Biden’s cabinet picks are respected worldwide, but Senate run-off is a hurdle to his global aims

If the Democrats fail to gain control of the Senate by winning the January elections in Georgia, the Republicans will likely block Biden’s initiatives.

John Hawkins, The Conversation

· Nov 30, 2020 · 11:30 pm

Trump races to weaken environmental and worker protections in last-minute changes ahead of his exit

The eleventh-hour policy changes include fast-tracking a rule that could reintroduce firing squads and electrocutions to the United States federal executions.

Isaac Arnsdorf, ProPublica

· Nov 27, 2020 · 11:30 pm

US: Donald Trump pardons his former national security adviser who pled guilty to lying to the FBI

Flynn had pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI during its inquiry into alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election.

Scroll Staff

· Nov 26, 2020 · 06:39 pm

Donald Trump sacks defence secretary and head of climate science report after losing election

Trump tweeted that the director of the National Counterterrorism Center will take up the role of acting secretary of defence.

Scroll Staff

· Nov 10, 2020 · 08:45 pm

US Senate confirms Amy Coney Barrett to Supreme Court, Trump calls it ‘momentous day’

This gives the court a 6-3 conservative majority just days before the November 3 presidential election.

Scroll Staff

· Oct 27, 2020 · 07:45 am

How Trump’s Covid-19 diagnosis could kick off a constitutional crisis in the US

What if the president refuses to give up charge despite being too sick?

Stephanie Newbold, The Conversation

· Oct 05, 2020 · 09:30 pm

Roti, roses, and ‘Mr Cardamom’: How Zohran Mamdani won a seat in NY’s state legislature

The son of filmmaker Mira Nair and academic Mahmood Mamdani will make history in 2021 as one of two South Asians in the New York Assembly for the first time.

Vandana Menon

· Oct 02, 2020 · 06:30 pm

Donald Trump picks conservative Amy Coney Barrett to replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg in US Supreme Court

If confirmed, the balance of power in the 9-member court would shift in favour of the Republicans by 6-3.

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· Sep 27, 2020 · 02:04 pm

Those who protested George Floyd’s murder did not even spare Mahatma Gandhi: Donald Trump

The US president said the actions of protestors after the murder of George Floyd showed that they were ‘just a bunch of thugs’.

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· Sep 19, 2020 · 01:33 pm

Sanjay Subrahmanyam: As November looms, US has done little to fix its dysfunctional political system

Two symptoms: the electoral college system and the two-party system.

Sanjay Subrahmanyam

· Aug 30, 2020 · 09:00 am

Senior White House staffer Kellyanne Conway says she is stepping down at the end of August

Conway said she will now focus on the schooling of her four children.

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· Aug 24, 2020 · 11:24 am

Joe Biden has promised to pick a female VP candidate. Who is his best bet?

The crowded field includes former presidential candidates Amy Klobuchar, Kamala Harris and Elizabeth Warren.

Bruce Wolpe, The Conversation

· Jul 28, 2020 · 11:30 pm