Analysis: tangible gains were hard to come by but PM will have enjoyed the up close and personal politicsBoris Johnson has flown back to the UK after his transatlantic jaunt reassured about his personal relationship with Joe Biden after the pair sought…
Hawaii to remove forbidden staircase due to ‘rampant trespassing’
The Haiku Stairs, a nearly 4,000-step trail across Oahu’s Ko’olau mountain range, has drawn tourists despite being prohibited from useHawaii officials have announced plans to spend $1m removing a popular mountain trail known as the Stairway to Heaven, …
Is China stepping up its ambition to supplant US as top superpower?
Analysis: Joe Biden has cleared the decks to focus on China. But how imminent is the danger?It may have been an inelegantly, even ineptly, executed pivot, gratuitously alienating key allies, but by leaving Afghanistan and forming the Australian, US and…
The Guardian view on Biden’s UN speech: cooperation not competition | Editorial
The US president is right to say he does not want a cold war with China“We’re not seeking – say it again, we are not seeking – a new cold war or a world divided into rigid blocs,” President Joe Biden told the United Nations general assembly on Tuesday….
Biden announces US will donate another 500m vaccine doses at Covid summit – live
US to donate 500m Pfizer doses to low- and lower-middle-income countriesDoses are in addition to the over 600m the US has committed to sendingHouse Democrats pass spending bill in party-line vote of 220 to 211McConnell pledges to oppose any effort to r…
‘It’s desperation’: Trump sues niece and New York Times over bombshell tax story
Lawsuit alleges Mary Trump and NYT ‘were motivated by personal vendetta’ against him and a desire to push political agendaFormer US president Donald Trump has sued his estranged niece and The New York Times over a 2018 story about his family’s wealth a…
Capitol attack panel said to be considering subpoenas to Trump White House aides
Mark Meadows, Dan Scavino and former campaign manager Brad Parscale are among those being targetedThe House select committee investigating the 6 January attack on the US Capitol is considering issuing a blitz of subpoenas for top Trump White House aide…
Trump campaign knew voter fraud claims were baseless soon after election loss, says report – live
Trump has continued to pedal lies about fraud in the 2020 election up until now, almost a year after ballots were castAdam Schiff: Capitol riot committee ‘going straight to subpoenas’Democrats push Biden’s spending plans while trying to avoid shutdownS…
Biden administration seeks to lift US refugee cap to 125,000 beginning 1 October
The plan comes at a time when tens of thousands of Afghan refugees are on military bases awaiting resettlementThe Biden administration wants to nearly double the number of refugees admitted to the United States to 125,000 in the upcoming fiscal year st…
Trump may be gone, but Covid has not seen off populism
It is liberal fantasy to imagine that poor handing of the pandemic has lessened the allure of Modi and Bolsonaro. They are learning fast how to subvert votingWhen the pandemic struck, newspaper opinion pages were full of pieces predicting the end of au…