Play Video 3:51 Donald Trump faces a trial after the House of Representatives voted to send articles of impeachment against him to the Senate. Here’s how a frantic day on Capitol Hill unfolded Trump impeachment: House sets up trial by voting to send articles to Senate More
Interview Martin Pengelly US elections 2020 Interview How to dump Trump: Rick Wilson on Running Against the Devil Martin Pengelly He was a Republican ad man but now he’s a bestselling author out to bring down a president. He says Democrats must listen Donald Trump arrives for a campaign rally at Huntington Center in Toledo, […] More
Play Video 3:40 Qassem Suleimani, who was killed in a US drone strike in Baghdad, was widely considered to be the most powerful man in Iran after the supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei – and Iran’s leading military figure. Suleimani’s assassination has plunged the Middle East into a crisis that seems likely to lead to further escalation between […] More
Play Video Nancy Pelosi says she wants to understand the parameters of a Senate trial before sending the articles of impeachment, but adds she does not plan to hold on to them indefinitely. ‘I’ll send them over when I’m ready,’ she says. ‘And that’ll probably be soon.’ The Speaker says she is concerned that senators […] More
Almost two dozen Democratic candidates are vying for the party’s nomination to be the one to take on Donald Trump in the 2020 race for the White House, setting the stage for the most crowded and fiercely competitive Democratic primaries in decades. Insurgent progressives, established moderates and everyone in between will be presenting their visions […] More
The voters who swung to Trump: what’s next? US elections 2020 Will swing voters who went from Obama to Trump stay loyal in 2020? In this first piece in our new series on swing voters, Chris McGreal reports from Monroe county, Michigan, where industrial jobs are under pressure, and asks voters who once backed Obama […] More
What’s left, America? Race In the final part of our series on the American left we look at how marginalized groups in America are now asserting themselves ‘We are central. Our demands. Our presence. Our voice. They can’t win without us.’ Illustration: Guardian Design/The Guardian “However rebellious children may be, they have their parents’ genes; […] More
What’s left, America? Democrats In the fourth part of our series we examine how voters’ feelings on socialism have shifted. Half of Americans under 40 say they would prefer to live in a socialist country ‘I’m interested in a government that looks out for people who need to be looked out for.’ Illustration: Guardian Design/The […] More
