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Millions of Americans are celebrating Independence Day, giving thanks to the founding fathers. 

Police in Ohio have released graphic bodycam footage showing the moment police officers opened fire at Black motorist Jayland Walker as he tried to run away.

The latest statement from Chicago police says six people have been killed and 24 injured after a mass shooting during a Fourth of July parade in a city suburb. The authorities are still searching for the suspect.

In another blow to Joe Biden’s administration, the Supreme Court has curtailed the Environmental Protection Agency’s ability to fight climate change. 

What next for women’s rights in America?

The former British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell has been sentenced to 20 years in jail in a New York federal court in her sex trafficking case. It’s been almost two years since she was arrested on charges of helping Jeffrey Epstein groom and abuse underage girls. Maxwell apologised to the victims of her abuses and said…

50 people have been found dead inside an abandoned lorry in Texas and at least a dozen others were taken to hospital with heat related illnesses. Homeland Security officials are investigating what’s assumed to be an attempt to smuggle people across the US border. Many of those who died were Mexican and the country’s president…

Women have been rushing to make appointments at abortion clinics in states across America before they shut their doors for good, after the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn the constitutional right to an abortion.

We spoke to Terrisa Bukovinac from the Progressive Anti-Abortion Uprising group and Jose Vela – a member of Austin City Council who’s pro-choice.

It was a decision that America knew was coming.

For the first time in decades, new gun safety legislation has won support from Republicans and Democrats in the US Senate. 

This interview took place in February 2021. The public hearings of the January 6 select committee are investigating the causes of the attack on the Capitol building in Washington DC last year. During the inquiry, questions have been raised over what role militias and other right-wing groups may have had in planning and co-ordinating the riot.…

Donald Trump’s former attorney general has told the investigation into the January 6th storming of the Capitol about his concerns that Mr Trump had become “detached from reality”. 

We spoke to the columnist and broadcaster, Jonathan Capehart.

The House of Representatives has backed a series of bills around stricter gun controls – while a committee will also begin its public hearings today to investigate what really went on during the storming of the US Capitol on January 6th last year.