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Can Joe Biden convince protesters he would be a ‘transformational’ president? ‘It’s not enough to just be better than Trump’ Democratic hopeful told amid anti-racist uprising sparked by killing of George Floyd Joe Biden, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, visits a site of the protest over the death of George Floyd, in Wilmington, Delaware, at […] More
The fight to vote Texas The state’s restrictive voter registration laws have forced the party to seek imaginative solutions to swell the rolls A resident takes voter registration paperwork from Democratic party volunteers in Garland, Texas, on 18 January 2020, before the pandemic made in-person activities impossible. Photograph: LM Otero/AP Texas Democrats plan to use […] More
‘As guarded as Fort Knox’: the inside story of Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign Thousands of hours of behind-the-scenes footage were shot of the former first lady’s disastrous bid for the White House. How did film-maker Nanette Burstein turn it all into a story of hope? ‘As guarded as Fort Knox’ … the candidate in Nanette […] More
The de facto Democratic nominee vows not to ‘fan the flames of hate’ as the president brandished a Bible and boasted of using ‘overwhelming force’ against protesters George Floyd killing – latest US updates See all our George Floyd coverage The existential choice facing America was laid bare on Tuesday, as Donald Trump and Joe […] More
Play Video 2:13 Joe Biden has addressed the killing of George Floyd and the protests that his death has sparked. During a speech in Philadelphia, the Democratic presidential candidate said Floyd’s last words, ‘I can’t breathe’, were a ‘wake-up call for our nation’. Biden also sought to draw a clear distinction between himself and Donald Trump, saying […] More
At a ceremony in the White House Rose Garden last week, a maskless Donald Trump appealed directly to a constituency that could determine his political fate in November’s election: America’s seniors. “This is a big day for seniors,” Trump declared, unveiling a plan to lower the cost of insulin for many Medicare recipients. He touted […] More
Trump fired Steve Linick at recommendation of Mike Pompeo President has removed series of independent oversight officials Steve Linick leaves a briefing at the Capitol in Washington last year. Photograph: Jonathan Ernst/Reuters Members of three House and Senate committees will on Wednesday interview Steve Linick, the state department inspector general who was fired abruptly by […] More
George Floyd: Donald Trump under fire as violence flares across America President tweets from White House as cities struggle Democrat Val Demings: ‘We need leadership’ George Floyd protests: live coverage Dispatch from Minneapolis: the night the city cracked down Police hold a perimeter near the White House in the early morning hours of Sunday. Photograph: […] More
