Donald Trump Trump: 'I'm not unhappy' about storm that followed racist tweets – liveGuardian US - Tom McCarthy (now) and Jamiles Lartey earlier• Trump tells Daily Mail: ‘Put it this way. I’m not unhappy’ • President attacked four Democratic congresswomen • Sign up for the US briefing and get a new perspective In an exclusive phone interview the
Boris Johnson Theresa May makes coded attack on Boris Johnson in final speechThe Guardian - Jessica Elgot and Rowena MasonIn a defensive final speech of her premiership, Theresa May has taken a coded swipe at the “absolutism” of politicians like Boris Johnson as the Commons prepared for another tense showdown over efforts
Opinion (UK) The hypocrisy of Trump’s racismThe Guardian - LettersDonald Trump has suggested that certain US congresswomen might go back to “the totally broken and crime-infested places from which they came” (Trump intensifies racist attack on congresswomen despite 16
Rashida Tlaib The Squad: progressive Democrats reveal how they got their nameGuardian US - Edward Helmore in New YorkFour progressive democrats known as “the Squad” have revealed the source of their fierce moniker – they gave it to themselves at a photo shoot. “Someone said, ‘Oh you should do a hashtag or something and
Play buttonJeffrey Epstein Footage of Trump and Epstein partying with women in 1992 emergesGuardian US - Lauren Aratani in New YorkFootage of a friendly exchange between Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein at a party has surfaced after the president tried to distance himself from the wealthy financier who was arrested earlier this month
Play buttonStephen Colbert Stephen Colbert on Trump: 'Old-school racism minus the school'The Guardian - Guardian staffLate-night hosts spent a second night disparaging Donald Trump over his racist Twitter attack on four Democratic congresswomen of colour while also discussing his defence strategy. On the Late Show, Stephen
Play buttonU.S. House of Representatives Democrats are right to condemn Trump’s racism, but they risk walking into his trapThe Guardian - Jonathan FreedlandYou’d think it would happen all the time. Given how often they’re drawn from different parties, it should be routine for the US House of Representatives to condemn the president. In fact, it’s rare. Until
Play buttonU.S. House of Representatives Divided House votes to condemn Trump's racist attack on congresswomenGuardian US - Sabrina Siddiqui in WashingtonThe House of Representatives on Tuesday passed a resolution condemning Donald Trump’s incendiary remarks telling four congresswomen of color to “go back” to where they “came from” as racist. The measure,
Republicans Here's the real reason Trump is attacking 'the squad': he's scaredThe Guardian - Joshua LeiferAfter less than a year in office, the members of the Squad have greatly expanded the realm of political possibility in the United States What distinguishes them [the Squad] as much as who they are is they
U.S. House of Representatives 'The world is watching': US house condemns Trump over racist comments – videoThe GuardianThe US House of Representatives voted to condemn Donald Trump for ‘racist comments’ against four minority Democratic congresswomen, a symbolic vote aimed at shaming the president and the fellow Republicans
Lara Trump House passes resolution officially condemning Trump's racist attack on congresswomen – as it happenedGuardian US - Maanvi Singh in San Francisco (now), Tom McCarthy and Joan E. Greve in New York (earlier)• Key adviser tries to deny Trump’s tweets were racist • Trump responds: ‘I don’t have a racist bone in my body’ • Sign up for the US briefing and get a new perspective Reporting on the House resolution
Play buttonKellyanne Conway Kellyanne Conway defends Trump by asking reporter: 'What's your ethnicity?'Guardian US - Sabrina Siddiqui in WashingtonThe White House counsellor Kellyanne Conway on Tuesday questioned a reporter about his ethnicity while defending Donald Trump’s attacks on four congresswomen of color. “What’s your ethnicity?” Conway back
Hate Crimes Trump’s attack hits nerve for Americans also told to ‘go back to your country’Guardian US - Lauren Aratani in New YorkWhen Trump tweeted on Sunday that four congresswoman of color – all US citizens, three of whom were born in America – should “go back and help fix the totally broken and crime infested places from which
Opinion (UK) The Guardian view on Donald Trump: a racist in substance and styleThe Guardian - EditorialDonald Trump’s agenda is to turn the clock back in the United States half a century, to a time when elected leaders spoke the language of white supremacy. Like Mr Trump, they did not use dog whistles.
