This article is more than 1 year oldThis article is more than 1 year old– Joan E Greve and Maanvi Singh Matt Gaetz, the Florida Republican congressman who is being investigated over child sex trafficking charges, and who reportedly shared nude pictures of women with colleagues, is speaking at former president Donald Trump’s resort in Doral, at a rally for a pro-Trump women’s group. Politico : Women for America First announced late Tuesday that Gaetz would be a speaker at the three-day “Save America Summit.” This is the same group that helped organize the “March for Trump” rally in...…This article is more than 1 year oldThis article is more than 1 year old– Joan E Greve and Maanvi Singh Matt Gaetz, the Florida Republican congressman who is being investigated over child sex trafficking charges, and who reportedly shared nude pictures of women with colleagues, is speaking at former president Donald Trump’s resort in Doral, at a rally for a pro-Trump women’s group. Politico : Women for America First announced late Tuesday that Gaetz would be a speaker at the three-day “Save America Summit.” This is the same group that helped organize the “March for Trump” rally in...WW…

This article is more than 1 year oldThis article is more than 1 year oldPresident also urges Senate to pass bills to close background checks loopholes– Joan E Greve and Maanvi SinghAmericans can now sign up for health insurance plans under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) until 15 August. The window to sign up for insurance through the program normally closes on 15 February, but the Department of Health and Human Services has initially moved the deadline to May, before extending it to the summer. The extension will give Americans who lost health coverage during the pandemic more time to sign...…This article is more than 1 year oldThis article is more than 1 year oldPresident also urges Senate to pass bills to close background checks loopholes– Joan E Greve and Maanvi SinghAmericans can now sign up for health insurance plans under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) until 15 August. The window to sign up for insurance through the program normally closes on 15 February, but the Department of Health and Human Services has initially moved the deadline to May, before extending it to the summer. The extension will give Americans who lost health coverage during the pandemic more time to sign...WW…

This article is more than 1 year oldThis article is more than 1 year oldFrom me and Joan E Greve:Trump is the only president in history to be impeached twice. Conviction in the Senate, which would require a two-thirds majority vote, could prevent him from ever again holding public office.While McConnell and others have expressed an openness to the charges facing Trump in his second impeachment trial, expectations are low that will find the votes they need to convict him.Fifty Democrats and 17 will have to vote in favor of convicting and that’s not likely to happen, with many Republican...…This article is more than 1 year oldThis article is more than 1 year oldFrom me and Joan E Greve:Trump is the only president in history to be impeached twice. Conviction in the Senate, which would require a two-thirds majority vote, could prevent him from ever again holding public office.While McConnell and others have expressed an openness to the charges facing Trump in his second impeachment trial, expectations are low that will find the votes they need to convict him.Fifty Democrats and 17 will have to vote in favor of convicting and that’s not likely to happen, with many Republican...WW…

This article is more than 1 year oldThis article is more than 1 year oldHere’s a recap of today, from me and Joanna Walters: Mitch McConnell, the leader of Senate Republicans for over a decade, now finds himself in the position every caucus leader dreads: out of power in the chamber, in charge of an unruly bunch of politicians, and under pressure over how to handle the impeachment of .And as McConnell became the Senate minority leader last week, he was confronted with two pressing concerns: retaining power through early negotiations with his Democratic counterpart Chuck Schumer, the new...…This article is more than 1 year oldThis article is more than 1 year oldHere’s a recap of today, from me and Joanna Walters: Mitch McConnell, the leader of Senate Republicans for over a decade, now finds himself in the position every caucus leader dreads: out of power in the chamber, in charge of an unruly bunch of politicians, and under pressure over how to handle the impeachment of .And as McConnell became the Senate minority leader last week, he was confronted with two pressing concerns: retaining power through early negotiations with his Democratic counterpart Chuck Schumer, the new...WW…

This article is more than 1 year oldThis article is more than 1 year oldFrom me and Joan E Greve:Read more about today’s historic events: 1. There are signs of a deep split within the Republican partySome of the most high-profile members of Republican leadership aren’t denouncing the Democratic effort. Quite the contrary. Congresswoman Liz Cheney of Wyoming, the chairwoman of the House Republican Conference, announced on Tuesday that she would join Democrats and a handful of House Republicans in voting to impeach Trump.2. The most bipartisan impeachment in American historyUnlike the last...…This article is more than 1 year oldThis article is more than 1 year oldFrom me and Joan E Greve:Read more about today’s historic events: 1. There are signs of a deep split within the Republican partySome of the most high-profile members of Republican leadership aren’t denouncing the Democratic effort. Quite the contrary. Congresswoman Liz Cheney of Wyoming, the chairwoman of the House Republican Conference, announced on Tuesday that she would join Democrats and a handful of House Republicans in voting to impeach Trump.2. The most bipartisan impeachment in American historyUnlike the last...WW…

