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The US Senate has confirmed John Ratcliffe as director of national intelligence, installing a Trump loyalist as head of the nation’s intelligence agencies. The Texas Republican seemed unlikely to get the position when he was nominated in February, as he had already been nominated for the job last year and then withdrew after Republicans questioned […] More
Jo Rae Perkins wins Republican primary contest in Oregon FBI has warned that conspiracy could encourage extremism The QAnon theory has been embraced by some of the president’s supporters, such those at a rally in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, in August 2018. Photograph: Rick Loomis/Getty Images Oregon Republicans have nominated a high-profile backer of the QAnon conspiracy […] More
The US economy risks “permanent damage” if coronavirus lockdowns continue for months, the treasury secretary, Steven Mnuchin, has warned Congress. Mnuchin’s comments came in a joint appearance before the Senate banking committee with Jerome Powell, the chairman of the Federal Reserve. Appearing via video link, the pair offered a stark assessment of the fragile state […] More
Just three months ago, centrist Democrats were panicking. After strong performances in Iowa, New Hampshire and Nevada, the Vermont senator Bernie Sanders appeared poised to sail away with the nomination for president. Some in the party feared the self-identified democratic socialist would wreak havoc down the ballot. “If Bernie Sanders was at the top of […] More
The US Senate voted to let Trump spy on your search history. But all is not lost Trevor Timm The amendment, which 10 Democrats voted in favor of, can still be fought against. And we must ‘Time and again, when it comes to privacy and civil liberties issues some Democrats have consistently sided with the […] More
Burr’s cellphone seized overnight in inquiry into claims he used private coronavirus briefing to sell stocks before market plunge Senator Richard Burr leaves the US Capitol after voting in Washington on Thursday. Photograph: Erin Scott/Reuters A Republican US senator stepped down from a key committee leadership role in Congress on Thursday after his phone was […] More
Play Video 0:37 The Senate majority leader, Mitch McConnell, has said Barack Obama should have ‘kept his mouth shut’ instead of criticising Donald Trump, and called his intervention ‘classless’. McConnell was speaking to Trump’s daughter-in-law Lara Trump in an online fundraiser on Monday night McConnell tells Obama to ‘keep his mouth shut’ after Trump criticism More
‘That is just not going to happen,’ says Fauci at hearing when asked if the virus is going to disappear as Trump has claimed Coronavirus – live US updates Live global updates Senators listen to Dr Anthony Fauci’s testimony on how to safely open the country and get America back to work and school on […] More
