Minimum global corporate rate of 15% agreed by 136 countries as Yellen also says US will raise debt ceiling on 3 DecemberThe US treasury secretary, Janet Yellen, said on Sunday she was confident Congress would approve legislation to implement the globa…
Progressive Democrats draw strength from muscle-flexing in Congress
The left of the party is celebrating holding firm on insisting on both parts of Biden’s domestic agenda over centrist objectionsWhen House Democrats were forced to delay their planned vote on the bipartisan infrastructure bill earlier this month, the r…
Trump’s Washington DC hotel lost $74m during presidency, documents reveal – live
Documents contradict Trump’s claims hotel made tens of millionsBiden: ‘We risk losing our edge as a nation’ if Congress doesn’t pass infrastructure billsUS adds 194,000 September jobs, a month of disappointing growthDebt ceiling measure heads to the Ho…
Senate Republicans sow disinformation after $480bn US debt ceiling deal
Republicans claim cap must be lifted to pay for Biden’s economic agenda – a sign of party’s approach to once non-partisan issuesTop Republicans in the Senate are advancing a campaign of disinformation over the debt ceiling as they seek to distort the r…
To sell this budget bill to the American people, Democrats need to stop playing the right’s game | Jan-Werner Müller
The Build Back Better agenda creates more options for working people. Conservatives calling such measures antithetical to freedom have things the wrong way aroundPolitics is not just talk, but no major political project can do without someone crafting …
Senate reaches short-term deal to raise debt ceiling
Schumer announces agreement that would extend borrowing authority into DecemberSenate leaders have announced an agreement to extend the government’s borrowing authority into December, temporarily averting an unprecedented federal default that experts s…
House Capitol attack panel subpoenas key planners of ‘Stop the Steal’ rally
Investigators seek documents and testimony from Trump allies and organization that backed rallyThe House select committee investigating the Capitol attack on Thursday issued new subpoenas to allies of Donald Trump as well as the organization affiliated…
Biden: Republicans playing ‘Russian roulette’ with US economy over debt ceiling – live
Senator Richard Blumenthal calls for more Facebook whistleblowersSenator Chris Coons says there may be 50 votes for filibuster reformSenate to vote on raising debt ceilingSign up to receive First Thing – our daily briefing by emailIt’s been a lively mo…
Facebook whistleblower’s testimony could finally spark action in Congress
Despite years of hearings, the company has long seemed untouchable. But Frances Haugen appears to have inspired rare bipartisanshipThe testimony of Frances Haugen, a former Facebook employee, is likely to increase pressure on US lawmakers to undertake …
Facebook harms children and is damaging democracy, claims whistleblower
Frances Haugen says in congressional testimony Facebook puts ‘astronomical profits before people’Facebook puts “astronomical profits before people”, harms children and is destabilising democracies, a whistleblower has claimed in testimony to the US Con…