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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
Trump is trying to block publication of John Bolton’s book. What’s he scared of? Lloyd Green The memoir reportedly depicts Trump as caring more about re-election than US national security. No wonder he wants to quash it ‘Bolton’s the guy who keeps copious notes.’ Photograph: Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images On Tuesday, the Trump administration […] More
Officials claim book, which is critical of administration, contains classified information and would compromise national security John Bolton’s boo, The Room Where It Happened, ‘shows a president addicted to chaos’, according to its publisher. Photograph: Logan Cyrus/AFP/Getty Images The Trump administration has sued to block the publication of a forthcoming book by John Bolton, the […] More
Eric Cervini’s story of one man’s struggle touches on many others and leaves the reader wanting 500 pages more Frank Kameny picketing in a still from a documentary, The Lavender Scare. Photograph: PBS Trained at Harvard and Cambridge, Eric Cervini is an LGBTQ historian. His debut, subtitled The Homosexual vs the United States of America, falls […] More
As US-China relations deteriorate, Barry Gewen offers an unsparing biography of a man still at the center of events The Chinese foreign minister, Wang Yi, shakes hands with the former US secretary of state Henry Kissinger at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing in November. Photograph: Jason Lee/Pool/EPA Only two of America’s secretaries […] More
Jared Kushner is a Know Nothing – not just because he has failed on so many fronts Sidney Blumenthal Trump’s son-in-law wants a miniature Republican platform. It is a move with strong parallels – but not to the party of Lincoln Jared Kushner attends a meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House. Photograph: […] More
F ew things are more unexpected than a genuinely inspirational memoir by a freshman member of Congress. If you’re looking for the perfect antidote to the perpetual tweetstorm of insanity and hatred from Donald Trump, try this beautiful new book from the Minnesota congresswoman Ilhan Omar. This migrant from Somalia came from a family of teachers and […] More
Samantha Power also tells online Hay festival that former US administration underestimated how ‘ripped off’ Americans felt, and discounts possibility of Michelle Obama as vice-president Samantha Power speaks at the UN general assembly in 2016. Photograph: Bebeto Matthews/AP The US has shown “gross incompetence … at the highest levels” in dealing with the Covid-19 pandemic, […] More
