• Freedom to Vote Act includes wide-ranging reforms in compromise• Bill would take 10 Republican votes to passSign up to receive First Thing – our daily briefing by email 4.11pm BST Appearing alongside Gavin Newsom in Long Beach last night, Joe Biden w…
Capitol police arrest man with illegal weapons and swastika in truck near DNC headquarters – live
Man reportedly had bayonet and machete in truck with a swastikaBarrett defends supreme court after radical Texas abortion rulingJustice: ‘This court is not comprised of a bunch of partisan hacks’Sign up to receive First Thing – our daily briefing by em…
Al Sharpton calls on Biden to fight the filibuster: ‘If we can’t depend on you here, when can we?’
The veteran civil rights leader is determined to dismantle the centuries-old Senate tool in the battle for voting rights – will Biden join him?Earlier this summer, Al Sharpton traveled to Philadelphia to attend Joe Biden’s speech on voting rights. Afte…
Biden says ‘we can and we will turn the tide on Covid-19’ in White House speech – live
Ban went into effect last week after supreme court declined to block lawBlow to US gun control efforts as Biden withdraws ATF nominationBiden to mandate Covid vaccinations for all federal workers – reportsSign up to receive First Thing – our daily brie…
Why are Americans paying $32m every hour for wars since 9/11? | Barbara Lee
I was the sole member of Congress to vote against the war in Afghanistan. Congress has yet to stand up against endless militarismOn 11 September 2001, the world witnessed a terrible attack against our nation that took thousands of lives and changed mil…
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…
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…
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…