Subterms
Impeachment acquittal, a confident State of the Union speech and a farcical Iowa caucuses mean the president is riding high In a celebratory speech at the White House after his acquittal on impeachment charges this week, Donald Trump struck a note of complaint about having been put through “a phoney rotten deal by some very […] More
First race of the Democratic primary season still too close to call ‘I think we should move on to New Hampshire,’ says Sanders Help us cover the critical issues of 2020. Consider making a contribution 3.09pm GMT Senator Bernie Sanders is scheduled to speak this morning at a quirky event that’s become a New Hampshire […] More
If I were the European Union, I’d be wiping my hands, sighing in relief and slamming the door after the United Kingdom’s long-delayed departure. Britain had been a noisy, pushy houseguest for 47 years, and it was only growing ruder. It spent the last three years hanging out in the foyer, braying and temporizing. Even […] More
It has been a rollercoaster week for Republicans and Democrats, from the caucus chaos in Iowa to Trump’s acquittal and victory lap It has been a rollercoaster week in US politics, starting with the voting debacle in Iowa and carrying on through Donald Trump’s divisive State of the Union address, his acquittal in the Senate […] More
Former congressman said on CNN current Republican party is ‘a cult’ and urged voters to ‘come together to stop’ Trump Former US congressman Joe Walsh has ended his long-shot campaign to challenge Donald Trump for the Republican nomination in the 2020 presidential election. Calling the current Republican party “a cult” of obeisance to Trump, he […] More
New documents reveal Koch attack on campaign laws began more than four decades ago When Michael Bloomberg entered the 2020 race, some declared his $60bn fortune an asset for taking on Donald Trump, who once claimed he was going to self-fund his own campaign. Related: The Guardian view on Trump’s acquittal: over to the voters […] More
Following a strikingly white and male list of Bafta nominees, this year’s Academy Awards shortlists are barely more diverse. It’s a chronic problem in an industry running out of excuses for its slow pace of change. Lanre Bakare examines why the Oscars are still so white. Plus: Joan E Greve on a hectic week of […] More
Al-Rimi had claimed responsibility for a shooting at a Florida naval base, where a Saudi aviation trainee killed three American sailors Donald Trump confirmed on Thursday that a counter-terrorism operation in Yemen killed Qassim al-Rimi, an al-Qaida leader who claimed responsibility for last year’s deadly shooting at Naval Air Station Pensacola, where a Saudi aviation […] More
