Nick Harper

To the United States now where the Senate trial of Donald Trump's second impeachment is underway.

He's charged with inciting last month's deadly storming of the US Capitol.

Emma Hatton spoke to our… Audio

The US House of Representatives is today voting on whether to strip the conspiracy theorist Republican representative Marjorie Greene, of her role in two key congressional committees.

Greene is part… Audio

Māni Dunlop speaks with our correspondent in Washington DC, Nick Harper. Audio

Māni Dunlop speaks with our Washington DC correspondent Nick Harper as Kamala Harris is sworn in as Vice President. Audio

Joe Biden will soon become the 46th President of the United States.

He will be sworn in on the steps of the US Capitol by Chief Justice John Roberts, as Donald Trump and Barack Obama were before him.

A new, unscalable wall is being installed around the Capitol Building in Washington DC and the city's mayor, Muriel Bowser, has declared a state of emergency for the next two weeks. So far 68 people… Audio

Joe Biden's campaign team have said they are confident everything is on track in the US election.

The race has still not been called more than twelve hours after polls closed, with many state margins… Audio

We cross to the United States now to join our correspondent Nick Harper who is at the Biden headquarters in Wilmington. Audio

It's election day in the United States - the culmination of what seems like more than a year of selections and campaigning in one of the most bitter and divisive presidential elections ever Joining… Audio

It's the eve of election day in the United States. Donald Trump and Joe Biden have been frantically campaigning across key battleground states.

Against the backdrop of a soaring second wave of… Audio

A week out from the United States election and a senior aide to president Donald Trump has conceded that the country is "not going to control the pandemic".

In a stark admission, White House chief of… Audio

President Donald Trump has announced conservative judge Amy Coney Barrett as his pick for the Supreme Court to replace liberal Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg who died earlier this month. Republicans are… Audio

Voters in six states will get to weigh in on the Democratic presidential primary campaign Tuesday for the first time since Joe Biden's Super Tuesday surge last week gave him a delegate lead over… Audio

Former US vice president Joe Biden has made a comeback on Super Tuesday in the race to become the Democratic nominee to take on President Donald Trump.

He's overtaken Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders… Audio

The jury in the trial of Harvey Weinstein has just finished the first day of its deliberations. Weinstein is on trial for two charges of predatory sexual assault.  Audio

Democrats have not yet had a chance to cast a vote for the former New York mayor Mike Bloomberg to run against Donald Trump in November's presidential election.

He won't appear on a state primary… Audio

Voting is underway in New Hampshire in the first primary of this year's US elections.

Senator Bernie Sanders is the favourite to win the primary, after narrowly coming second behind Pete Buttigieg in… Audio

Hundreds of thousands of Democratic voters in New Hampshire are expected to cast their ballots for the presidential candidate who they want to see take on Donald Trump in November's election. The… Audio

After a long first day of the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump, the US Senate has adopted the ground rules for the trial. The 13-hour debate centered around the format of the proceedings… Audio

At least two Iraqi airbases housing US troops have been hit by more than a dozen Iranian rockets. It comes as retaliation for the killing of Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani in Iraq last… Audio