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Trump says Bolton ‘must pay a very big price for this’ Former national security adviser’s memoir due out Tuesday Donald Trump, left, flanked by national security advisor John Bolton, right, speaks at the White House in April 2018. Photograph: The Washington Post/Getty Images A federal judge has declined to block the publication of a tell-all […] More
Donald Trump attempted to solidify his bond with the US army on Saturday, delivering the graduation speech to cadets at the United States Military Academy and boasting of a “colossal” $2tn rebuilding of American martial might. Trump’s West Point speech was studiously vapid, with only a modicum of partisan boasting. But the political setting crackled […] More
President orders plan for Arctic and Antarctic in 60 days Military experts sceptical of ‘icebreaker gap’ with Russia A Russian nuclear-powered icebreaker makes its way through the frozen waters of the Gulf of Ob, the Kara Sea. Russia has 40 icebreakers; the US has two. Photograph: Alexander Ryumin/TASS Donald Trump has ordered the construction of […] More
History teaches that mass protests against oppression can lead either to liberation or brutal repression. This past week, Donald Trump bet his political future on repression. Much of the rest of America, on the other hand, wants to liberate black people from police brutality and centuries of systemic racism. As of this writing, it looks […] More
As US-China relations deteriorate, Barry Gewen offers an unsparing biography of a man still at the center of events The Chinese foreign minister, Wang Yi, shakes hands with the former US secretary of state Henry Kissinger at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing in November. Photograph: Jason Lee/Pool/EPA Only two of America’s secretaries […] More
Trump spends second day on golf course as toll nears 100,000 China raises US trade tensions with warning of ‘new cold war’ Coronavirus US live – rolling report The White House on Sunday accused China of a cover-up that will “go down in history along with Chernobyl”, ramping up efforts to deflect attention from a […] More
Development of missile comes as US president’s rhetoric has fueled fears of a new nuclear arms race Donald Trump next to the the US space force flag on 15 May 2020, in the Oval Office. Photograph: Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images Unveiling the flag for his new space force in the Oval Office on Friday, […] More
Brett Crozier, the US Navy captain who was removed from his command this week after he wrote a memo expressing concern for the health of crew members exposed to coronavirus, has himself tested positive, the New York Times first reported. The Times report cited two US Naval Academy classmates close to Crozier’s family. The details […] More
