The GuardianDonald Trump Jr US briefing: Syria conflict, Trump shooting video and #MeToo at twoGuardian US - Tim WalkerConflict ‘worse by the hour’ as US troops withdraw en masse Syrian troops surged into the country’s Kurdish-controlled north-east on Monday, after the Kurds struck a Russian-brokered deal with the Assad
The GuardianClimate US briefing: Syria, Ukraine arrests and Google backs climate deniersGuardian US - Tim WalkerUS warns of red lines but Erdoğan is more wary of Russia The US has warned Ankara it faces sanctions should it cross certain red lines in north-east Syria, as the civilian death toll rose on the second
The GuardianDonald Trump US briefing: Syria violence, synagogue shooting and migrants in MexicoGuardian US - Tim WalkerTrump deserts Kurdish allies: ‘They didn’t help us in Normandy’ Turkish troops began in earnest their offensive in north-eastern Syria on Wednesday as Donald Trump made plain the US would abandon its allies
The GuardianCalifornia US briefing: impeachment battle, Syria crisis and California powerGuardian US - Tim WalkerDonald Trump has said he prevented the US ambassador to the EU, Gordon Sondland, from testifying to the congressional impeachment hearings about dealings between his administration and Ukraine, describing
The GuardianFlorida US briefing: Syria chaos, Trump tax returns and Florida voting rightsGuardian US - Tim WalkerSeveral of Donald Trump’s most loyal Republican allies have turned on him over his decision to pull US troops out of north-eastern Syria. The Senate majority leader, Mitch McConnell, said the withdrawal
The GuardianDonald Trump US briefing: Syria withdrawal, Trump impeachment and Ginger BakerGuardian US - Tim WalkerThe White House has made a sudden shift in its Syria policy, withdrawing US troops in the north of the country to make way for a Turkish military offensive – and in effect abandoning the Kurds, Washington’s
The GuardianDonald Trump US briefing: Ukraine, China's missiles and Facebook's backdoorGuardian US - Tim WalkerUS diplomats told Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, that his hopes of meeting Donald Trump to improve Kyiv’s relations with Washington rested on his vowing to investigate allegations against the
The GuardianImpeachment US briefing: impeachment tantrum, Trump's 'war on science' and BrexitGuardian US - Tim WalkerDonald Trump has been accused of “incitement to violence” after a day in which he appeared to unravel over the impeachment inquiry: again accusing the congressman Adam Schiff of treason at a bizarre press
The GuardianBotham Jean US briefing: impeachment, Botham Jean murder and Jamal KhashoggiGuardian US - Tim WalkerThe US secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, on Tuesday dismissed summons from House Democratic committee chairmen for five current and former state department officials to testify about the Trump-Ukraine amid
The GuardianImpeachment US briefing: impeachment inquiry, Hong Kong protests and Irish borderGuardian US - Tim WalkerThe Trump impeachment scandal is spreading apace, with new reports implicating senior members of the administration and at least one other foreign government. William Barr, the US attorney general, and
The GuardianJ.J. Abrams US briefing: whistleblower threats, Johnson groping claims and Hong KongGuardian US - Tim WalkerBiden aides urge TV news channels to stop booking Giuliani Donald Trump’s aggressive demands to identify the whistleblower who sparked an impeachment inquiry – by exposing the president’s attempts to foreign
The GuardianDonald Trump US briefing: Trump-Ukraine scandal, fossil fuel industry and Iran dealGuardian US - Tim WalkerThe whistleblower complaint over Donald Trump’s dealings with Ukraine alleges not only that Trump used a call with the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, to “solicit interference” in the 2020 election,
The GuardianDonald Trump US briefing: Ukraine memo, climate scientists snub Trump, and Ed BuckGuardian US - Tim WalkerIn an apparent attempt to have the first word in a looming impeachment inquiry, the White House released a memo on Wednesday detailing Donald Trump’s phone call in July with Volodymyr Zelenskiy, in which
The GuardianImpeachment US briefing: Trump impeachment inquiry, parliament returns, vapingGuardian US - Mattha BusbyDonald Trump is the fourth president in US history to face an impeachment inquiry, amid mounting allegations of abuse of power. The House speaker, Nancy Pelosi, made the announcement following claims Trump
