INFLATION IN THE AMERICAS Biden under pressure as US inflation hits four-decade high 12-02-2022 09:30 US president faces battle to enact spending proposals and retain control of Congress following January inflation report showing large surge in the cost of living.
LGBT+ RIGHTS 'Don't say gay': Sex education fuels US culture wars 09-02-2022 17:24 Swelling mobilisation by US conservatives over what is taught in schools has led several states to push for new curbs on what educators can discuss related to sexual and gender identity.
DIPLOMATIC SPAT US congressman: ‘Argentina has lashed itself to Chinese Communist Party’ 08-02-2022 22:48 US lawmaker Matt Gaetz says “Argentina has lashed itself to the Chinese Communist Party” in the wake of last week's Belt and Road initiative announcement.
2022: THE YEAR IN PREVIEW World Cup to Rio carnival: Six key events to come in 2022 01-01-2022 00:01 From the World Cup in Qatar to the midterm elections in the United States, here are six events that are likely to mark the coming year.
US Politics Biden says Republicans have lost their way in 'mini-revolution' 05-05-2021 19:10 US President Joe Biden said Wednesday that America's Republicans face an identity crisis after Donald Trump's turbulent presidency.
AS I SEE IT Joe Biden sounds the retreat 17-04-2021 08:04 Biden, like Trump before him, decided that the time had come to pull all his country’s troops out of Afghanistan. The only difference is in the departure date. by James Neilson
United States US House passes police reforms, voting rights bill 04-03-2021 15:33 The George Floyd Justice in Policing Act that bans choke holds and combats racial profiling cleared the US House of Representatives Wednesday.
UNITED STATES Trump impeachment heads to Senate Monday, triggering trial 23-01-2021 09:03 Article of impeachment against former President Donald Trump will be delivered to the Senate on Monday, triggering the start of his unprecedented second trial in the chamber.
AS I SEE IT Censorship is on the march 16-01-2021 09:05 Once upon a time, progressives, or “liberals” as North Americans call them, agreed that censorship was bad. They would have been appalled by the notion that the richest men on Earth were entitled to prevent the sitting US president, however obnoxious many thought him, from communicating with his followers. by James Neilson
TRUMP ERA DRAWS TO CLOSE US Republicans break with Trump, foreshadowing battle ahead 16-01-2021 08:58 Republican Party veers towards years of feuding as Donald Trump’s grip on the GOP starts to crack.
UNITED STATES US Democrats move to impeach Trump in final days of presidency 11-01-2021 14:15 Democrats introduce article of impeachment accusing Trump of "incitement of insurrection" over his role in Wednesday's storming of the US Capitol by his supporters.
UNITED STATES American carnage: Trump presidency careens toward violent end 09-01-2021 08:44 Four years after promising to banish “American carnage” in his inaugural address on the steps of the US Capitol, he brought it to the door of US democracy.
US ELECTION 2020 Trump fraud claims meet with limited Republican criticism 06-11-2020 18:42 Trump's unfounded accusations of fraud in the US presidential election condemned by some Republicans, but top party figures refuse to criticise remarks.
US ELECTION 2020 Democrats, Republicans flip one seat each in US Senate battle 04-11-2020 02:53 Democrats flipped a Senate seat Tuesday in their bid to regain control of the upper chamber of US Congress, but Republicans countered by ousting a vulnerable Democrat in Alabama, networks projected.
US ELECTION 2020 Biden, Trump barnstorm America’s Midwest in election home stretch 31-10-2020 08:39 US presidential candidates ramp up campaigning ahead of Tuesday’s crucial US election.
US ELECTION 2020 Explainer: Trump seizes on Biden-Ukraine story 22-10-2020 01:23 US President Donald Trump’s campaign has seized on a tabloid story offering a twist on a familiar line of attack: Joe and Hunter Biden’s relationship with Ukraine. Here's what we know.
US ELECTION 2020 Is time running out for Donald Trump? 10-10-2020 09:16 US president is desperate to get back on the road, despite coronavirus diagnosis. But his chances of winning look to be fading, with little time left to recover.
AS I SEE IT The Trump-Biden bar-room brawl 03-10-2020 08:48 If, as seems to be the case, the “debate” between Trump and Biden faithfully reflected the mood of many in the United States today, the world’s most powerful country is undergoing a mental breakdown. by James Neilson
US ELECTION 2020 Trump nominates Amy Coney Barrett for US Supreme Court 27-09-2020 19:56 US President Donald Trump named Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court on Saturday, setting in motion a rush by Republicans to cement a conservative majority on the court.
US POLITICS Ruth Bader Ginsburg makes history again, lying in state at Capitol 26-09-2020 10:30 Late Supreme Court lay in state Friday at the US Capitol, the first woman so honoured in the United States. Trump set to announce nominee later today.