Members vote 67-27 to move the biggest investment in US roads, bridges, airports and waterways in decades to next stageThe US Senate voted on Saturday to advance to the next step of a $1tn infrastructure package, an important procedural stage towards p…
Trump will run for president in 2024, Sean Spicer claims
Former press secretary says ex-boss ‘is in’ while Barbra Streisand offers tip for combating Trump’s election lieDonald Trump’s onetime press secretary, Sean Spicer, said his former boss would run for the presidency again in 2024.“He’s in,” Spicer claim…
Republicans treated Covid like a bioweapon. Then it turned against them | Rebecca Solnit
Trump’s team reportedly believed that coronavirus would hurt Democratic states – and Democratic governors – worse. But the virus does not discriminateSome of the most powerful conservatives in the United States have, since the beginning of the Covid-19…
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…
Cuomo aide files criminal complaint as governor’s lawyer attacks investigation – live
Complaint increases possibility governor could face criminal chargesCuomo lawyer’ claims investigators had ‘predetermined narrative’Figures show US economy added 943,000 jobs in JulyBiden administration is first to add jobs every month in first six mon…
Trump may be fading away, but Trumpism is now in the American bloodstream | Jonathan Freedland
He left in disgrace, yet all signs point to a third presidential run. And his disdain for facts is now an article of Republican faithWe have so much to worry about, it’s a relief that at least one big source of angst is no longer there to keep us up at…
Senate expected to vote Saturday on passage of bipartisan infrastructure bill – live
If bill passes, it will be sent to the House and ultimately to the desk of Biden, who has wholeheartedly endorsed the legislationTop Republicans move to protect Trump from Capitol attack fallout 2.49pm BST Hugo Lowell reports for the Guardian:Top Repub…
$5,800 whisky bottle given to Pompeo as gift missing, state department says
Japan gave bottle to former secretary of state two years ago ‘Ongoing inquiry’ underway into what happened to the boozeThe state department has said it is looking into the apparent disappearance of a nearly $6,000 bottle of whisky given more than two y…
Cuomo accuser calls for impeachment after investigation corroborates allegations – live
Biden says Cuomo should ‘do the right thing’ and quit – spokeswomanNearly six in 10 New Yorkers say Cuomo should resign, poll findsAndrew Cuomo sexual harassment: the key testimony from the report 9.00pm BST Taking a stand against Donald Trump is guara…
US blocks imports from Fiji-based vessel accused of enslaving its crew
Customs and Border Protection issued an order Wednesday to halt shipments from the tuna fishing vesselThe US has blocked imports in American ports from a Fiji-based tuna fishing vessel that is accused of enslaving crew members.On Wednesday, Customs and…