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Jeff Sessions Former attorney general is running for old Senate seat President ‘damned fortunate’ he recused from Russia inquiry Donald Trump and Jeff Sessions button their coats as they stand for the national anthem at the FBI Academy in Quantico, Virginia, in December 2017. Photograph: Jonathan Ernst/Reuters After Donald Trump told supporters in Alabama “do […] More
17% of 91,000 US dams classified with ‘high hazard’ potential Neglected infrastructure in focus after Michigan dam failures The Sanford dam failed this week, causing widespread flooding and thousands of evacuations along the Tittabawassee River. Photograph: Tannen Maury/EPA More than 15,000 dams in the US would likely kill people if they failed, and at least […] More
America begins to unlock for summer – but is it inviting a disastrous second wave? Covid-19 deaths are still rising, but there are signs of quarantine fatigue – and experts warn relaxing the rules too soon could have devastating consequences Coronavirus – live US updates Live global updates Folly Beach in South Carolina last weekend. […] More
Douglas Wigdor says he continues to believe allegation Reade says then senator Biden sexually assaulted her in 1993 Tara Reade pictured in April 2019. Douglas Wigdor said his decision was made on Wednesday. Photograph: Donald Thompson/AP The lawyer representing Tara Reade, who has accused Joe Biden of sexual assault, said on Friday he was dropping […] More
The end of one country, two systems is now clearly in sight. Though Beijing promised to respect Hong Kong’s freedoms and autonomy for a full half-century, it has chipped and then hacked away at them since the handover in 1997. Almost a year ago, the people of Hong Kong startled themselves and the world with […] More
Economists like to think of the wreckage caused by stock market downturns, widespread bankruptcies and corporate downsizing as “creative destruction.” As it destroys the old and the dysfunctional, the capitalist system continually spurs innovation, much as a forest fire prepares the ground for new growth. Or so the representatives of the dismal science argue. Donald […] More
President says he did not want to ‘give press the pleasure’ of seeing him in face mask Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Play Video 1:22 Trump says he wore mask at Michigan plant, but was avoiding cameras – video Pictures of Donald Trump wearing a face mask while on a visit in […] More
When assessing the geopolitical damage done by US President Donald Trump’s during his initial term in office, Palestine and the fate of the Palestinian people must be given a prominent place. In recent decades, US governments have not only declared their uncompromising fealty to Israel but, to a large degree, they have also tolerated Israel’s […] More
