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US elections 2020 Despite the pandemic, the president can’t wait to get back packed rallies while his Democratic rival practices caution. Each thinks he has a winning strategy A screen grab of Joe Biden hosting an online event from his basement in Wilmington, Delaware. Photograph: Brian Cahn/Zuma Wire/Rex/Shutterstock Donald Trump wants to be nominated by […] More
Donald Trump North Carolina governor refused to guarantee event could be held without size restrictions due to coronavirus pandemic Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Donald Trump and Mike Pence at the Republican national convention in Cleveland, Ohio, on 21 July 2016. Photograph: Matt Rourke/AP Donald Trump said he will seek a […] More
US elections 2020 Randy Feenstra unseats nine-term conservative, who was repeatedly reprimanded by party leaders for interactions with white nationalists Steve King in Washington in 2018. Photograph: Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call,Inc. The controversial Iowa Republican congressman Steve King has been ousted in Tuesday’s primary, losing his re-election race to the state senator Randy Feenstra. King had […] 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
Iowa Abandoned by mainstream Republicans for his racist rhetoric, the Iowa congressman finds himself in a nightmare situation Representative Steve King, of Iowa, speaks during a news conference in Des Moines, Iowa, in August 2019. Photograph: Charlie Neibergall/AP This might actually be the year the Iowa Republican congressman Steve King loses re-election. King, the conservative […] 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
‘He is a destroyer’: how the George Floyd protests left Donald Trump exposed As cities reel under protest and violence, Black Lives Matter leaders say the president has failed his country George Floyd protests: live coverage Robert Reich: the Trump presidency is over Donald Trump walks across the South Lawn of the White House on […] 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
