Tag:US politics

11.30pm BST23:30 Summary Here’s a rundown of Sunday’s events. We’ll be back tomorrow for all Monday’s news. Coronavirus: Trump authorizes plasma treatment amid attacks on FDA. After...

10.43pm BST22:43 Summary Here’s a rundown of Saturday’s events. We’ll be back tomorrow for all Sunday’s news. House Democrats pass $25bn bill to fund US Postal Service....

As the United States reels from Donald Trump’s latest attempt to suppress the vote in November’s presidential election by undermining mail-in voting, an alternative...

11.08pm BST23:08 The state of the US Postal Service, and its relationship to November’s election, came up again in today’s briefing. Here’s my colleague Sam...

10.47pm BST22:47 Trump’s decision to unilaterally extend federal unemployment insurance through executive order will almost certainly prompt a legal challenge from Democrats on the grounds...

10.03pm BST22:03 The US economy could benefit if the nation were to “lock down really hard” for four to six weeks, a top Federal Reserve...

8.01pm BST20:01 The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is removing its top intelligence official from his post after it was revealed the office has...

The Arkansas Republican senator Tom Cotton has called the enslavement of millions of African people “the necessary evil upon which the union was built”.Cotton,...