US presidential debates: the 10 most memorable moments
Ahead of Biden and Trump’s first debate of the 2024 election cycle, here are some memorable moments from history
May 2024
Biden should have pardoned Trump on federal charges, Mitt Romney says
Republican senator tells MSNBC that ‘frankly, the country doesn’t want to have to go through prosecuting a former president’
Does shooting her puppy rule out Kristi Noem as Trump’s running mate? Don’t bet on it
Emma Brockes
Some say the public bragging of the formerly obscure governor of South Dakota ends her chances. But with Trump, who can say, writes Guardian columnist Emma Brockes
Mitt Romney says his dog scandal doesn’t compare to Kristi Noem’s: ‘I didn’t shoot my dog’
Republican senator says Noem’s story of killing her 14-month-old hunting dog makes her unlikely to be Trump’s running mate
April 2024
Mitt Romney says Alejandro Mayorkas’s actions do not merit impeachment
Republican senator says homeland security secretary is following position of party and will not vote to remove him if it goes to trial
January 2024
Mitt Romney: Trump’s call to stonewall Democrats on immigration ‘appalling’
Utah senator accuses ex-president of exploiting issue for political gain by directing Republicans to block deal
December 2023
Mitt Romney says his endorsement in 2024 race would be ‘kiss of death’
Republican senator also declines to rule out voting for Biden and wishes Joe Manchin would ‘be the Democratic nominee’
October 2023
Romney: A Reckoning review: must-read on Mitt and the rise of Trump
McKay Coppins and his subject do not hold back in a biography with much to say about the collapse of Republican values
‘Ha, ha, ha’: Mitt Romney laughs off Trump’s ‘total loser’ attack
Utah senator calls former president a ‘whack job’ after Trump called book ‘much like him – boring, horrible and predictable’
Politics Weekly America
Will Mitt Romney be remembered as a ‘good Republican’? – podcast
Romney mulled Trump job for ‘noble and self-centered’ reasons, book says
Mitt Romney mulled unity ticket with ‘scary’ Cruz to stop Trump, book says
September 2023
Politics Weekly America
Will Joe Biden be impeached? – podcast
Is this just an act of political revenge for Donald Trump? Jonathan Freedland speaks to Marianna Sotomayor of the Washington Postabout what happens next
Retirement announcement brings Romney well wishes – but not from Trump
Republicans and even some Democrats were gracious to the senator, while Trump was not ready to forgive him
Mitt Romney condemns ‘demagogue’ Trump as he announces retirement
Utah senator, 76, who lost 2012 election to Obama, to step down next year, depriving Republican party of key critic of Trumpism
July 2023
Romney urges Republican no-hopers to drop out to beat Trump in primary
Utah senator cites 90s comedy Dumb and Dumber to call on candidates to unite behind one challenger to avoid 2016 repeat
April 2023
Mitt Romney: Trump is unfit for office but New York charges are political
The former presidential nominee was also the only Republican to vote to convict the ex-president in both impeachment trials
March 2023
Republican response to the January 6 Capitol attack divides party
Line are drawn between the extremist wing and those who distance themselves from portraying the rioters as ‘sightseers’