Election News and Coverage

US politics US vaccine mandates induce bad case of rightwing hysteria – that could worsen Joe Biden has been called ‘fascist’ and ‘tyrannical’ for his Covid prevention measures but the public appears to be on his side David Smith in Washington @smithinamerica Thu 16 Sep 2021 02.00 EDT Last modified on Thu 16 Sep 2021…

California Gavin Newsom will remain California governor after handily defeating recall attempt California voters resoundingly reject choice to replace Democratic governor, who faced a battle for his political life Maanvi Singh in Oakland @maanvissingh Wed 15 Sep 2021 01.42 EDT First published on Tue 14 Sep 2021 23.50 EDT California’s governor, Gavin Newsom has prevailed…

Hillary Clinton said the US was still in a ‘real battle for our democracy’ against pro-Trump forces on the far right who are seeking to entrench minority rule and turn back the clock on women’s rights. Speaking at a Guardian Live event on Monday, Clinton said she believed there was majority support for Joe Biden’s…

Donald Trump Will he or won’t he? Why Trump’s tease over 2024 suits him just fine No one quite knows if the former president will run again, but stoking the fire flatters his ego and keeps the cash rolling in David Smith in Washington @smithinamerica Tue 14 Sep 2021 02.00 EDT Last modified on Tue…

California California’s recall election: the frontrunners in a field of 46 candidates For only the second time in the state’s history, voters will decide if Gavin Newsom should keep his job Maanvi Singh @maanvissingh Sun 12 Sep 2021 06.00 EDT Last modified on Tue 14 Sep 2021 14.39 EDT Californians are voting in the state’s…

Gavin Newsom California recall: Newsom fights for survival as historic crises fuel extraordinary race The Democratic governor says Covid and western fires illuminate the stark choice voters must make Maanvi Singh in Oakland @maanvissingh Sun 12 Sep 2021 06.00 EDT Last modified on Sun 12 Sep 2021 11.42 EDT Ballots were already being cast in…

Politics books Twenty years on from 9/11, is US democracy working? From 9/11 to the storming of the Capitol, a new book by Biden biographer Evan Osnos covers a tumultuous period of US history. He talks to David Smith about Trump, Afghanistan and the beginning of a new era David Smith in Washington @smithinamerica Sat…

The White House has confirmed that Trump appointees to military service academy advisory boards, among them former press secretary Sean Spicer and adviser Kellyanne Conway, have been asked to step down or be fired. During a White House press briefing Jen Psaki responded to questions about whether this risked politicising these  appointments: ‘I will let others…

US president Joe Biden has emphasised the danger of the climate crisis after touring Hurricane Ida-impacted neighbourhoods. ‘People are beginning to realise this is much, much bigger than anyone was willing to believe,’ Biden said during a tour of Queens, New York. ‘Even the climate skeptics are seeing that this really does matter.’ Biden surveys…

The US state of Texas has enacted the strictest anti-abortion law in the country, banning all abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy – before most women know they are pregnant. The law gives private citizens the power to sue abortion providers and anyone who ‘aids or abets’ an abortion after six weeks. Citizens who win such lawsuits would…