Senate’s confirmation of Barrett, 48, cements rightwing domination of tribunal for years to come The US Senate has confirmed Amy Coney Barrett to the supreme court, delivering Donald Trump a huge but partisan succes only eight days before the holding of elections and locking in rightwing domination of the nation’s …
Read More »Confusion mounts over Trump’s true condition after doctor’s Covid briefing – live
Source reported to be White House chief of staff Mark Meadows says Trump’s next 48 hours’ will be critical’Chris Christie confirms he has Covid-1 9Trump’s base remains loyal as chairperson fights CovidSign up for Fight to Vote- our weekly US election newsletter 7.57 pm BST The microbial course of the …
Read More »Revelation of vast ‘consulting fees’ threatens damage for Ivanka Trump
First daughter apparently took almost $750,000 from the Trump Organization while she was simultaneously an employee She has tried to be the acceptable face of Trumpism while apparently fostering political ambitions of her own. But Donald Trump’s eldest daughter, Ivanka, did not emerge from recent revelations over his financial affairs …
Read More »Donald Trump campaign repeatedly doctoring videos for social media ads
Analysis proves footage of Biden edited to stir him appear olderTwitter pennants Trump campaign videos as’ manipulated media’ Donald Trump’s presidential re-election campaign has repeatedly produced manipulated online content over the past week. The Trump campaign published a fixed of Facebook ads that featured the president’s Democratic rival Joe Biden …
Read More »Trump orders crackdown on federal antiracism training, calling it ‘anti-American’
Memo aims officials to identify spending related to training on’ critical race theory’ and’ white privilege’ Donald Trump has sent the Office of Management and Budget to crack down on federal agencies’ antiracism training sessions, calling them “divisive, anti-American propaganda”. The OMB director, Russell Vought, in a letter Friday to …
Read More »‘Soulmates’: Michael Cohen describes his life as Trump’s fixer in new book
Book by president’s former solicitor will be released in September after justice department gag order to stop publication was dropped A teaser for Michael Cohen’s volume about his time as Donald Trump’s lawyer and fixer and his fall from grace was liberated on Thursday, after the US justice department had …
Read More »‘Do you regret all your lying?’ White House reporter’s question startles Trump
S.V. Date takes the president to task for recurred untruths but is quickly cut off S.V. Date had waited five long years to ask Donald Trump one question: “Mr President, after three and a half years[ of Trump’s presidency ], do you regret at all, all the lying you’ve done …
Read More »Republicans devote $20m and 50,000 people into efforts to restrict voting
The RNC is seeking people in 15 key states to serve as poll watchers and challenge the registration of voters they believe ineligible Donald Trump’s campaign and national Republicans are pumping millions of dollars into efforts to restrict voting and aggressively opposed Democratic efforts to make it easier to cast …
Read More »Trump gives up on virus fight to focus on economic recovery – and re-election
With Covid-1 9 deaths set to nearly doubled this month, the president is putting the stock market before lives, critics say Coronavirus- latest US updatesCoronavirus- latest global updatesSee all our coronavirus coverage Donald Trump is effectively abandoning a public health strategy for the coronavirus pandemic and testifying “clear willingness to …
Read More »Trump talks himself up as ‘wartime president’ to lead America through a crisis
The president initially scoffed at the coronavirus. Now he seems persuaded he can lead- and reassuring four more times in November Bill Clinton used to lament that his time as US president was broadly peaceful, and lacked a historic test of his mettle. Donald Trump believes that his minute has …
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