The GuardianBoris Johnson US briefing: Trump-Ukraine scandal, Greta Thunberg and Boris JohnsonGuardian US - Tim WalkerDonald Trump has tried to shrug off the growing demands for his impeachment amid allegations that he pressured the president of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, to investigate his potential 2020 rival, Joe
The GuardianThe Emmy Awards US briefing: Emmys, UN climate summit and Trump-Ukraine scandalGuardian US - Tim WalkerPhoebe Waller-Bridge and her acclaimed show Fleabag swept the comedy categories at the 71st Emmy awards in Los Angeles on Sunday, as British nominees dominated a night that concluded with Game of Thrones
The GuardianClimate US briefing: climate strike, Trump whistleblower and Justin TrudeauGuardian US - Tim WalkerStudents and adults across America are joining a worldwide day of protest over the climate crisis on Friday, with strikes planned at more than 1,000 schools and workplaces in the US, the country’s largest
The GuardianJustin Trudeau US briefing: Greta Thunberg, Justin Trudeau and a Trump whistleblowerGuardian US - Tim WalkerThe climate campaigner Greta Thunberg has urged US lawmakers to “listen to the scientists” as she joined other young activists in testifying before Congress on Thursday, before Friday’s global climate
The GuardianClimate US briefing: Israel election, climate strikes and Edward SnowdenGuardian US - Tim WalkerCoalition talks loom in Israel with election too close to call The second Israeli election in less than six months has ended in an apparent dead heat between the two main parties, with local news outlets
The GuardianPolitics US briefing: Saudi oil attack, Trump's tax returns and Israel electionGuardian US - Tim WalkerNato chief urges calm as Iran blamed for Saudi oil facility blasts Donald Trump has said the US response to an attack on the world’s largest oil processing facility in Saudi Arabia will depend on the of
The GuardianBrett Kavanaugh US briefing: Saudi oil attack, Purdue bankruptcy and Kavanaugh claimsGuardian US - Tim WalkerThe US government has produced satellite photos showing what officials said were at least 19 points of impact at two Saudi energy facilities, including damage at the heart of the kingdom’s oil processing
The Guardian US briefing: Democratic debate, Trump's wall and California boat fireGuardian US - Tim WalkerJoe Biden at last shared a debate stage with his biggest rivals for the Democratic presidential nomination on Tuesday night in Houston, demonstrating clear differences with Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth
The Guardian US briefing: asylum ruling, Bolton row and California gig workersGuardian US - Tim WalkerThe supreme court has ruled to allow Trump’s administration to enforce a policy denying asylum to anyone who has passed through another country on their way to the US without seeking protection there The
The Guardian US briefing: John Bolton fired, Florida's HIV crisis and West Bank rowGuardian US - Tim WalkerDonald Trump has fired his national security adviser, John Bolton, saying he “disagreed strongly” with his hawkish attitude to foreign affairs. The two men also appeared to disagree on whether he jumped
The Guardian US briefing: Wilbur Ross, Taliban talks and vaping lawsuitsGuardian US - Tim WalkerRoss ‘threatened to fire’ Noaa staff over Trump’s Dorian claims The commerce secretary, Wilbur Ross, is facing calls to quit, amid reports he threatened to fire officials at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
The Guardian US briefing: Taliban talks, Brexit turmoil and Nadal wins US OpenGuardian US - Tim WalkerLawmakers from both sides of the aisle have criticised Donald Trump after he revealed he had planned a secret peace summit with the Taliban at Camp David on Sunday, only to call it off at the last minute.
The Guardian US briefing: Dorian latest, Ghost Ship fire trial and Mugabe diesGuardian US - Tim WalkerAt least 30 dead after ‘generational devastation’ in the Bahamas Hurricane Dorian tore up the coast of the Carolinas on Thursday, but spared the south-east US seaboard from the sort of devastation it visited
The Guardian US briefing: Hurricane death toll rises, Johnson cornered and Democrat debateGuardian US - Mattha BusbyIn the Bahamas, 20 people are confirmed to have died from the hurricane with the toll expected to rise. On Wednesday evening, Dorian, with sustained winds of 115mph, was upgraded to a category 3 storm
The Guardian US briefing: Bahamas storm tragedy, Brexit drama and Hong KongGuardian US - Tim WalkerThe US, UN and others have called for urgent international aid to address the devastation wreaked by Hurricane Dorian in the Bahamas, which the country’s prime minister has described as a “historic tragedy”.
