‘Minnesota needs Trump’: President sees rural path to election victory

State encapsulates demographic, social divides driving political polarisation in the US

Ocasio-Cortez delivers withering response to Republican’s ‘sexist slur’

Democrat says Ted Yoho called her ‘a f**king b**ch’ as female colleagues recount harassment by men

Rise of black candidates shows change is coming to Democratic Party

America Letter: Congressional primaries reveal increasingly progressive tilt

Tensions simmer in US after weekend of protests and violence

Trump denounces protesters and designates anti-fascist group Antifa a terrorist organisation

George Floyd death: Protesters and riot police clash in Minneapolis

Mayor seeks criminal charges against police seen kneeling on neck of black man

Iowa caucus set to go down to the wire as Democrats remain divided

High-profile supporters descend on the state ahead of party’s first presidential primary

Trump says a vote for a Democrat is a vote against Israel

US president rejects criticism of his claim that Jews who vote for Democrats are guilty of ‘disloyalty’

Democratic congresswoman rejects Israel’s offer to enter West Bank

Rashia Tlaib says ‘oppressive conditions’ were imposed to humiliate her on family visit

Two US congresswomen denied entry to Israel after Trump plea

Netanyahu move to prevent Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar from travelling unexpected

Nigel Farage describes Trump’s ‘go back’ remarks as ‘genius’

Brexit Party leader praised Trump’s words as being politically shrewd, despite saying they made him uncomfortable

Trump says Democratic congresswoman ‘should apologise to America’

Elijah Cummings denounces Trump and has ‘no doubt’ US president is racist

Maureen Dowd: Democrats must escape trap of Trump’s malice

US president has shifted from subtlety to let toads of racism leap straight from his mouth

For this US president, the race card is his trump card

Donald Trump’s racist tweets are carefully calculated to sow division among his opponents

Trump renews attack on Democratic congresswoman

US president calls Ilhan Omar ‘foul-mouthed’ and says her home state ‘can’t stand her’

Trump says he was ‘not happy’ about ‘send her back’ chants

US president responds to outcry over his campaign rally, as Ilhan Omar calls him a ‘fascist’

House of Representatives condemns Trump over ‘racist’ tweets

Just four Republican party members back Democrats against ‘fear and hatred’ remarks

Who are ‘The Squad’? The Democratic women who riled Trump

US president’s ‘go back home’ comments seen as attack on four leftwing freshman Democrats

US politicians vote to condemn Trump comments as racist

Trump told four non-white Congresswomen to ‘go back’ to ‘crime infested places from which they came’

Donald Trump denies he is racist amid ‘go back’ tweets controversy

US president urges Republicans not to vote for resolution to condemn his remarks

US Congress members and their immigrant connections

Background of 2019 members who are immigrants or the children of immigrants

Donald Trump renews attack on leftwing congresswomen

Theresa May condemns ‘unacceptable language’ used by US president in weekend tweets

Trump shows support for Pelosi as rift with Ocasio-Cortez deepens

Spat started when Pelosi seemed to criticise four new congresswomen in an interview

Trump tells female Democrats to go back to ‘crime-infested places they came from’

Ocasio-Cortez and other female progressives the target of US preisdent’s tweets

Pelosi’s master class on how a woman can spar with Trump

House of Representatives speaker has defied critics and written a third act for herself

White House escalates attacks on Omar over 9/11 comments

Congresswoman’s comments ‘absolutely disgraceful’, Sarah Sanders says

Pelosi tries to quell Democrat divisions following anti-Semitism accusations

America Letter: Criticism follows comment online by congresswoman Ilhan Omar

Democratic congresswoman Ilhan Omar apologises for ‘anti-Semitic’ remarks

Meanwhile, negotiations resume in last-ditch effort to avert a shutdown on Friday

US midterms: Result widely welcomed in Middle East

Approval for success of Muslim women, and for Democrats taking House of Representatives

Trump sacks Sessions after claiming victory in midterm elections

US president defiant on dramatic day as Democrats regain control of House

Somali lawyer urges voters to show ‘we are a nation of immigrants’

Since 2012, 113,000 migrants have moved to Ohio. Such votes may change US politics

Transgender nominee to run for governor of US state for first time

Democrats select Christine Hallquist as their candidate for Vermont election in November

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