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  • Saturday, 16 January, 2021
    US Capitol attack
    US capitals batten down on fears of more political violence

    States are taking no chances with security as tensions rise ahead of next week’s presidential inauguration

  • Thursday, 14 January, 2021
    US Capitol attack
    FBI tracking ‘potential armed protests’ ahead of inauguration

    Warning from bureau director comes following ‘extensive’ online chatter among extremists

  • Thursday, 14 January, 2021
    Trump impeachment
    McConnell leaves open possibility of convicting Trump in sign of GOP rift

    Republican party descends into ‘civil war’ as effort to eject president moves to the Senate

  • Wednesday, 13 January, 2021
    ExplainerTrump impeachment
    The second impeachment of Trump: what happens next?

    US president would become first to be charged by Congress on two separate occasions

  • Wednesday, 13 January, 2021
    US Capitol attack
    Democrats prepare to impeach Trump after Pence rules out 25th amendment

    More House Republicans come out in support of impeachment ahead of vote

  • Tuesday, 12 January, 2021
    Martin Sandbu
    Joe Biden must go all out, early, for structural change

    Beyond the current crisis, the president-elect’s task is to end US economic insecurity for good

  • Tuesday, 12 January, 2021
    US Capitol attack
    Democrats move to impeach Trump as fears grow over further unrest

    US president accused of inciting insurrection amid worries of more violence in run-up to Biden inauguration

  • Monday, 11 January, 2021
    Media
    Rightwing media scrambles to shift tone in wake of US Capitol attack

    Conservative outlets reported baseless claims of mass voter fraud in presidential election

  • Monday, 11 January, 2021
    US politics & policy
    US senators balk at Trump impeachment over Capitol siege

    More Republicans call for president to stand down but decline to back Democratic efforts to impeach him

  • Promoted Content
  • Sunday, 10 January, 2021
    US politics & policy
    Lawmakers tell Trump to leave now or face impeachment

    US president looks increasingly isolated as more are charged over deadly mob assault on Capitol

  • Saturday, 9 January, 2021
    Republican Party US
    Trump’s insurrection wreaks havoc on the Grand Old Party

    Republicans have been torn apart by the events of the past week with no clear path forward

  • Friday, 8 January, 2021
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    Joe Biden must first repair democracy at home

    America’s fate also hinges on Republicans changing their ways

  • Friday, 8 January, 2021
    Simon Schama
    Donald Trump’s weaponised lies blew up in his face

    US Capitol mayhem was the culmination of years of winking at violence

  • Friday, 8 January, 2021
    US presidential election 2020
    Dominion sues pro-Trump lawyer Sidney Powell for defamation

    Voting-machine maker had been at the centre of unproven allegations of 2020 election fraud

  • Friday, 8 January, 2021
    Person in the News
    Stacey Abrams: the political strategist who won Georgia

    After losing the 2018 race for governor, she rewrote the rules for Democrats in the south

  • Friday, 8 January, 2021
    The Big Read
    ‘A coup d’état attempted by Trump’: America’s failed insurrection

    The riot at the Capitol followed years of escalating rightwing violence and an obsession with overturning the election result

  • Friday, 8 January, 2021
    US presidential election 2020
    Trump concedes election and denounces Capitol attack for first time

    US president ends campaign to overturn result and condemns ‘heinous’ assault he is accused of inciting

  • Thursday, 7 January, 2021
    Social Media
    Facebook blocks Trump account ‘indefinitely’ after riots

    Social media platforms take unprecedented steps against US president’s post-election claims

  • Thursday, 7 January, 2021
    US politics & policy
    Democratic leaders call on Pence to force Trump from office

    Vice-president accused of ignoring call to discuss invoking 25th amendment

  • Thursday, 7 January, 2021
    US politics & policy
    Joe Biden taps Merrick Garland as US attorney-general

    President-elect says judge will ‘restore the honour’ of justice department after Trump

  • Thursday, 7 January, 2021
    News in-depthUS Capitol attack
    Who were the Capitol insurrectionists?

    Actions of Washington rioters marks turning point for pro-Trump movement, say experts

  • Thursday, 7 January, 2021
    Bruce Bartlett
    The Republican party must break Donald Trump’s stranglehold

    Three disgraceful days unmatched since the most shameful episode in US political history

  • Thursday, 7 January, 2021
    US presidential election 2020
    Trump pledges ‘orderly transition’ after Biden win confirmed

    Statement comes a day after outgoing president praised Capitol Hill rioters

  • Thursday, 7 January, 2021
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    Donald Trump must be held to account for storming of the Capitol

    Options that seemed exotic a few days ago are now merited

  • Thursday, 7 January, 2021
    US Capitol attack
    US Capitol storming: autocracies gloat, allies fret

    Beijing compares incident to Hong Kong protests while Moscow says US electoral system is ‘archaic’

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