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Donald Trump ‘greatest threat’ to America’s republic, warns Dick Cheney
Republican Dick Cheney has weighed in on the current state of politics in the US elections with a warning that Donald Trump is the greatest threat to America’s republic in its entire history.
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Gun reform bill moves through US Senate – as Supreme Court block law limiting guns in public
For the first time in decades, new gun safety legislation has won support from Republicans and Democrats in the US Senate.
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January 6 hearing: Harrowing unseen footage released of Capitol riot
Harrowing unseen footage of the Capitol riot has been released as the January 6 committee hearings begin.
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FactCheck: does gun control work?
States with stricter gun laws have lower firearms deaths – but is one causing the other?
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Inside the last abortion clinic in Oklahoma
In the US, Democrats in the Senate have failed to get a bill passed that would enshrine women’s right to abortion in federal law. They were trying to combat the anticipated overturning by the Supreme Court of the landmark Roe v. Wade ruling that protected abortion rights for half a century. Meanwhile Republican-run states in…
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Northern Ireland election 2022: Polls suggest Sinn Fein set to become largest party
Voters in Northern Ireland will elect a new assembly next week.
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Musk won’t follow right-wing audience, says former Facebook policy director
We’re joined by Jesse Lehrich, founder of Accountable Tech and former spokesperson for Hilary Clinton, and Katie Harbath from the Washington think tank Bipartisan Policy Centre. She’s a former public policy director at Facebook and has also worked for the Republican party.
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French elections: Macron and Le Pen kick off presidency run-off campaigns
President Macron is nothing if not a fighter.
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Why does Trump think Putin is smart?
Are American conservatives more concerned with enemies at home than those abroad?
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Trump was ‘wrong’ to seek to overturn Biden victory, says Mike Pence
Last night Pence broke with the former president, disputing Mr Trump’s claim that he could have overturned the result.
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Texas abortion ban: protesters gathering ahead of women’s march
Protesters have been gathering in Washington DC ahead of a women’s march tomorrow against the law passed in Texas that bans abortion after six weeks.
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Biden’s $3.5tn spending plan facing defeat at hands of own party
Joe Biden’s £2.6 trillion reconciliation package is facing severe opposition in Congress. But it’s not the Republicans who are the issue this time around.
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‘Al Qaeda 3.0 will come roaring back’ after US withdrawal from Afghanistan, says congressman
We’ve been speaking to the US Republican Congressman Mike Waltz, a former US Army green beret who served in Afghanistan.
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Vaccine hesitancy and misinformation fuelling rising Covid cases in Florida
Last week, one in five cases recorded in the US were in Florida, reaching more than 21,000 a day, higher than last year’s peak.
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Voter ID-entical? Election laws from the US to the UK
What role have voter ID laws played in American elections in recent years – and what could their effect be here in the UK?