Democrats refused to sit in hearing room in protest of Republican rush to install Trump’s pick to replace Ruth Bader GinsburgUS politics – live Read More
Oct 22, 2020
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Oct 14, 2020
Amy Coney Barrett pledges ‘open mind’ and plays down conservative record
Nominee avoids answering directly on how she would ruleLindsey Graham hails ‘woman who is unashamedly pro-life’Judge Amy Coney Barrett, Donald Trump’s Read More
Oct 13, 2020
Amy Coney Barrett’s day one hearing was rank hypocrisy from start to finish | Jill Filipovic
Republicans can’t pass a pandemic relief bill that Americans desperate need, but they can jam through a rightwing judge just days before the Read More
Jul 22, 2020
Trump may not respect the election. We need a Democratic senate more than ever | Sidney Blumenthal
Trump is already hinting he may refuse to leave office if voted out. The Senate must be ready to protect democracyDonald Trump’s declaration that he 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
Jan 03, 2020
John Roberts: justice once labelled a ‘disaster’ by Trump to oversee impeachment trial
Trump’s political fate could rest in the hands of the presiding judge – so what sort of role will the chief justice play?Running for president four 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
Nov 12, 2018
How moving to the US made me appreciate the House of Lords | Abi Wilkinson
Institutional blocks hamper change at every turn in America – and make me see the value of the British political system Perhaps the biggest thing I’ve Read More
Nov 12, 2018
How moving to the US made me appreciate the House of Lords | Abi Wilkinson
Institutional blocks hamper change at every turn in America – and make me see the value of the British political system Perhaps the biggest thing I’ve Read More
Oct 06, 2018
Brett Kavanaugh confirmed to US supreme court after Senate votes in favour
Senate votes 50-48 to approve Donald Trump’s nominee Kavanaugh’s passage tilts America’s highest court to the right‘I feel outraged, exhausted, Read More
Oct 05, 2018
Deep divide: Kavanaugh confirmation fight exposes America’s bitter fault lines
The only thing everyone agrees on is that the division runs deep – and no one is quite sure where it is headingIn the phrase of the journalist Carl Read More
Oct 05, 2018
Susan Collins says she will vote yes to confirm Brett Kavanaugh – as it happened
Democrat Joe Manchin also confirms he will vote yesFinal confirmation vote likely to be held on SaturdayQ&A: where things stand in the Read More