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Federal appelate judge becomes first black woman to serve on US’s highest court
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Virginia governor’s race offers first test of Biden presidency
Defeat would point to potential disaster for Democrats in next year’s midterm elections
Valeo Foods buys British jerked meat maker
Irish group makes its 19th acquisition, weeks away from its own €1.7bn sale to Bain Capital
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Cheney faces ousting as Republicans reject her criticism of Trump
Party stands by former US president as he continues false claims about election he lost
Good day for bean counters as Batchelors maker sold for over €1.7bn
US private equity group Bain buys Irish firm Valeo which also makes Jacobs products
Facebook decision on current ban on Trump to be announced
Former US president continues to allege voter fraud in election won by Joe Biden
Jacobs and Batchelors owner Valeo circled by three private-equity firms
PAI Partners, Cinven and Bain Capital are given until end of May to submit final bids
Breda O’Brien: Crowdfunding creates excellent Christian series
The Chosen bypasses entertainment industry with fresh dramatisation of Jesus
Trump signals intent to retain grip on Republican Party
America Letter: Former US president’s re-emergence underlines party’s current status
US flags to be flown at half mast to mark 500,000 Covid deaths
Biden attacks Trump over his handling of the pandemic and closures of small businesses
Republican senators who voted against Trump censured
Backlash against those who voted against ex-president in impeachment trial
Donald Trump acquitted of incitement to insurrection in impeachment trial
Seven Republicans cross the aisle but vote falls well short of two-thirds majority required for conviction
Mitt Romney points way out of mess for US conservatism
US Politics: Denouncing Trump is brave but it is also the howlingly obvious way forward
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
Democrats push for stimulus deal before Trump impeachment trial
Republican senator says deal possible if Democrats drop bid to raise minimum wage
Joe Biden calls for end to ‘uncivil war’ in speech focused on American unity
US president’s inauguration address tries to confront glaring political divides
Donald Trump’s second impeachment: five key takeaways
US president faces unpredictable trial in Senate after House voted 232-197 to impeach
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
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Joe Biden’s immediate task as president will be to unify a nation riven in two
Trump has not been alone in undermining American democracy
By supporting Trump’s claims of electoral fraud, Republican leaders incited protestors
Those who threw in their lot with Donald Trump are now tied to his mob
Edward Luce: Nobody should feign surprise at the nightmarish end to Trump’s presidency
Trump doubles down on his false claims of election misconduct
Officials in Georgia accuse president of undermining faith in US election system
Trump pressed Georgia official to ‘find’ votes, recording reveals
Washington Post report shows president pressuring state official to overturn election result
America at Large: Loeffler’s political ambitions a bad Dream for her players
Elizabeth Williams and her team-mates have made a huge stand against their owner
Biden affirmed as US president by electoral college
College electors convened on Monday amid rancour over election result
History maker: how Jen O’Malley Dillon steered Joe Biden’s run to the White House
Massachusetts-born Irish-American kept Democrats’ campaign focused on ‘blue wall’ states
Biden pledges to unify America as he prepares for transition
World leaders congratulate president-elect, while Trump has yet to concede
White House walls close in as Trump unleashes bitter legal fight
Drama and anxiety as America counts carefully amid Republican claims of fraud
Maureen Dowd: How did we go from Abraham Lincoln to a Sharknado reject?
Even if Joe Biden wins on Tuesday, it will not be easy to restore what has been lost
US election: Trump voters energised in North Carolina but state is on a knife-edge
Once a stronghold of southern conservatism, North Carolina is now a swing state
Joe Biden urges Americans to vote early as campaign enters final two weeks
Democratic presidential candidate visits North Carolina amid complacency concerns
US election: The swing states that will decide the race to the White House
Polls suggest that Joe Biden is on track but many are wary after 2016’s shock result
Trump talks of ‘American dream’ as rallies persist amid criticism
‘I’ll kiss the guys and beautiful women . . . a big fat kiss,’ says recently Covid-ill president
Many Republicans dislike Trump but will not pass up supreme court majority opportunity
Analysis: Romney’s intervention disappoints Democrats but his conservative credentials are clear
US senators to consider Trump’s supreme court nominee
Democrats had hoped Mitt Romney and others would stymie the US president’s attempts to appoint a successor to the late Ruth Bader Ginsberg
Ginsburg replacement more and more likely to be Republican
In wake of McConnell speech, appointment of supreme court justice just matter of timing
Inside Joe Biden’s race of a lifetime to be US president
Ageing and gaffe-prone, the Democratic candidate has an empathy that looks almost subversive – and a strong election team
Like a ‘fantasy film’: Kim Jong-un describes Trump bond in letters
Bob Woodward obtains missives between Donald Trump and Kim for new book Rage
Mueller defends his prosecution of Roger Stone
Former special counsel rebuts Trump claims over inquiry into Russian election interference
Biden meets family of George Floyd ahead of funeral in Houston
Thousands queue to pay their respects to the man who has become a symbol of racial injustice
George Floyd death: Minneapolis City Council pledges to disband police department
Not clear when changes to system will happen and city’s mayor says he opposes idea
Trump hits back at ‘grossly incompetent’ Obama
Democrats launch inquiry amid deepening controversy over Trump’s firing of watchdog
Bernie Sanders will never be US president, but his ideas have won the day
US Politics: Coronavirus crisis has been the making of Democratic contender’s worldview
Trump planning to send $1,000 cheques directly to Americans
US recession fears trigger stimulus package to aid people and airlines as Covid-19 spreads
Donald Trump fires two officials who testified against him
‘The truth has cost Lt Col Alexander Vindman his job, his career, and his privacy’
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