Longstanding tensions within the Democratic party have reemerged in a New York congressional race where an insurgent candidate is seeking to unseat a long-time senior party figure. The divide is largely between establishment Democrats lining up behind incumbent congressman Eliot Engel, a member of congress for three decades who chairs the House foreign affairs committee […] More
John Bolton Judge allows publication of tell-all but slams author’s behaviour Aide: ‘That guy should turn in his seersucker suit for a jumpsuit’ The Room Where It Happened: a broadside to sink Trump? John Bolton – wearing a seersucker suit – waits in the Oval Office in July 2019. Photograph: Jim Lo Scalzo/EPA White House […] More
Peter Navarro: Covid-19 ‘was product of Chinese Communist party’ President returns to campaign trail at muted Oklahoma event Trump says he ordered coronavirus testing to ‘slow down’ US attorney behind inquiries into Trump allies resigns John Bolton: judge declines to block tell-all Trump book LIVE Updated Trade adviser Peter Navarro: ‘We know that virus was […] More
Tom Petty Family says late singer stood against ‘racism and discrimination of any kind’ Tom Petty performing at the 2008 Super Bowl. Photograph: Jeff Haynes/Reuters The family of Tom Petty has issued a formal cease and desist letter to the Donald Trump campaign over its use of his song I Won’t Back Down at a […] More
Play Video 1:35 The Rev Al Sharpton condemns President Donald Trump while speaking at the Juneteenth celebration in Tulsa, Oklahoma Thousands celebrate Juneteenth with anti-racism marches across US More
President warns ‘protesters, anarchists, agitators, looters or lowlifes’ will be treated more harshly than they have been in liberal-run cities What is Juneteenth – and should it be a federal holiday? ‘In 1921, a white mob burned “Black Wall Street” down. We still feel that legacy today’ Juneteenth: activists inherit historic battle for racial justice […] More
Oklahoma Tulsa still haunted by memory of white supremacist massacre on eve of Trump visit The president prepares to hold a rally in a city where, in 1921, up to 300 people were murdered in one of the most horrific acts of racist violence in US history A mural in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where in 1921 […] More
Play Video 1:31 Political figures have criticised Donald Trump’s former national security adviser, John Bolton, for his new book, The Room Where It Happened, which makes a series of explosive claims about the US president. Democrat speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, echoed Bolton in saying Trump was ‘unfit’ to be president but added that […] More
