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Speaker says urgent bill to halt postal cuts will be put to House to combat Trump’s ‘threat’ to democracy Speaker Nancy Pelosi is recalling the US House of Representatives early from its summer recess in a bid to protect the US Postal Service from efforts to block funding and suppress mail-in voting in November’s election.Several states were also considering taking legal action to stop...

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi held back tears as she delivered an emotional remembrance of civil rights icon John Lewis at his funeral in Atlanta. Pelosi, who worked with Lewis for more than 30 years, said: ‘We always knew he worked on the side of the angels, and now he is with them’John Lewis, US civil rights hero and Democratic congressman, dies at...

Political figures have criticised Donald Trump’s former national security adviser, John Bolton, for his new book, The Room Where It Happened, which makes a series of explosive claims about the US president.Democrat speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, echoed Bolton in saying Trump was 'unfit' to be president but added that the Republican 'chose loyalty over patriotism'John Bolton’s bombshell Trump book: eight of its...

Nancy Pelosi, the Speaker of the House, led House and Senate Democrats in a moment of silence at the Capitol's Emancipation Hall after reading the names of George Floyd and others killed in police custody. They kneeled for 8 minutes and 46 seconds - the length of time prosecutors say Floyd was pinned under a white police officer’s knee before he diedGeorge Floyd protests:...

Truckers have been protesting over low rates of shippingNancy Pelosi: bill is a ‘starting point’ for negotiationsWorld looks on in horror as Trump flails despite claims US leads wayUS coronavirus hotspots linked to meat processing plantsTrump campaign focuses fire on Biden as pandemic undermines strategyCoronavirus – latest global updatesGet a fresh perspective on America – sign up to our First Thing newsletter 10.23pm BST...

Public health expert says ‘spikes’ could become larger outbreaksAnalysis shows thousands in US getting Covid-19 at workPence will avoid close contact with TrumpThe race for a vaccine: how Trump’s ‘America First’ approach slows the global searchCoronavirus – latest global updatesGet a fresh perspective on America – sign up to our First Thing newsletter 5.24pm BST Justice Sonia Sotomayor in oral arguments earlier told Trump...

The House Speaker, Nancy Pelosi, delivered a devastating critique of Donald Trump on Sunday, accusing the president directly of costing American lives through his constant denials and delays in response to the coronavirus outbreak. 'The president’s denial at the beginning was deadly,' the House Speaker told CNN’s State of the Union. 'His delay in getting equipment to where it’s needed is deadly … As the president...

House speaker criticizes president on CNN while Dr Anthony Fauci says as many as 200,000 Americans may dieCoronavirus – live US updatesLive global updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageNancy Pelosi, the top Democrat in Congress, delivered a devastating critique of Donald Trump on Sunday, accusing the president directly of costing American lives through his constant denials and delays in response to the coronavirus outbreak. Related:...

Politicians return to Washington for possible rollcall vote as Kentucky Republican threatens to hold up passage of stimulus billMembers of Congress are racing back to Washington, despite social isolation guidelines, out of fear that a lawmaker could delay a Friday vote on the $2.2tn economic stimulus package designed to rush federal aid to workers, businesses and a healthcare system ravaged by the coronavirus. Related:...

US now has 82,404 confirmed cases, according to trackerNew York governor rails at Congress for lack of aidAfter surviving Katrina, New Orleans battles Covid-19Record 3.3 million Americans file for unemploymentSee all our coronavirus coverageSupport the Guardian’s independent journalism. Make a contribution 12.21am GMT 12.14am GMT The Guardian’s Vivian Ho reports: California’s homeless census was already troubled. Covid-19 is making it impossible. Related: California's homeless...

Plan includes aid for small businesses but leaves notable gapsState department warns all Americans to avoid leaving countryTrump sows confusion with claim drug will be ready soonCoronavirus – latest global updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageSupport the Guardian’s independent journalism. Make a contribution 12.02am GMT Related: Coronavirus map of the US: latest cases state by state 11.35pm GMT Richard Burr, the Senate Intelligence chair who...

President posted video of House speaker tearing State of the Union address interspersed with clips of Trump lauding honoreesFacebook and Twitter have refused House speaker Nancy Pelosi’s request to remove a video posted by Donald Trump that was misleadingly edited to show her repeatedly tearing a paper copy of his State of the Union address while he was honoring a Tuskegee Airman and other...

The president of the United States was greeted by applause for his State of the Union address where he painted a picture of his vision of the future of the US on Tuesday. The following day, Trump was acquitted of impeachment in the Senate with all but one Republican voting in his favour.On Thursday, Trump held a speech he called a 'celebration'. A Gallup...

President turned speech into a screed against investigations into his administration and railed against DemocratsDonald Trump delivered a triumphalist, mocking, vitriolic and vulgar speech in the White House on Thursday afternoon in celebration of the acquittal at his impeachment trial the night before in the US Senate.In ebullient mood, the US president held up the front page of the Washington Post with the headline...

Speaker Nancy Pelosi said that Donald Trump would never get rid of the 'scar' of impeachment, in her first weekly press conference since Trump was acquitted by the Senate.Pelosi also responded to Trump’s comments at the National Prayer Breakfast, where he implicitly insulted Pelosi and Republican senator Mitt RomneyTrump to respond to impeachment acquittal after attacking Democrats at prayer breakfast – live Continue reading...

Nancy Pelosi, the speaker for the US House of Representatives, has vowed that Donald Trump will be ‘held to account’ as she named the Democrats who will prosecute the impeachment case against him in the Senate. The team includes women – two African Americans and one Latina – as well as the House intelligence chair, Adam Schiff, and the judiciary chair, Jerry NadlerTrump impeachment:...

The House speaker said she won’t publicly set a deadline to send the articles of impeachment while a growing chorus of lawmakers say it’s time 12.24am GMT NEW @foxnewspoll places @TomSteyer in 2nd place in South Carolina pic.twitter.com/1SksqZ36bo 12.02am GMT Having approved the war powers resolution, the House has now moved on to environmental policy. Members are debating legislation that would require the Environmental...

Nancy Pelosi says she wants to understand the parameters of a Senate trial before sending the articles of impeachment, but adds she does not plan to hold on to them indefinitely. ‘I’ll send them over when I’m ready,’ she says. ‘And that’ll probably be soon.’The Speaker says she is concerned that senators will not hold an impartial trial to determine whether Donald Trump should...