Sky News US Politics Analyst Joe Hockey says Donald Trump needs to get back to the “basic issues” of cost-of-living and immigration to “win” the US election. “For everyday Americans it comes back to the basic issues – cost of living and immigration,” Mr Hockey told Sky News host Andrew Bolt. “You need to focus on those issues to win the undecided voters. “Donald Trump is ill-disciplined at the moment. “If he gets back to those two issues, he can win.”

Sky News US Politics Analyst Joe Hockey says the Democrats are trying to build a “movement” instead of a campaign. “They’re trying to build a new momentum around Kamala Harris,” Mr Hockey told Sky News host Andrew Bolt. “Behind the scenes, they’re saying we can’t have a campaign, we’ve got to have a movement.”

Author Douglas Murray has called out President Joe Biden’s anger during his Democratic National Convention address as “fake”. “So angry, so sort of filled with fury which I just can't help thinking looks completely put on. I have to say, it just looks completely staged and fake to me, that performance,” Mr Murray told Sky News host Rita Panahi. “It is as if he's trying to show there's life in the old guy yet.”

Shadow Minister for Indigenous Australians Jacinta Nampijinpa Price discusses the upcoming Northern Territory elections and where the “battle lines” will be drawn. Northern Territory Chief Minister Eva Lawler and Opposition Leader Lia Finocchiaro faced off at the Sky News NT Leaders’ Debate on Tuesday, ahead of the election. “I think it was always going to be a ball line kind of battle on our hands,” Ms Price told Sky News Australia. “There are two elements that you have to have in order to win government – that’s the bush and … the northern suburbs. “That is where the battle lines will be drawn. “I think it will be very close.”

Sky News Political Reporter Andrew Clennell discusses the issue of Labor granting visitor visas to Palestinians fleeing Gaza. “There is one guy who knows what happened with these visitor visas who can’t be asked a question because he moved portfolios, it’s Andrew Giles,” Mr Clennell said. “It’s been put to me there was another option then visitor visas for the cohort of Palestinians, it’s a visa called 449 it’s a temporary humanitarian visa. “If they went down that route Andrew Giles would have been posted as the decision-maker for everyone.”

Treasurer Jim Chalmers says there are “legitimate concerns” in the building industry. “Whether it’s residential housing or large-scale infrastructure,” Mr Chalmers said. “The government’s view is we need to build housing and infrastructure, not housing or infrastructure and that one can enable the other and we’re focused on both. “We’re focused on both.”

Author Douglas Murray has unleashed on the “politicised” justice system in the United Kingdom. The UK government has promised to hold offenders in police station cells amid ongoing riots across the country. Mr Murray criticised the police force for spending so much time monitoring social media and arresting people for offensive posts. “Great example of a completely corrupted and politicised justice system right there," Mr Murray told Sky News host Rita Panahi.

Numerous anti-Israel protesters have been arrested during the Democratic National Convention on Tuesday. Since the beginning of the DNC on Monday, pro-Palestine supporters have come out in the thousands to protest America’s support of Israel. On Tuesday, a large group of anti-Israel protesters clashed with Chicago law enforcement during a rally outside the Israeli Consulate. The consulate is located just over a mile from the DNC venue, where the agitators held speeches and burned Israeli and American flags. Chicago Police Superintendent Larry Snelling addressed the protest earlier on Tuesday. “Well, what I can tell you is you never know what to expect from a group like that, but what I can tell you is what I expect from our side, what I expect from our Chicago police officers, who are going to be responding to that,” he said.

Author Douglas Murray has analysed President Joe Biden’s “bizarre” performance at the Democratic National Convention. “So angry, so sort of filled with fury which I just can't help thinking looks completely put on. I have to say, it just looks completely staged and fake to me, that performance,” Mr Murray told Sky News host Rita Panahi. “It is as if he's trying to show there's life in the old guy yet.”

Former first lady Michelle Obama warns there is still an "uphill battle" ahead of the US election in November. "We cannot get a Goldilocks complex about whether everything is just right," Ms Obama said. "Kamala and Tim have lived amazing lives… I am confident they will lead with compassion, inclusion, and grace."

Author Douglas Murray has analysed “woeful” figures in the United States economy under the Biden administration. “Whether it's median household income, whether it's things like the rise in median household income for Black Americans, by the way, which was better under Trump than under Obama,” Mr Murray told Sky News host Rita Panahi. “If you look at things like inflation, which is causing devastation to Americans paying their bills each month or you go to something like the attainability of getting on the household ladder. “First-time homeownership is tougher now than it's been in America at any point since 1984.”

Former President Barack Obama praised Joe Biden during his speech at the Democratic National Convention. "Other than some common Irish blood, Joe and I come from different backgrounds. But we became brothers," Mr Obama said. "History will remember Joe Biden as a president who defended democracy at a moment of great danger. "I am proud to call him my president, but even prouder to call him my friend. Thank you, Joe".

Sky News host Paul Murray has weighed in on the first night of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. US President Joe Biden was one of the few notable guests who delivered an address before the Democratic National Convention on day one, weeks after he begrudgingly decided to pull out of the election race. “Can I just call BS on this … pass the torch,” Mr Murray said. “A torch in this fashion was not passed. They held him down, and they yanked it out of his almost cold dead hand. “Now, it is just a month since that took place, but remember the month before that, when the passing of the torch was not his plan at all.”

Newsweek Senior Editor-at-Large Josh Hammer says Democrats think they can now play the “young person’s card” and try to make Donald Trump out to be older. “They think that now they can play the young person’s card and try to make Donald Trump out to be older than – I mean, none of it makes sense,” he told Sky News host Rita Panahi. “The man is full of vigour and energy.”

Donald Trump has posted a fake image depicting American popstar Taylor Swift supporting his campaign.

Sky News host Rita Panahi reacts to lefties abusing police outside the Democratic National Convention in Chicago.

Sky News host Rita Panahi slams a rant about Donald Trump at the Democratic National Convention calling it “weapon grade chutzpah.”

Democratic Congressional candidate Michael B. Moore has reacted to US President Joe Biden’s address on day one of the Democratic National Convention. “I was just really struck by just the impact of President Biden, just all that he’s accomplished,” he told Sky News Australia. “It was just a very impactful, emotional evening.”

ASPI Senior Analyst Malcolm Davis says the defence agreement between Australia and Indonesia is “important”. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced Australia and Indonesia have finalised negotiations on a defence agreement. “I think it’s important in that it strengthens the relationship between Canberra and Jakarta,” Mr Davis told Sky News Australia. “That’s always a good thing.”

ASPI Senior Analyst Malcolm Davis says “a lot” is hinging on the Israel-Hamas ceasefire negotiations as Iran is “likely” to retaliate if they fail. This comes as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has agreed to a ceasefire proposal brokered by the United States. “There’s a lot hinging on this, in the sense that if the ceasefire negotiations do fail, then what is likely to happen is that Iran is likely to carry through with its threat to retaliate,” Mr Davis told Sky News Australia. “You would then have that escalatory cycle to a much larger war.”