Election News and Coverage

William Barr More than 1,000 public servants decry presidential interference Aide Conway claims justice system rigged against Trump Robert Reich: assaulting justice, Trump has out-Nixoned Nixon William Barr holds a press conference at the Department of Justice. Photograph: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images More than 1,000 former US justice department officials, including some of the…

Deutsche Bank Dark Towers review: Deutsche Bank, Donald Trump and a must-read mystery David Enrich delivers a master class in financial sleuthing but much about bank and billionaire remains unknown A rising full moon is seen over Deutsche Bank headquarters in Frankfurt. Photograph: Kai Pfaffenbach/Reuters Steve Bannon, the brains behind Donald Trump’s upset election victory,…

US elections 2020 Despite skepticism from some quarters, centrist voters focused on beating Trump could be the ex-mayor’s key to success Michael Bloomberg attends a campaign event in Houston, Texas, on Thursday. Photograph: Go Nakamura/Reuters Californians know a thing or two about self-funded business moguls who attempt to spend their way to high political office…

Opinion US elections 2020 Pete Buttigieg is like Joe Biden without the black friends Malaika Jabali Buttigieg’s abysmal poll numbers with black voters aren’t a coincidence. He has made almost no effort to reach them ‘None of Buttigieg’s South Carolina offices are in a majority black city, even though the primary importance of South Carolina…

Play Video 0:52 Larry Kudlow, the National Economic Council director, said the US was ‘disappointed’ in the response of China to the coronavirus outbreak. He said it was a concern for the wellbeing of people in China, adding that the virus had been contained in the US. The senior White House official called on Beijing…

The long read The trouble with anti-populism: why the champions of civility keep losing (Clockwise from top left): Tony Blair, Pete Buttiegeg, Donald Trump, Victor Orban Jair Bolsonaro, Marine Le Pen, Emanuel Macron and Hillary Clinton. With rightwing demagogues gaining power and public debate getting nastier, many are calling for a return to a more…

Opinion US elections 2020 Black voters hold Buttigieg and Biden’s fates in their hands Theodore R Johnson The disparity between the two contenders’ coalitions – and the states in which they’re strong – means as one rises, the other is likely to fall Joe Biden at a rally in Columbia on Tuesday. ‘Over the next…

Play Video 1:00 In an exchange between Joe Biden and a 21-year-old college student in New Hampshire, she challenges him about his poor performance in the Iowa caucuses. Biden responds by asking her if she has ever been to a caucus. When she replies yes, he says – reportedly believing that he was quoting from…

Play Video Democratic presidential candidates clashed in a televised debate in New Hampshire on Friday night at the end of a week dominated by the Iowa caucuses chaos and Donald Trump’s acquittal. Attacks were focused against Pete Buttigieg and Bernie Sanders, the two candidates who declared victory in Iowa, as the hottest topics discussed were healthcare and…

Play Video 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.…