Democrats critical of meeting between Hakeem Jeffries and Jared Kushner
Private New York talks take place as Democrats grow increasingly confident of retaking the House in November
Republican Party
As Trump poll ratings slide divisions threaten to fracture Republican Party
World View: The party has always been a fractious coalition, but more recently a split has emerged between the libertarians and a putative ‘national conservative’ tendency
Jon Ossoff might just be the Democrats’ best answer to the US decade of chaos
There’s much more to the Georgia senator than a controversial barb about one of Donald Trump’s aides
Smithsonian Museum targeted by Trump administration as culture war plays out across US
Saving America’s Story, a 162-page report released last month by the White House, has horrified some historians
Europe has no choice but to wish Marco Rubio well, even if it is through gritted teeth
Americans who support reckless wars are sometimes also the most likely to defend democratic Europe
Bad news for Donald Trump in Florida: The rise of David Jolly
The Sunshine State has not had a Democratic governor this century – that could change despite the US president’s approval of Byron Donalds
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt to leave role at end of month, says Trump
Leavitt joined US president’s 2024 campaign and will become an outside communications adviser
David Crowley defeats Francesca Hong to win Democratic primary for Wisconsin governor
Race was latest test of the durability of the Democratic Party’s progressive wing
A political outsider with radical ideas is shaking up Wisconsin politics
Backed by young voters and socialist activists, Francesca Hong has been the target of Donald Trump’s verbal barbs
Trump loyalist Todd Blanche confirmed as US attorney general
President’s one-time personal attorney becomes head of country’s top law enforcement department
US senator Mitch McConnell (84) leaves rehab centre to continue recovery from fall at home
Republican’s absence narrows path for Trump’s former personal lawyer Todd Blanche to be made head of justice department
US Senate panel votes to hold Anthony Fauci in contempt of congress over Covid hearing
Fauci invoked fifth amendment dozens of times to parry hostile Republican inquisition over pandemic response
‘Ugliest election race of the year’: Democrats’ civil war erupts in Michigan
Abdul El-Sayed’s rise reflects a party increasingly defined by generational change, economic anger and foreign-policy dissent
The Democrats’ civil war over Israel is getting worse
While the party fractures over Middle East policy, it is ignoring the threat posed by AI and social media
‘You will live in squalor’: Trump revives Red Scare rhetoric ahead of US midterms
A growing ideological divide within the Democratic Party is giving Trump and his allies a potent new line of attack before the midterms
Mitch McConnell’s disappearance prompts a mini-industry of ghoulish conspiracy theories
With the veteran senator absent since June, Republicans face growing pressure to disclose his condition as their Senate majority tightens
Trump’s most loyal supporters – white working-class men – are becoming disillusioned
Not with his displays of spiteful narcissism, but with rising prices for gas and groceries
Trump, Netanyahu and Zelenskiy attend Lindsey Graham’s funeral in Washington
US president tells memorial service the late senator for South Carolina ‘never saw a war that he didn’t like’
Zelenskiy and Trump discuss efforts to revive peace deal with Russia during Oval Office meeting
Death of Republican senator Lindsey Graham leaves Kyiv without one of its biggest advocates in Washington
Could Hunter Biden be the man to bring the family name back to the White House?
Few Americans have been pilloried as mercilessly as Joe Biden’s son over the past decade, but now there’s talk of him running for the White House
Democrats remain split over their longstanding leniency towards Netanyahu
Party continues to grapple with leniency of Joe Biden’s administration towards Binyamin Netanyahu
Trump imposes new tariffs of up to 12.5% on 80 countries including EU members
Move comes after allegations of lax enforcement of forced labour bans as temporary existing global tariff expires
Trump administration official threatens states to comply with election security measures
US president claimed, without evidence, China interfered in 2020 campaign which Trump lost to Joe Biden
A Trump speech attacking ‘our election infrastructure’ sets alarm bells ringing
Fears grow over fair midterms as Trump claims documents reveal ‘vulnerabilities’ in US election system and alleges compromise of election data by China
US to tighten visa regulations for foreign journalists and students
New Trump administration rules limit visas to 240 days for most members of media and 90 days for Chinese nationals
Darline Graham Nordone profile: The sister of late US senator Lindsey Graham steps up to the plate
‘Lindsey has always been there for me. Now I will be there for him,’ says newly sworn-in senator (62)
Can US senator Lindsey Graham’s Ukraine initiatives survive without him?
Volodymyr Zelenskiy has lost a big advocate in the Trump White House, but there is still support for a Russia sanctions Bill
Lindsey Graham’s sister appointed to serve rest of Republican’s US Senate term
Darline Graham Nordone’s brother, a South Carolina senator and Trump ally, died on Saturday aged 71 after a brief illness
Lindsey Graham betrayed his younger self by becoming Trump’s golf buddy and confidant
US senator publicly abandoned his criticism of ‘bigot’ Trump after 2016 to become a staunch advocate for the president
Regime Change: The chaos of Donald Trump exposed in blow-by-blow accounts of highly sensitive meetings
How the second coming of the most mercurial US leader in history ushered in a presidency driven by ‘pure gut instinct’
Lindsey Graham, key ally of Donald Trump, dies aged 71
Republican senator served in the Senate since 2003 and was a sharp critic of Trump before becoming one of his most loyal backers
Trump fires remaining three members of bipartisan election commission
Removing officials from body months before midterm elections is an ‘extraordinary step’, says Democrat senator
Democrat leaders urge Maine candidate to end Senate run amid sexual assault allegations
Graham Platner denies allegations and says he is ‘reflecting on best path forward’
The Patriot Front white supremacists represented the dark side of America on July 4th
Donald Trump has persisted with voter-fraud allegations that contain racial undertones
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