January
Trump’s defence nominee Pete Hegseth weathers Democrats’ grilling
The former Fox News host and decorated veteran is one of the most controversial figures ever nominated to be Secretary of Defence.
- Phil Stewart, Idrees Ali and Patricia Zengerle
November 2021
Biden’s landmark spending bill faces fresh battle in Senate
Given the Republican Party is resolute in its objections to Build Back Better, the White House needs the support of all 50 Democratic senators if the bill is to become law.
- Lauren Fedor and James Politi
March 2021
- Opinion
- US politics
#MeToo’s diminishing power in the US
Democrats aren’t asking New York governor Andrew Cuomo to resign over sexual harassment allegations because, after the killing of George Floyd, the locus of culture wars in the US shifted from sex to race.
- Michelle Goldberg
August 2020
- Opinion
- US votes 2020
Joe Biden and the riddle of Kamala Harris
Biden has hired not just a running mate but an executive burden-sharer and — forgive the macabre note — a viable stand-in. But who is Kamala Harris really?
- Updated
- Janan Ganesh
June 2020
Top Manhattan prosecutor leaves job after stand-off with Barr
An extraordinary stand-off between the Justice Department and Manhattan US Attorney-Geoffrey S Berman ended when the prosecutor agreed to leave his job.
- Michael Balsamo and Larry Neumeister
March 2020
Joe Biden's VP pledge may help break glass ceiling
The US lags other democracies but if Biden wins and a woman becomes vice president, voters could become used to having a woman at the pinnacle of power.
- Annie Linskey
February 2020
- Analysis
- US election
Waiting years for this event, then hours for an Iowa winner
How a day that was supposed to bring clarity to the 2020 race turned into a cliffhanger caucus.
- Matt Flegenheimer and Sydney Ember