Play buttonRacism Trump’s ‘go back’ racism is crude, but may be dangerously effectiveThe Guardian - Afua HirschPity Donald Trump. Even his racism is the most unsophisticated kind. Every black and brown person knows a “go back to where you came from” racist. For many of us who have never been migrants, to have muttered
Opinion (UK) Capitalism’s take on creative destructionThe Guardian - LettersJoseph Schumpeter might have regretted describing the process of economic development as “creative destruction” had he known that disaster capitalists would misinterpret its meaning and invert cause and
Peter Thiel Trump claims he will investigate Google for 'treasonous' China tiesThe Guardian - Guardian staff and agenciesDonald Trump has suggested Google might be working treasonously with China and claimed he would look into the matter. In a tweet on Tuesday the US president – claiming to quote Fox News – said the tech
Donald Trump Were Trump's racist tweets racist? Some news outlets won't sayThe Guardian - Jim Waterson Media editorWhen Donald Trump launched his extraordinary attack on a group of minority ethnic Democratic congresswomen, urging them to “go back” to the “totally broken and crime-infested places” from which they supposedly
Ilhan Omar Trump fires again at congresswomen, accusing them of ‘spewing vile things’Guardian US - David Smith in Washington and Jamiles LarteyDonald Trump escalated his verbal attacks on four progressive Democratic congresswomen on Tuesday, accusing them of “spewing some of the most vile, hateful, and disgusting things ever said by a politician
Play buttonStephen Colbert Stephen Colbert on Trump's racist attack: 'A new personal best in being the worst'The Guardian - Guardian staffLate-night hosts took apart Donald Trump’s Twitter attack on Democratic congresswomen Ilhan Omar, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Rashida Tlaib and Ayanna Pressley, calling his behaviour unashamedly racist.
Opinion (UK) Trump has made it clear: the only 'real Americans' are white and ChristianThe Guardian - Theodore R JohnsonOn Sunday morning, while journalists and talkshow pundits were busy discussing visits to two migrant detention centers by Vice-President Mike Pence and Senator Lindsey Graham, Donald Trump sought to change
Play buttonIlhan Omar 'Do not take the bait': congresswomen denounce racist Trump attackGuardian US - Lauren Gambino in Washington and Ed Pilkington in New YorkFour Democratic congresswomen of color targeted by Donald Trump’s racist attacks have accused the US president of following an “agenda of white nationalists” and asked that Americans “do not take the of
Play buttonPolitics 'His only tool is racism': why Trump's bigoted tirade could be a vote winnerGuardian US - David Smith in WashingtonTrump's attempt to win through divide and rule tactics offers an unflinching look into America’s soul It was foul and repugnant. But was it a vote winner? Donald Trump’s bigoted tirade against four congresswoman
Ilhan Omar Ilhan Omar calls out Trump for 'complete hypocrisy' – videoThe GuardianBeing critical of US policy isn’t the same as hating the US, argues Minnesota congresswoman Ilhan Omar in an impassioned rebuke to Donald Trump’s tweets suggesting she should ‘go back to where she came
Boris Johnson The real Boris Johnson: politician or journalist? PodcastThe Guardian - Presented by Anushka Asthana with Sonia Purnell , Andrew Gimson and Sabrina Siddiqui ; produced by Rachel Humphreys, Simon Murphy, Courtney Yusuf and Axel Kacoutié; executive producers Phil Maynard and Nicole JacksonThe Tory leadership hopeful has long attempted to hold down careers in both politics and journalism. As he hopes to take over as prime minister, his biographers Sonia Purnell and Andrew Gimson look at
Democrats 'We will not be silenced': squad Democrats decry Trump attacks – videoThe GuardianFour Democratic congresswomen of color known as the 'the squad' accused Donald Trump of using racist attacks to try to sow division and distract from failed policies on immigration, health care and taxation.
Ilhan Omar Congresswomen condemn Trump attack: 'this is the agenda of white nationalists' – as it happenedGuardian US - Vivian Ho in San Francisco (now) and Joanna Walters in New York (earlier)The four progressive representatives addressed Trump’s racist attacks against them: ‘This country belongs to everyone’ The House of Representatives passes legislation regarding Jamal Khashoggi, the Washington
