The additional deaths came from New Orleans as the area continues to grapple with power outages from the stormThe death toll in Louisiana from Hurricane Ida has risen to 26 with the additional 11 deaths all occurring in the city of New Orleans, officia…
Biden asks Sean Spicer and Kellyanne Conway to quit military academy boards
White House confirms that 11 Trump appointees were asked to step down – or be fired – including Conway and SpicerThe White House confirmed on Wednesday that 11 Trump appointees to military service academy advisory boards, among them former press secret…
US’s wealthiest 1% are failing to pay $160bn a year in taxes, report finds
This amounts to 28% of the ‘tax gap’, treasury report says, which Biden proposes closing by empowering IRS to pursue aggressivelyThe wealthiest 1% of Americans are responsible for more than $160bn of lost tax revenue each year, according to a new repor…
Idaho enacts ‘crisis standards of care’ protocol to battle worsening Covid
State warns residents may not get care they would normally expect as case numbers rocket and governor urges people to take vaccineIdaho public health leaders have activated “crisis standards of care” allowing healthcare rationing for the state’s northe…
Morrisons in talks with suitors and regulator to begin takeover auction
Supermarket works on basis that offers from US private equity firms CD&R and Fortress are not finalMorrisons has announced it is in talks with both of its US private equity suitors, as well as the UK’s Takeover Panel, which regulates acquisition ac…
US-led meeting to set out framework for Taliban cooperation
Talks involving up to 20 nations come as militants ignore calls to form inclusive government in AfghanistanThe US is convening an expanded group of western nations to set a framework for cooperation with the new Taliban government, amid fears that isol…
Far-right terror poses bigger threat to US than Islamist extremism post-9/11
Since the 9/11 attack, far-right extremists killed more people in the US than did American-based Islamist fundamentalistsDonald Trump’s presidency was bookended with two of the ugliest outbursts of white nationalist violence in 21st century America – t…
Biden vowed to make racial justice the heart of his agenda – is it still beating?
The president named one of the most diverse cabinets ever but efforts to reform voting rights and other priorities are bogged down by legislative and legal obstaclesDefying the punishing August heat, the Rev Al Sharpton recently led a gathering thousan…
Nearly 300% more Covid patients in US hospitals at weekend than a year ago
Average number of deaths was over 86% higher than same period last year as Delta variant continues to spreadThe number of Covid-19 patients in hospitals across the US this Labor Day weekend was nearly 300% higher than this time last year, according to …
Biden surveys Hurricane Ida damage and warns ‘climate change was here’ – live
Biden to tour neighborhoods affected by last week’s huge stormAbbott says ‘election integrity is now law in the state of Texas’Sign up to receive First Thing – our daily briefing by email 7.41pm BST Joe Biden toured one of the neighborhoods in Manville…