To my mother’s dismay, I am probably never moving back to Australia. I have an American wife and two (so far) American kids.
Journalistic Ethics
The Times has high ethical standards which all Times journalists abide by. But I didn’t need a guidebook to form my views about journalistic ethics. I believe in pursuing the truth, wherever it leads. I believe that holding powerful people to account should be the north star of every political reporter. And when I screw up — as every reporter does — I insist on acknowledging and correcting my mistakes, quickly and transparently.
You can read The Times’s ethics policy here.
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- Social Conservatives Push Trump on the G.O.P.’s Anti-Abortion Platform
Leaders of the anti-abortion movement sent a letter to Donald J. Trump amid worries he may try to weaken the anti-abortion language in the party platform.
By Shane Goldmacher and Jonathan Swan
- Key Debate Moments: A Night of Stumbles and Falsehoods, and More
Plus, Bronny James joins his dad at the Lakers.
By Tracy Mumford,Jonathan Swan,Ian Stewart and Jessica Metzger
- Six Takeaways From the First Presidential Debate
In a testy, personal clash, President Biden failed to ease worries about his age, Donald Trump forcefully made his case (with wild claims and exaggerations) and the moderators held their fact-checking fire.
By Shane Goldmacher and Jonathan Swan
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Biden and Trump took different approaches to prep for the debate. This was featured in live coverage.
By Katie Rogers,Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan
- For Biden and Trump, a Debate Rematch With Even Greater Risks and Rewards
The matchup on Thursday will be the earliest presidential debate in American history, and any potential missteps could linger for weeks or months.
By Lisa Lerer,Shane Goldmacher,Jonathan Swan and Maggie Haberman
- How Misleading Videos Are Trailing Biden as He Battles Age Doubts
A flurry of recent clips, many of them edited or lacking context, laid bare a major challenge for the president as he tries to persuade voters he has the energy for a second term.
By Katie Glueck,Tiffany Hsu and Ang Li
- The Resistance to a New Trump Administration Has Already Started
An emerging coalition that views Donald J. Trump’s agenda as a threat to democracy is laying the groundwork to push back if he wins in November, taking extraordinary pre-emptive actions.
By Charlie Savage,Reid J. Epstein,Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan
- Trump, Biden and CNN Prepare for a Hostile Debate (With Muted Mics)
With Donald Trump’s rampage at the first 2020 debate still fresh in the memories of both campaigns and the moderators, the candidates are preparing in sharply different ways.
By Shane Goldmacher and Reid J. Epstein
- Trump Participates in His Form of Debate Prep, Readying to Face Biden
The former president is engaging in policy briefings — but no role playing, or other traditional aspects of debate preparations — ahead of the June 27 debate against President Biden.
By Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan
- Courting C.E.O.s, Trump Says He Intends to Cut Corporate Taxes Again
Donald Trump cut the business tax rate to 21 percent from 35 percent in 2017. Speaking privately to business leaders, he said if he retook power, he wanted to make it 20 percent.
By Jonathan Swan,Maggie Haberman and Charlie Savage
- Trump Returns to Washington With Renewed Grip on the G.O.P.
Three and a half years after the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, Donald J. Trump made a visit to Capitol Hill, as his party’s wary establishment rallies around his possible return to power.
By Luke Broadwater,Michael Gold and Maya C. Miller
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Republicans Seek Retribution After Trump ConvictionG.O.P. leaders are publicly calling for Democrats to be prosecuted in retribution for Donald Trump’s felony conviction. Jonathan Swan reports on how the verdict is fueling anger and vengeance in the Republican Party.
By John Pappas,Ben Laffin,Gabriel Blanco and Claire Hogan
- Hunter Biden Conviction Undercuts a Trump Narrative, and a Fund-Raising Pitch
Many allies of Donald J. Trump had secretly wanted an acquittal, which they predicted would have turbocharged fund-raising and fed their claims of a rigged justice system.
By Jonathan Swan,Maggie Haberman and Michael Gold
- Teamsters President Asks for Speaking Slot at Both Parties’ Conventions
Having Sean O’Brien at the Republican National Convention would be politically useful to former President Donald J. Trump, even absent an endorsem*nt. The union has yet to back a candidate.
By Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan
- Trump Vows to Lower Prices. Some of His Policies May Raise Them.
Donald J. Trump has not released a detailed economic plan. But three of his key proposals would push prices up, economists say.
By Charlie Savage,Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan
- If Trump Wins
Donald Trump and his closest allies are planning a radical reshaping of American government. Here are some of the policy stakes if he regains power in 2025.
By Charlie Savage,Jonathan Swan and Maggie Haberman
- Israel Secretly Targets U.S. Lawmakers, and Biden Visits Europe
Plus, what our reporter witnessed in Sudan.
By Tracy Mumford,Peter Baker,Jonathan Swan,Declan Walsh,Ian Stewart,Jessica Metzger and James Shield
- The G.O.P. Push for Post-Verdict Payback: ‘Fight Fire With Fire’
Republican leaders in and out of government are publicly pushing to prosecute Democrats as legal retribution for Donald Trump’s felony conviction.
By Jonathan Swan,Maggie Haberman and Charlie Savage
- Trump Super PAC Says It Took In Nearly $70 Million in May
In a memo for donors obtained by The New York Times, the group also said it viewed Pennsylvania as critical to the Trump campaign’s success in November.
By Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan
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Trump Had Good Fortune So Far With His Four Cases. Then Came a Verdict.Until the jury’s decision on Thursday, the four criminal cases that threatened Donald Trump’s freedom were stumbling along, pleasing his advisers.
By Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan
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