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Top Republican on Fox News defends Trump and Mike Pence Vice-president leading coronavirus containment effort in US Whistleblower: US coronavirus staff were untrained and unprotected Donald Trump could “personally suck” the coronavirus “out of every one of the 60,000 people in the world, suck it out of their lungs, swim to the bottom of the […] More
Four prosecutors quit case after Trump intervened Mike Pompeo appears before House committee on foreign affairs Support the Guardian’s independent journalism. Make a contribution 3.21pm GMT The House Judiciary Committee is launching a wide-ranging probe of attorney general William Barr and the US Justice Department, demanding briefings, documents and interviews with 15 officials – including […] More
Donald Trump is all about boundaries. At a personal level, he doesn’t like touching strangers for fear of infection. Politically, he makes no long-lasting close alliances. And geopolitically, he obsesses over strong borders: big walls, more stringent immigration requirements, tariffs on foreign imports. But Trump is nothing if not a walking contradiction. For a guy who shies […] More
I haven’t gone to the doctor since 2013. When you multiply my situation by 27.5 million, that’s a scary prospect Like 27.5 million other Americans, I don’t have health insurance. It’s not for a lack of trying – I make too much to qualify for Medicaid, but not enough to buy a private health insurance […] More
Win or lose, her anger and her passion have inspired millions, and no Democrat will win the White House without her guidance and her help You wouldn’t know it looking at the headlines, but the Democratic primary is not over. After three contests, only one of which had a clear and definitive victor, the media […] More
At the annual CPAC conference in Maryland, Republicans were in buoyant mood about the president’s re-election prospects “Four more years!” the crowd chanted at Mike Pence, the vice-president. “Four more years!” Not so long ago, under the shadow of investigations, impeachment and dismal approval ratings, Donald Trump’s re-election seemed a long shot. But at the […] More
The discriminatory voting system in Pleasant Grove, Alabama, allowed white people to win every city council seat. Now residents are fighting back More from this series: Alabama blocked a man from voting because he owed $4 Everyone in Pleasant Grove, Alabama, seems to know that if you really want to find out what the city […] More
The spectacle of a televised presidential debate in the US throws little light on politics and does nothing to clarify issues of governance. Debates exist as specific moments of entertainment in a serial drama abusively called a “democratic election.” When candidates go slightly off script, they do, however, manage to reveal unexpected clues about the […] More
