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Play Video 1:43 Kayleigh McEnany says the US has been a leader in the fight against Covid-19, despite rising infections across the country. Its infection tally is nearing 3m cases, while there have been 130,000 deaths. Speaking at a press briefing, the White House press secretary added: ‘No one wants to see anyone in this […] More
A former senior aide to Melania Trump who helped oversee Donald Trump’s inauguration has written an “explosive” memoir detailing her 15-year friendship with the first lady, according to reports. Stephanie Winston Wolkoff was appointed as an unpaid adviser to the first lady shortly after Donald Trump won the 2016 election, and she played a high-profile […] More
A senior ally of Donald Trump has defended the US president’s dangerously misleading claim that 99% of coronavirus cases are “totally harmless” and ruled out a national mask-wearing mandate. Mark Meadows, the White House chief of staff, spoke out as the number of Americans killed by Covid-19 topped 130,000 following a new surge in cases, […] More
Trump claims 99% of US cases are ‘totally harmless’ Woman killed after car drives through Seattle protest Kanye West declares 2020 White House run Sign up to our First Thing newsletter Updated More
Leaders of Houston and Austin fear hospital bed shortage Florida closes beaches as cases pass 200,000 Trump stokes division over pandemic and race More
Donald Trump’s claim not to have been briefed about intelligence suggesting Russia paid Taliban-linked militants to kill US soldiers is “just not the way the system works”, former national security adviser John Bolton said on Sunday. Bolton was appearing on Face the Nation, the Sunday talk show from ViacomCBS, the communications giant which owns Simon […] More
President protesters over racial injustice ‘trample our freedoms’ Republican support shows signs of cracks as election nears US politics – live coverage Play Video 1:27 Donald Trump vows to defeat ‘radical left’ in 4 July speech – video Donald Trump celebrated America’s Independence Day weekend by stoking divisions over a perceived culture war and dismissing […] More
Play Video 1:27 The US president has used an Independence Day address to repeat his vow to defeat the ‘radical left’ as protests continue to sweep the country. He said: ‘We are now in the process of defeating the radical left, the Marxists, the anarchists, the agitators, the looters, and people who in many instances […] More
