Biden tells Buffalo shooting mourners: ‘Evil will not win’
White supremacy ‘a poison’, US president says following racially-motivated massacre
Biden urges Americans to elect more pro-choice politicians to Congress
President says Roe v Wade ruling should be upheld as right to choose abortion is ‘fundamental’
Ukraine war: Germany set to back EU ban on Russian oil
Evacuation of civilians from Mariupol stalls; hundreds still trapped in Azovstal steel works
Ketanji Brown Jackson is nominated to become first black woman on US supreme court
Biden fulfills campaign promise in ‘historic’ nomination to country’s highest court
Maureen Dowd: Joe Biden better Build Better or he won’t be Back
US president was elected to be Not Trump ... he has overpromised and underdelivered
Republicans threaten government shutdown to undermine vaccine mandates
US senators urged to block funding Bill unless Democrats meet demands
Maureen Dowd: Wokeness derails the Democrats
As the party focuses on the wrong things, many still wonder if Biden is up to the job
Pelosi says Democrats ‘pretty much there’ on $2 trillion social spending Bill
Treasury secretary Janet Yellen says she anticipates no problems in funding the Bill
US Senate raises debt ceiling temporarily to avoid economic default
Federal government’s debt limit increases by $480 billion to $28.9 trillion
US lawmakers nearing potential breakthrough on debt ceiling
Stop-gap measure considered to extend limit to December
Biden urges Democrats to overcome divisions on spending Bills
US president visits Congress to discuss infrastructure legisation and vows to ‘get it done’
US Congress passes funding Bill to avert shutdown
Parties dig in for dispute on raising borrowing cap before potential default
Ida devastation shows need to prepare for ‘very, very worst’
Climate crisis will bring more extreme weather events, says mayor of New York City
Democrats’ pursuit of $3.5tn budget package complicates infrastructure win
Business interests fear considering Bills together could doom roads and bridges deal
Biden leads calls for New York governor to resign
NY attorney general determines Andrew Cuomo sexually harassed multiple women
Andrew Cuomo’s political prospects in jeopardy after damning report
Governor’s future in hands of NY state assembly after inquiry finds he sexually harassed 11 women
Potential eviction of millions of Americans splits Democrats
End of Covid-19 rent measure sparks calls for House of Representatives to return from recess
Republicans row over Capitol riot investigation committee
Police officers to testify on Tuesday about storming of building by Trump supporters
Battle over US voting rights escalates as Texas Democrats flee state
‘Have you no shame?’ Biden asks Republicans seeking to impose stricter voting rules
Republican senators vow to block voting rights Bill
Democrats boosted by senator Joe Manchin’s proposed slimmed-down version of Bill
Biden’s support for Israel-Hamas ceasefire seen as significant shift
US reluctance until now to urge ceasefire seen as way of giving Israelis time to go after Hamas
Biden pushes for compromise amid hostility to $2.3tn infrastructure plan
GOP increasingly suspicious of president’s proposal in face of poor employment figures
Biden to announce huge infrastructure plan in Pittsburgh
US to follow $1.9tn coronavirus package with $3tn-plus support for roads, rail and energy
Biden and officials to hold events across the US to sell American Rescue Plan
New Covid package brings to $4 trillion the amount the US has spent on shoring up its economy since pandemic began a year ago
Trump makes first public comments since leaving office after death of Limbaugh
Conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh dies age 70, Trump reiterates baseless election claims
Republicans need to convince Trump he cannot win in 2024
Senators used legal arguments in impeachment trial but acquittal was purely political
Fintan O’Toole: Biden can make America great again only by making it green
Donald Trump boasted of not having started a war. But he did: a war on nature
Donald Trump’s second impeachment trial: What to expect
At least 17 Republican senators needed to convict former US president as trial begins
45 Republican senators object to constitutionality of impeachment trial
Tuesday’s vote strongly suggests there will be insufficient votes to convict Donald Trump
Joe Biden overturns Trump ban on trans people joining US military
House of Representatives is set to formally charge Trump with inciting insurrection
Uproar in US after troops deployed for inauguration forced to sleep in car park
Photos of National Guard resting in parking spaces created PR debacle in first days of Biden’s term
Trump impeachment trial set to loom over Biden’s first weeks in office
Senate trial will not start until week beginning February 8th, giving both sides an opportunity to prepare their arguments
Pelosi set to trigger Trump impeachment trial next week
Mitch McConnell earlier proposed to push case back so former president could prepare
Schumer vows to ‘do business differently’ as Democrats take over US Senate
Democratic leadership of key committees has still not been agreed
Donald Trump’s second impeachment: five key takeaways
US president faces unpredictable trial in Senate after House voted 232-197 to impeach
Donald Trump impeached for second time by US House of Representatives
Ten Republicans join Democrats in voting for charge of ‘incitement of insurrection’
Leading Republicans to join Democrats in voting to impeach Trump
US president will on Wednesday become first in history to be impeached twice in office
Trump claims his speech before attack on the Capitol was ‘totally appropriate’
President accuses Democrats of continuing the ‘witch-hunt’ against him ahead of possible impeachment vote
Enough Republicans could be tempted to convict Trump
House aims to fast-track process of impeaching US president but real action will be in Senate
‘Put the coffee on!’ The rioters who stormed the US Capitol
An eclectic band of far-right figures and conspiracy theorists gleefully toured the building
Democrats intensify calls for Trump’s removal from office
Pelosi urges Pence to invoke 25th amendment after Trump supporters stormed US Capitol
Riots and the US Capitol overrun: the day that shook America
Wednesday’s events started with protests and ended with calls to remove the president
Democrats back Trump’s call for more generous stimulus Bill
US Wrap: Republicans stunned by president’s rejection of €900bn relief package
Temporary internal truce that united Democrats prior to election now over
America Letter: Old divisions reappear following party’s poor performance in congressional elections
Democrats nominate Pelosi for fourth term as House Speaker
Californian defends party’s election performance after suffering losses to Republicans
Republicans urge Trump to allow Biden receive intelligence briefings
President-elect speaks to the Pope as democrats call on president to accept defeat
Republican ‘fear of Donald Trump’ undermining US democracy, Democrats say
Signs some Republican senators breaking ranks and starting to accept election result
US election: Trump administration continues to claim win
Broad-based support from Republicans for US President’s efforts to challenge vote
US election: Democrats set to lose seats in House, as Republicans keep Senate
Alexandria Ocasio Cortez points to losses for Democrats among Hispanic community
Suzanne Lynch’s US Election Diary: Trump’s judicial legacy confirmed as Barrett reaches supreme court
US president has now nominated three conservative-leaning justices to the nine-member court
Amy Coney Barrett sworn in as member of US supreme court
Trump hails ‘momentous day’ as ceremony takes place in defiance of Covid-19 restrictions
US election: Trump says reporting on Covid is ‘fake news conspiracy’
President slams coverage of pandemic as he holds blitz of rallies in Pennsylvania
Coney Barrett likely to be voted to US supreme court on Monday
Appointment of a supreme court judge so close to presidential election unprecedented
Coronavirus adds new twist to Coney Barrett supreme court nomination
Mitch McConnell to go ahead with Senate judiciary committee hearing despite Covid-19
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