The ex-president is accused of abuse of power, fraud, tax evasion and more but he has not been charged with anything A sudden fall from power always Read More
May 23, 2021
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Jan 13, 2021
The Guardian view on Trump’s executions: vicious to the end | Editorial
The federal execution of a woman who was mentally ill was the act of a morally bankrupt administrationIn the early hours of Wednesday morning, Lisa Read More
Dec 12, 2020
Republicans are trying to get the supreme court to overturn democracy itself | Jill Filipovic
This is extraordinary: a group of Republicans are asking the court to disenfranchise millions of Americans, just so their guy can stay putHow does a Read More
Oct 27, 2020
Wisconsin can’t count mail-in ballots received after election day, supreme court rules
Court sided with Republicans in 5-3 ruling, awarding party a victory in crusade against expanding voting rights and accessThe US supreme court has Read More
Oct 14, 2020
Amy Coney Barrett hearing: top Republican praises judge for being ‘unashamedly pro-life’ – as it happened
Lindsey Graham lavishes praise on supreme court nomineeBarron Trump had coronavirus, first lady revealsBarrett dodges abortion and healthcare Read More
Sep 25, 2020
‘His abuses have escalated’: Barr’s kinship with Trump fuels election fears
The attorney general has been giving misleading statements on election integrity, and, critics say, has a deep sense of mission about re-electing the Read More
Sep 24, 2020
The US supreme court has become a threat to democracy. Here’s how we fix it | Sabeel Rahman
The court has been weaponized to skew political power and insulate extreme conservative coalitions from accountabilityJust a few days after Ruth Bader Read More
Jan 21, 2020
Trump impeachment trial: Democrats’ bids for new evidence dashed in marathon first day
President’s trial opens with arguments over proceedingsDemocrats accuse Republicans of cover-up on Trump’s behalfTrump impeachment trial – live Read More
Jun 27, 2019
Is this how American democracy is supposed to work? No it’s not | Justice Elena Kagan
In an excoriating dissent, Elena Kagan and the supreme court’s liberal justices accused the court’s majority of shirking its constitutional Read More
Jun 27, 2019
Is this how American democracy is supposed to work? No it’s not | Justice Elena Kagan
In an excoriating dissent, Elena Kagan and the supreme court’s liberal justices accused the court’s majority of shirking its constitutional Read More
May 26, 2019
Trump’s wrecking ball assaults American government. Luckily, it is strongly built | Robert Reich
The president swings wildly but the people will stay true: the way to beat him is to defend the institutions he would smashAmericans have sharply Read More
Feb 05, 2019
Texas: civil rights groups sue to stop ‘unlawful purge’ of thousands of voters
Officials accused of compiling flawed list of voters that could see thousands of naturalized citizens wrongly expunged from rollsCivil rights groups Read More