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The fight to vote Donald Trump President says ‘absentee ballots are fine’ but suggests coronavirus fears should not stop Americans voting in person Donald Trump suggested Americans should only be able to vote by mail under limited circumstances. Photograph: Carlos Barría/Reuters Donald Trump has continued to suggest that fear of contracting Covid-19 is not a […] More
Court ruled Louisiana law is unconstitutional Florida scientist says leadership asked her to change numbers Trump: I wasn’t told about ‘Russian bounties’ plot Global deaths from coronavirus pass half a million Trump retweets video of couple pointing guns at protesters Sign up to our First Thing newsletter LIVE Updated The US supreme court in Washington. […] More
The Rolling Stones are threatening Donald Trump with legal action for using their songs at his rallies despite cease-and-desist directives. The Stones said in a statement on Sunday that their legal team was working with the music rights organisation BMI to stop the use of their material in Trump’s re-election campaign. The BMI has notified […] More
As an election approaches, Steve Bannon and his allies are trying to return the former chief White House strategist to media circles known to influence the president’s thinking. An investment banker who became chairman of Breitbart News and led Donald Trump’s campaign in 2016, Bannon has extensive links to global far-right nationalist movements. He was […] More
Interview Daniel Strauss The highest ranking African American Democrat in House leadership talks about Black Lives Matter, reforms and the 2020 US election Jim Clyburn at a news conference in Washington DC on 8 June 2020. Photograph: Jonathan Ernst/Reuters South Carolina congressman Jim Clyburn has been at the heart of some of the most pivotal […] More
Democrats announced a mostly-virtual national convention but Republicans are attempting not to sacrifice spectacle in the toss-up state Balloons and confetti descend on the Republican national convention in Cleveland, Ohio, on 21 July 2016. Photograph: Robyn Beck/AFP/Getty Images Every four years, Democrats and Republicans stage their national conventions, huge primetime events at which presidential nominations […] More
Donald Trump’s re-election playbook: 25 ways he’ll lie, cheat and abuse his power Robert Reich From now until November, opponents of the most lawless president in history face a fight for democracy itself Donald Trump listens during a meeting in the East Room at the White House. Photograph: Carlos Barría/Reuters Donald Trump will do anything […] More
US deaths from Covid-19 have surpassed 125,000 Survivors could lose insurance if Trump wins bid to repeal Obamacare Texas becomes a model for inadequate pandemic response Sign up to our First Thing newsletter LIVE Updated A beach in Miami, Florida on Friday. Photograph: Michele Eve Sandberg/Rex/Shutterstock 9.50am EDT09:50 Good morning … 11.06am EDT11:06 A small […] More
