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An impeachment-and-shutdown show will fuel the crisis in US democracy

The Biden impeachment inquiry and looming government shutdown show events once rare now deployed with increasing abandon

The Guardian - US · Sep 20, 2023

The old story: Biden team veers from humour to hardball to tackle age issue

The White House has adopted a new, aggressive tone to negative reports about the 80-year-old president’s fitness to govern but could it backfire?

The Guardian - US · Sep 17, 2023

Defiant Trump seeks to gain advantage by using mugshot in fundraising push

Trump, listed as 6ft 3in and 215lb, vows to ‘never surrender’ as campaign bids to turn mugshot shame into political weapon

The Guardian - US · Aug 25, 2023

Sinema defection could boost Kari Lake

Sinema's move could split the Democratic vote in 2024 and help elect a Republican

Salon · Dec 12, 2022

Trump, battered by January 6 testimony, mulls 2024 run – and not all Republicans are happy

Republicans are odds-on to take back the House and Senate in November, and the last thing the party needs, experts say, is a Trump distraction

The Guardian - US · Jul 16, 2022

What is Trump hiding? The Capitol riot-sized hole in White House call log

A mysterious gap of 7 hours 37 minutes in phone records for 6 January 2021 coincides with the insurrection in Washington DC

The Guardian - US · Apr 2, 2022