The United States is, once again, about to expose and interrogate the disunity that now runs through this country. The process of putting Donald Trump on trial is about to get real. First will come a debate about whether the constitution allows for such a process, bearing in mind that Mr Trump is no longer
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The second impeachment case against Donald Trump is a piece of “political theatre”, the former president’s lawyers have said. Mr Trump’s legal team have accused his Democrat opponents of exploiting the chaos and trauma of last month’s riot at the US Capitol for their own party’s gain. A day before proceedings begin in the Senate,
American politics often baffles outsiders but on the eve of Donald Trump’s second impeachment trial, it really has never been weirder. Politicians promoting a delusional conspiracy claiming America is in the grips of a child-trafficking liberal cabal backed by the deep state are now sitting in the US Congress. And Mr Trump‘s grand fiction that
A boxer who delivered one of the biggest upsets in the history of the sport, Leon Spinks, has died aged 67. Spinks won an Olympic gold medal in 1976 but went on to shock the boxing world a year and a half later by beating Muhammad Ali to win the heavyweight title in only his
A man appears to have been shot and killed by mistake as he was making a “prank” robbery video for YouTube. Police in Nashville, Tennessee, said they were called to the car park of Urban Air Trampoline and Adventure Park on Friday evening. When they arrived, David Starnes Jr, 23, admitted shooting 20-year-old Timothy Wilks,
Donald Trump has made a return to social media to say allegations against him cannot be proven. The former president used his account on Gab, an alternative platform to Twitter often used by his right-wing followers, to release a letter from his lawyers. After being banned from Twitter and Facebook, he has been relatively quiet
Controversial congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene has refused to apologise to the school shooting survivor she called “an idiot, trained by a dog”. The far-right Georgia congresswoman who amplified QAnon conspiracy theories which focus on the debunked belief that top Democrats were involved in child sex trafficking, was captured on film running after David Hogg, one
US jobs growth bounced back less than expected in January while losses the previous month were worse than initially thought, latest figures show. The first set of employment data under President Joe Biden underlines the scale of the economic challenge faced as he seek to push through a $1.9trn (£1.4trn) COVID-19 recovery package. Please use
Donald Trump has resigned from an American actors’ union, telling the organisation: “You have done nothing for me.” The former US president made the move because SAG-AFTRA, which represents 160,000 actors and media professionals, was considering expelling him over his role in the attack on the US Capitol. In his letter to the union’s president
The US is withdrawing operational support from Saudi Arabia’s forces in Yemen, which President Joe Biden hopes will help bring an end to one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises. Mr Biden pledged during his presidential election campaign that his administration would resolve the long-running conflict between the Saudi-backed government and Iranian-aligned Houthi movement diplomatically.
The woman accused of killing Harry Dunn was employed by an intelligence agency in the US at the time of his death, a court has heard. Anne Sacoolas was leaving RAF Croughton in Northamptonshire in August 2019 when she was involved in a crash with 19-year-old Harry, who was on his motorbike. She had been
America’s top infectious diseases expert says double masking is a “common sense approach” to preventing the spread of coronavirus. Dr Anthony Fauci, chief medical adviser to President Joe Biden, recommended using two masks at a COVID-19 response news conference on Wednesday, saying there was “no harm” if people wanted to for added protection. He said
The remains of a police officer killed when supporters of Donald Trump stormed the US Capitol last month have been taken to the building’s historic rotunda to lie in honour. Brian Sicknick was on duty when rioters, angry over US president Donald Trump’s election loss, stormed the building on 6 January, and was hit in
Donald Trump’s legal team have dismissed his impeachment over the Capitol riots last month, after Democrats said the former president aimed the crowds “like a cannon” during his speech before the violence. Mr Trump‘s legal team said the Senate has no authority to try the ex-reality star as a private citizen, and that the chamber
A number of police officers have been suspended after body-camera footage showed a chemical “irritant” being sprayed in the face of a distraught and handcuffed nine-year-old girl. Officials in Rochester, New York, would not confirm how many officers had been sanctioned, but said the suspensions would last at least until an internal investigation is completed.
Snowstorms are set to batter the northeast coast of the US this week with two states already declaring emergencies. A “nor’easter” – or storm that blows from the Atlantic Ocean along the northeast coast – will bring heavy snow and strong winds over the next few days, the US National Weather Service said. On Monday