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Justices issue 7-2 decision returns may be given to New York jury Court send congressional subpoenas case back to lower courts White House: all US schools should reopen next month Michael Cohen reportedly taken back into custody Berman reportedly says Barr pressured him to resign Sign up to our First Thing newsletter Updated Bill Christeson…

Johns Hopkins tracker confirms US has hit 3m mark Mike Pence pushes for US children to return to school Trump impeachment witness to retire over ‘campaign of bullying’ Supreme court upholds Trump rules letting more employers deny contraceptive coverage Sign up to our First Thing newsletter Updated Play Video Donald Trump hosts Mexican president Andrés…

Coronavirus outbreak WHO bows to pressure from scientists about risk from aerosol transmission; Brazil’s Bolsonaro tests positive; Israel health chief resigns Coronavirus latest updatesUS still ‘knee-deep’ in pandemic says FauciBrazilian president Jair Bolsonaro tests positive for Covid-19 A 3D illustration of a Covid-19 cell under a microscope. Photograph: Natchavakorn Songpracone/Alamy Stock Photo The World Health…

Play Video 0:48 White House chief of staff Mark Meadows defended Donald Trump’s claim 99% of coronavirus cases are ‘totally harmless’. Appearing on Fox News, Meadows said there were facts and statements to back up the claims. ‘When you look at the deaths that we have, if you’re over 80 years of age or if…

Play Video 1:43 Kayleigh McEnany says the US has been a leader in the fight against Covid-19, despite rising infections across the country. Its infection tally is nearing 3m cases, while there have been 130,000 deaths. Speaking at a press briefing, the White House press secretary added: ‘No one wants to see anyone in this…

Play Video 0:57 Former US national security advisor John Bolton says Donald Trump’s claim to not have been briefed over allegations Russia paid Taliban-linked militants bounties to kill coalition forces is ‘not the way the system works’. Speaking on Face the Nation after the release of his tell-all book, The Room Where It Happened ,…

Play Video 1:27 The US president has used an Independence Day address to repeat his vow to defeat the ‘radical left’ as protests continue to sweep the country. He said: ‘We are now in the process of defeating the radical left, the Marxists, the anarchists, the agitators, the looters, and people who in many instances…

Play Video 1:20 Standing beneath Mount Rushmore on the eve of independence day in the US,  the president said the nation’s history was ‘under siege from far-left fascism’.  He defended the symbolism of statues and monuments, including Mount Rushmore – which features the carved faces of four US presidents. They include George Washington and Thomas…

Play Video 5:22 The US recorded a new all-time daily high of 52,000 new Covid-19 cases on 1 July, according to Johns Hopkins University figures, as Donald Trump repeated his belief the virus would ‘just disappear’. America has now had more than 2.7 million confirmed cases – more than double that of Brazil, the second…

Play Video 1:30 Louie Gohmert bangs his desk during the opening statement of former deputy attorney general Donald Ayer at a hearing into the politicisation of the Department of Justice under current attorney general, William Barr. Gohmert was threatened with removal after he complained Ayer exceeded his allotted time Roger Stone case: Trump ally given…