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I doubt there’s any woman who hasn’t had her strength rebranded as ‘aggression’ – calling us ‘crazy’ is a tired old trickSign up for The week in patriarchy, a newsletter​ on feminism and sexism sent every Saturday. Continue reading...

President launches Twitter tirade after Democratic leaders exited meeting they say devolved into insultsDonald Trump’s clash with Democratic lawmakers reached new heights when top Democrats walked out of a White House meeting and House speaker Nancy Pelosi pitied the president for having a “meltdown”.Pelosi and other top Democrats say they walked out of the contentious White House briefing on Trump’s decision to withdraw US...

Nancy Pelosi said senior lawmakers witnessed Trump having a 'meltdown' after nearly two-thirds of the House GOP caucus voted to condemn his decision to withdraw US troops from northern Syria. Leaving a White House meeting on the situation in Syria, Senator Chuck Schumer said that Trump was disrespectful to Pelosi, calling her a 'third-rate politician', and alleged Trump had no plan on how to contain Isis now Continue reading...

Department announced arrest of Defense Intelligence Agency employee Henry Kyle Frese for allegedly leaking sensitive informationSign up for the US briefing and get a new perspective 10.01pm BST That’s it from me today. My west coast colleague, Maanvi Singh, will be taking over the blog for the next few hours.Here’s where the day stands so far: 9.50pm BST House Democrats are preparing a new...

Donald Trump continued his assault on the Democratic lawmakers leading impeachment proceedings on Wednesday, accusing House intelligence committee chairman Adam Schiff of treason and calling for his resignation, as well as attacking the unidentified whistleblower who reported concerns about his behavior. Continue reading...

House speaker Nancy Pelosi and Congressman Adam Schiff, the chairman of the House intelligence committee, delivered a stern warning to the White House: attempts to ‘stonewall’ the impeachment inquiry ‘will be considered further evidence of obstruction of justice’ Continue reading...

Administration did direct key documents to be filed in a separate classified system, officials say, while Trump tweets Biden frustrationSign up for the US briefing and get a new perspective 5.27pm BST Today also marks one year since Christine Blasey Ford testified during the Supreme Court confirmation hearing for now-justice Brett Kavanaugh. Despite Ford’s searing testimony, Kavanaugh’s nomination was approved by a Senate vote...

Nancy Pelosi started her weekly press conference by directly addressing the release of the whistleblower complaint. Recounting the whistleblower’s allegations that the White House tried to keep details of the Ukraine call from becoming public, the House speaker said: ‘This is a cover-up.’ Pelosi also explained her thinking behind deciding to launch a formal impeachment inquiry against Trump: ’Last week we saw something that removed all...

US president asked Volodymyr Zelenskiy for ‘a favor’ and to ‘look into’ Biden as impeachment inquiry launched against TrumpTrump-Ukraine scandal: follow live updatesDonald Trump pressed the Ukrainian president to work with the US attorney general to investigate his political rival Joe Biden, a damning White House memo revealed on Wednesday, raising the stakes in an acrimonious and polarising impeachment inquiry.Democrats said the US president’s...

Documentation has never before emerged of Trump asking for dirt on his opponents – and there are signs he may be in deeper troubleFollow the latest on Trump-Ukraine – liveFor decades there has been a “catch me if you can” quality about Donald Trump, skipping from casino bankruptcies to fraudulent universities to porn actor payoffs. As president, Trump has at times seemed likewise untouchable,...

A newly released transcript from the White House shows Trump discussed Joe Biden, Rudy Giuliani and Robert Mueller with the Ukrainian presidentSign up to the US briefing and get a new perspective 3.33pm BST Trump repeatedly mentioned his personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, in his phone call with the Ukrainian president and encouraged Zelensky to work with him in an investigation.“Mr. Giuliani is a highly...

US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has said Donald Trump’s actions represented a 'betrayal of his oath of office, a betrayal of our national security and betrayal of the integrity of our elections' as she said the House of Representatives will launch a formal inquiry into whether the president should be impeached, declaring that no one is above the law. The Democratic-controlled House will examine whether...

Bank says in redacted court document it has at least some of Trump’s returns, which House Democrats have sought for months Sign up to the US briefing and get a new perspective 1.11am BST That’s all for today. 12.30am BST Joe Biden said that racism in the US is a “white man’s problem visited on people of color.”Taking aim at incendiary racial appeals by...

Trump: Ratcliffe ‘treated very unfairly by LameStream Media’Majority of House Democrats favor impeachment inquirySign up for the US briefing and get a new perspective 11.10pm BST The Trump administration has warned the UK that the US will not sign a new trade deal with its longtime ally unless the UK drops plans to tax American tech companies, according to the Telegraph. Per the report:...