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‘Here’s a bedsheet, make a parachute!’ Republicans say, pushing us out of a plane Hamilton Nolan The heart of the Republican governing philosophy causes ludicrously insufficient responses to an existential crisis ‘The fundamental purpose of the Republican party is to cut taxes and otherwise serve the interests of the rich.’ Photograph: Vladimir Smirnov/Tass The Republican […] More
White House attacks efforts to expand mail-in voting Tim Kaine says he and his wife tested positive for antibodies US job losses pass 40m as crisis sees claims rise 2.1m in a week Coronavirus – latest global updates Get a fresh perspective on America – sign up to our First Thing newsletter LIVE Updated Donald […] More
Why Twitter should ban Donald Trump Trump has used and abused the platform for long enough. And his latest executive order is just another distraction Donald Trump exits Air Force One as he returns to Washington on Wednesday. Photograph: Jonathan Ernst/Reuters The president’s executive order on social media will kick off a heated debate over […] More
Even leaders who thrive by bullying people have realised that they can’t bully a pandemic. But nor does caution fit easily with their macho political image. Their temptation has been to let it run its course instead. Now the facts are catching up with them. The Brazilian president, Jair Bolsonaro, has repeatedly dismissed the risks […] More
As the toll of Americans killed by the coronavirus passed 100,000, the president was lashing out at Twitter for factchecking his posts Joe Biden: ‘My fellow Americans, there are moments in our history so grim, so heart-rending, that they are forever fixed in each of our hearts as shared grief.’ Photograph: Facebook | Joe Biden […] More
Play Video 2:20 Joe Biden, the Democratic presidential candidate, has addressed the US as the country’s coronavirus death toll passes 100,000. The US has recorded more deaths from the disease than any other country, and almost three times as many as the second-ranking country, Britain, which has recorded more than 37,000 Covid-19 deaths. The grim […] More
As 100,000 die, the virus lays bare America’s brutal fault lines – race, gender, poverty and broken politics The New York Stock Exchange in Manhattan in March, a week after New York put its lockdown in place. Photograph: Jordan Gale/The Guardian The US’s brutal fault lines – of race, partisanship, gender, poverty and misinformation – […] More
Donald Trump remained silent on the death of more than 100,000 Americans from Covid-19 as the US mourned the milestone, and South Korea considered a return to further restrictions after recording its biggest one-day increase in nearly two months. The president made no comment on Twitter about the momentous day, but used the platform to […] More
