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Trump pleaded with China’s Xi to help re-election effort President urged Xi to build concentration camps for Muslims In the book, Bolton says the House impeachment inquiry should have gone far beyond Trump’s efforts to pressure the Ukrainian government for political gain. Photograph: The Washington Post/Getty Images Donald Trump was willing to halt criminal investigations […] More
Warning newly appointed conservative head of US Agency for Global Media wants to sack senior staff for ‘disgusting’ coverage of Covid-19 pandemic Six US states record highest daily virus cases Coronavirus latest updates The Voice of America in Washington, which is now controlled by the Trump appointee Michael Pack. Photograph: Andrew Harnik/AP Democrats have warned […] More
Despite the inertia and dysfunction that plagued the early stages of the US government’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, the situation could still have been somewhat rescued if Donald Trump had merely backed the efforts of his own administration, public health experts say. Instead Trump has shown little active leadership and frequently undermined government efforts […] 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
Move likely to spark debate about criminal justice reform William Barr directs Bureau of Prisons to restart in mid-July Donald Trump has spoken often about capital punishment and his belief that executions serve as an effective deterrent. Photograph: Ben Margot/AP The justice department has set new dates to begin executing federal death-row inmates following a […] More
Is the Trump family destroying Donald’s presidency from the inside? Arwa Mahdawi The president’s niece Mary has reportedly written a ‘salacious’ book about him. It seems that no one hates the Trumps as much as they hate each other Donald Trump announces his candidacy for president in 2015 alongside (from left) Eric, Lara, Barron, Melania, […] More
China reimposes partial lockdown in capital to tackle new cluster; US authorities revoke emergency use of hydroxychloroquine; two imported cases in NZ. Follow the latest updates New Zealand ends Covid-free run with two cases from UK Beijing lockdown tightens as new coronavirus outbreak spreads US revokes emergency approval of hydroxychloroquine for Covid-19 Covid-19 can damage […] More
EU ministers are to discuss the need for greater defence cooperation and a renewed intelligence assessment in the face of a heightened risk of a China-US military confrontation. The call for greater EU defence cooperation comes in a Franco-German joint paper and, although familiar, has been given added urgency by fears in the bloc that […] More