This article is more than 1 year oldThis article is more than 1 year oldFrom me and Joan E Greve: Representative Fred Upton of Michigan has joined three other House Republicans in saying he’ll vote to impeach . Liz Cheney, the third-highest ranking GOP representative has also said she’ll vote to impeach. But her colleagues, Freedom Caucus chair Andy Biggs representative Matt Rosendale are calling on Cheney to step down from party leadership. Rosendale, a freshman congressman of Montana said Cheney is“weakening our conference at a key moment for personal political gain and is unfit to...…This article is more than 1 year oldThis article is more than 1 year oldFrom me and Joan E Greve: Representative Fred Upton of Michigan has joined three other House Republicans in saying he’ll vote to impeach . Liz Cheney, the third-highest ranking GOP representative has also said she’ll vote to impeach. But her colleagues, Freedom Caucus chair Andy Biggs representative Matt Rosendale are calling on Cheney to step down from party leadership. Rosendale, a freshman congressman of Montana said Cheney is“weakening our conference at a key moment for personal political gain and is unfit to...WW…

This article is more than 1 year oldThis article is more than 1 year oldFollow the Guardian’s live Covid-19 coverage here: Dillon is expected to join the as deputy chief of staff, per multiple reports. The news was first reported . Dillon would work with Ron Klain, who Biden has named chief of staff. Dillon previously had worked on Beto O’Rourke’s 2020 presidential campaign. She’s been credited with helping Biden pull through the primaries to become the Democratic nominee. Nearly a year into the Covid-19 pandemic, a picture of the other side is emerging. There has been positive news from...…This article is more than 1 year oldThis article is more than 1 year oldFollow the Guardian’s live Covid-19 coverage here: Dillon is expected to join the as deputy chief of staff, per multiple reports. The news was first reported . Dillon would work with Ron Klain, who Biden has named chief of staff. Dillon previously had worked on Beto O’Rourke’s 2020 presidential campaign. She’s been credited with helping Biden pull through the primaries to become the Democratic nominee. Nearly a year into the Covid-19 pandemic, a picture of the other side is emerging. There has been positive news from...WW…

This article is more than 1 year oldThis article is more than 1 year oldMy colleague Tom McCarthy will continue to bring you live updates. Follow along with our new blog here: The Republican party has become dramatically more illiberal in the past two decades and now more closely resembles ruling parties in autocratic societies than its former center-right equivalents in Europe, according to a .In a significant shift since 2000, the GOP has taken to demonizing and encouraging violence against its opponents, adopting attitudes and tactics comparable to ruling nationalist parties in Hungary,...…This article is more than 1 year oldThis article is more than 1 year oldMy colleague Tom McCarthy will continue to bring you live updates. Follow along with our new blog here: The Republican party has become dramatically more illiberal in the past two decades and now more closely resembles ruling parties in autocratic societies than its former center-right equivalents in Europe, according to a .In a significant shift since 2000, the GOP has taken to demonizing and encouraging violence against its opponents, adopting attitudes and tactics comparable to ruling nationalist parties in Hungary,...WW…

This article is more than 1 year oldThis article is more than 1 year oldWe’re closing this live blog now and moving to a fresh one. Join us for all the latest news, results and reaction:The Associated Press, which the Guardian relies on to project election results due to their generally cautious approach, has responded to Donald Trump’s false claim that he has won the election: explains: What usually happens?US presidential elections are not won by the national popular vote. The winner in each state collects its electoral college votes – and needs a total of 270 to take the White House.In...…This article is more than 1 year oldThis article is more than 1 year oldWe’re closing this live blog now and moving to a fresh one. Join us for all the latest news, results and reaction:The Associated Press, which the Guardian relies on to project election results due to their generally cautious approach, has responded to Donald Trump’s false claim that he has won the election: explains: What usually happens?US presidential elections are not won by the national popular vote. The winner in each state collects its electoral college votes – and needs a total of 270 to take the White House.In...WW…

US president Donald Trump was willing to halt criminal investigations to "give personal favors to dictators he liked", according to a new book written by his former national security adviser John Bolton.After excerpts from the memoir, which is due to be published later this month, were printed in various news outlets, the Trump administration applied for an emergency temporary restraining order against Mr Bolton on Wednesday night in an attempt to block the book's release.Mr Trump himself tweeted that the book was “made up of lies & fake stories” and called Mr Bolton a “disgruntled...…US president Donald Trump was willing to halt criminal investigations to "give personal favors to dictators he liked", according to a new book written by his former national security adviser John Bolton.After excerpts from the memoir, which is due to be published later this month, were printed in various news outlets, the Trump administration applied for an emergency temporary restraining order against Mr Bolton on Wednesday night in an attempt to block the book's release.Mr Trump himself tweeted that the book was “made up of lies & fake stories” and called Mr Bolton a “disgruntled...WW…