Ceremonies in New York, Pennsylvania and at Pentagon mark the 20th anniversary of the terror attacks• Biden, Harris and Bush urge unity on 9/11 anniversary –follow liveSome wept. Some held photos of loved ones At 8.46am, precisely two decades after a p…
Biden announces new US vaccine mandates to ‘turn the tide of Covid-19’
Nearly 100m US workers to be subject to vaccine requirementsPresident expresses frustration with unvaccinated AmericansJoe Biden, striving to restore public confidence in his handling of the pandemic, announced on Thursday new vaccination requirements …
‘This is about power’: the truth behind Impeachment: American Crime Story
A new series relives the affair between Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky and here, those involved remember and reflect on a national scandalBob Shrum had known Bill Clinton since their student days at Georgetown University in Washington. Working as a p…
Biden warns masterminds of deadly Kabul bombings: ‘We will make you pay’
Biden addresses nation on darkest day of his presidencySays US troops who died were ‘heroes’ of ‘selfless mission’Joe Biden has warned the masterminds of a double suicide-bomb attack in Kabul that killed 13 US troops and 60 Afghan civilians: “We will h…
‘I’m a citizen with no country:’ Mark Sanford on turning against Trump and his party
Former South Carolina governor talks about his memoir that links his decision to lessons learned from an extramarital affair in 2009 and his attempt to cover it upMark Sanford is not the first Republican to turn against former US president Donald Trump…
‘America first’ again? Is Biden echoing Trump on Afghanistan and vaccines?
The president’s pushing of a US-centric agenda has dismayed many but his defenders say it is ‘progressive nationalism’For Donald Trump, the former US president, beating the drum of “America first” was something of an obsession. “The future doesn’t belo…
Defiant Biden stands ‘squarely behind’ decision to withdraw from Afghanistan
President shifts blame to his predecessor, Donald Trump, and the unwillingness of Afghan forces to fight the TalibanUS politics – live coverageA defiant Joe Biden has insisted that he stands “squarely behind” his decision to pull US forces rapidly out …
The Meaning of Hitler: exploring our cultural fascination with Nazism
In a wide-ranging new documentary, the lasting and insidious influence of the Nazi dictator is put under the microscope Start a conversation about Donald Trump these days and it’s only a matter of time before someone mentions Adolf Hitler.But if your s…
How Tucker Carlson and the far right embraced Hungary’s authoritarian leader
Fox News host offers gushing praise for Viktor Orbán, spurring concerns about the erosion of democracy at home“In the last few nights in Budapest,” mused Tucker Carlson, US rightwing media star, “I’ve run into a number of Americans who have come here b…
Biden said America had ‘gained the upper hand’ over Covid – has Delta changed the game?
A month ago, Americans were getting vaccinated, cases and deaths were falling, and Biden seemed to have the virus in his grasp. Not so fastIt was not supposed to be this way.A month ago Joe Biden appeared to have victory over the coronavirus pandemic w…