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    Americans vote in primaries amid Covid-19 and mass protests

    The fight to vote US elections 2020 Seven states and the District of Columbia are holding elections Tuesday in the most widespread trial yet of whether it can be done safely George Floyd killing – latest US updates See all our George Floyd coverage Voter Brian Taylor prepares to cast his ballot in the Democratic […] More

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    Swing states become partisan battlegrounds in America's fight against Covid-19

    Swing states become partisan battlegrounds in America’s fight against Covid-19 States such as Michigan and Wisconsin helped bring Donald Trump to power in 2016. How they handle the pandemic may well be crucial this November too Armed protesters have become a familiar site at state capitols in recent weeks. Photograph: Mark Makela/Getty Images They were […] More

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    Donald Trump goes maskless to tour medical equipment facility

    President and chief of staff were only ones without covering Trump vows to replenish federal stockpile Donald Trump tours Owens & Minor Inc, a medical supply company, in Allentown, Pennsylvania, on Thursday. Photograph: Evan Vucci/AP Donald Trump traveled to a medical equipment distribution facility in Allentown, Pennsylvania, on Thursday, to tout a plan to replenish […] More

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    'Nothing to lose': how Trump has energized America's women

    What’s left, America? US politics In the third part of our series on the American left we examine how Hillary Clinton’s defeat radicalised women in a way that her campaign did not ‘I had nothing to lose. What were they going to take away from me?’ Illustration: Guardian Design/The Guardian En route from Chicago to […] More