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ACA prevents denial of coverage for pre-existing conditions Abolition could mean Covid-19 victims could be turned down Doctors are searching for a vaccine for Covid-19, and 124,000 Americans have died from the illness. Photograph: Eduardo Muñoz/Reuters Millions of Americans who have survived Covid-19 or face future infections could lose their insurance or be barred from […] More
Democrats call legal push amid coronavirus crisis an ‘act of unfathomable cruelty’ Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage The supreme court building in Washington DC. The Affordable Care Act is likely to be a key political battleground in the forthcoming presidential election. Photograph: AFP/Getty The Trump administration has asked the US supreme […] More
US Government Accountability Office said almost 1.1 million dead people received payments of about $1,200 each Steve Mnuchin shows Donald Trump a pre-paid debit card to distribute coronavirus aid during a meeting at the White House on 19 May. Photograph: Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images The Trump administration sent almost $1.4bn in coronavirus stimulus payments […] More
A federal prosecutor who was part of Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation told Congress on Wednesday Roger Stone, a close ally of Donald Trump, was given special treatment before sentencing because of his relationship with the US president. “What I heard repeatedly was that Stone was being treated differently from any other defendant because of his […] More
Donald Trump may not like reading, but he has inspired a lot of people to take up writing. Anyone remotely connected to the president appears to have an exposé of the Trump administration forthcoming. That includes Sarah Sanders, the former White House press secretary; her book, Speaking for Myself, will be released later this year. […] More
Donald Trump will not go gentle into that good night: he will rage, rage, rage-tweet against the dying of his might. Indeed, he is already doing so. After a humiliating turnout at Saturday’s rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma – which capped one of the worst weeks of his presidency – Trump’s re-election chances look shakier by […] More
Major tech companies were quick to speak out against the new limits, cast as an effort to preserve US jobs A presidential proclamation issued on Monday will extend a ban on green cards until the end of the year. Photograph: Carolyn Kaster/AP The Trump administration is temporarily suspending the entry of certain foreign workers to […] More
‘This is a war’: Republicans ramp up bid to control election maps for next decade ‘He who controls redistricting can control Congress,’ Karl Rove famously said – and the Republican State Leadership Committee is set to do just that Illustration: Adam Maida/The Guardian A little-known Republican group is ramping up millions of dollars in funding […] More
