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Back to SearchElections 2023: Republicans lose big on issue of abortion
Tuesday was a big night for the Democrats, with big wins in some unexpected places: Ohio, Virginia and Kentucky. Abortion rights advocates were celeb…
2 years, 8 months ago
Speaker Johnson, Israel, government shutdown and Virginia
The new speaker of the House of Representatives, Mike Johnson of Louisiana, faces the tough task of uniting a fractured Republican party, and prevent…
2 years, 8 months ago
Will Mitt Romney be remembered as a ‘good Republican’?
Republican Mike Johnson of Louisiana became the 56th speaker of the House of Representatives on Tuesday. Democrats immediately criticised his support…
2 years, 8 months ago
A high-stakes diplomatic mission for Biden
This week, Joe Biden travelled to Israel – becoming the first US president to visit the country at war. He set out to show United States support for …
2 years, 8 months ago
Biden’s foreign policy agenda upended by Israel-Hamas war
In a TV speech on Tuesday Joe Biden pledged unwavering support for Israel after Hamas militants killed hundreds of civilians including US nationals o…
2 years, 8 months ago
US surgeon general on why loneliness threatens democracy
In a public advisory, written back in the summer, Dr Vivek Murthy warned of a growing ‘epidemic of loneliness and isolation’, which he believes is no…
2 years, 9 months ago
McCarthy has been ousted as US House speaker. What happens next?
On Tuesday night Kevin McCarthy became the first speaker of the US House of Representatives to be removed from his job. Eight House Republicans joine…
2 years, 9 months ago
Trump gets done for fraud as GOP candidates vie for attention
Wednesday was debate night for almost all the Republican candidates for the White House, but once again, the man who chose not to turn up was stealin…
2 years, 9 months ago
What happens to Ukraine if Biden loses in 2024?
Both Volodymyr Zelenskiy, the Ukrainian president, and Joe Biden, the US president, reiterated their calls for unity against Russia this week at the …
2 years, 9 months ago
Will Joe Biden be impeached?
Despite an apparent lack of evidence that Joe Biden profited from the business dealings of his son, Hunter Biden, the speaker of the House of Represe…
2 years, 9 months ago