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What will President Biden do to heal America?
The inauguration of the 46th US President marks the end of America’s four-year experiment with carnage and chaos – with a new Commander in chief being sworn in today.
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US is ‘increasingly split into two different spheres’, says political scientist Yascha Mounk
The author and political scientist Yascha Mounk specialises in the crisis of liberal democracy and the rise of populism.
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How has Trump’s talk of ‘fake news’ undermined US democracy?
In just over 40 hours, on Wednesday early morning, President Trump will leave the White House to fly to West Palm Beach in Florida, skipping the inauguration ceremony of his successor – the first outgoing President to do so since Andrew Johnson in 1869. If there has been an element of continuity in Trump’s presidency,…
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FBI investigates background of troops guarding Capitol ahead of Biden inauguration
There is a vaccine story in Washington too – 30 million doses delivered so far, but only 12 million have ended up in people’s arms. President-elect Biden intends to change that quickly. Today, he visited a food bank as Americans celebrate the birth of Martin Luther King Jr. King was assassinated and there are fears of similar…
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Trump’s former Chief of Staff: ‘I don’t think history is going to be very favourable to him’
We were joined from Florida by Mick Mulvaney who was acting White House Chief of Staff under Donald Trump for more than a year.
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‘He won’t be my president ever’ says Trump supporter in Michigan
Siobhan Kennedy is in Lansing, the state capital of Michigan for us now, another city facing tightened security.
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Washington remains on high alert while Biden plans executive orders for inauguration day
There’s usually tight security here in the run-up to a Presidential inauguration, but this time it is tighter than ever thanks to the deadly siege of Capitol Hill 11 days ago. In state capitals across the US, law enforcement officers are on high alert for protests promised for today by Donald Trump’s supporters. So far,…
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‘The FBI was basically trying to destroy Martin Luther King Jr’ says documentary filmmaker
A new documentary sheds light on how the FBI targeted America’s most prominent civil rights activist in the 1950s and 60s. The film called MLK/FBI draws on recently declassified files and bug and phone tapping recordings of Martin Luther King, yet to be released. At the time they wanted to find links he had with…
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US states on high alert ahead of Joe Biden’s inauguration
With just a few days left until Joe Biden is officially sworn in as the 46th President of the United States, security is still being beefed up for inauguration events in the nation’s capital. With thousands of National guard troops streaming in, checkpoints have been set up and metro stations shut down. But it’s not…
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Democratic Congresswoman Yvette Clarke: ‘We have to set the record straight and hold Donald Trump accountable’
We spoke to the Democratic Congresswoman from New York, Yvette Clarke, and began by asking how she felt on 6 January when rioters entered Capitol Hill.
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Pelosi announces security review at US Capitol after violent riots
In Washington, the House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has announced a review of security at the US Capitol after last week’s violent riots, warning that any politicians found to have aided the mob would be held to account.
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Trump ‘politicised public health information’ says former US health secretary
The former health secretary under Barack Obama, Kathleen Sebelius, knows all about the organisation and political challenges of public healthcare.
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Can Biden fulfill his pledge to vaccinate 100 million Americans in 100 days?
Joe Biden is due to unveil an ambitious plan to tackle the pandemic later. He will pledge to commit trillions of dollars in government spending – the crisis dominating his first 100 days in office.
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Trump is first US president to be impeached twice – what next?
President Trump has been impeached for the second time in just over a year.
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Combat troops deployed in Washington as Trump faces impeachment
In Washington DC, the lower house is expected to vote in the next couple of hours on a historic second impeachment of President Trump.