‘Consider the things the court brought down on us by pre-emptively purloining victory for George W Bush’

Federal government’s debt limit increases by $480 billion to $28.9 trillion

Relief on US debt ceiling soothes investors

Stop-gap measure considered to extend limit to December

Parties dig in for dispute on raising borrowing cap before potential default

Intervention from Williams comes as Yellen says failure to increase borrowing limit would be ‘catastrophic’

Package to progress to House of Representatives to be linked with €3.5tn budget Bill

Former president lends support to coal lobbyist Mike Carey who won in 10-way primary

End of Covid-19 rent measure sparks calls for House of Representatives to return from recess

US president raises American concerns about Russian gas link with chancellor

Former US president aims to bolster allies and berate enemies in state he won in 2020

Grande Dame of DC Dowd to give insight to Biden’s America and the politics-obsessed town

Democrats boosted by senator Joe Manchin’s proposed slimmed-down version of Bill

The Democratic right may be out of favour – but it has a decisive say in running the country

With an intelligence report imminent, not since the 1950s has the capital been so riveted by the possibility of aliens hovering

US congresswoman is under fire from Republican colleagues but has grassroots base

Letitia James is investigating Trump Organisation in ‘criminal capacity’, spokesman says

GOP increasingly suspicious of president’s proposal in face of poor employment figures

Securing support for more spending plans set to be a significant challenge for the president

America Letter: Some states have taken to giving out free beer to encourage people to get their jab

The US president has proved to be an energetic and ambitious progressive who has begun to reshape the US, specifically the role of the state, in a fundamental rebalancing of the market economy

Republicans, Democrat infighting and business lobbying threats to road and energy plan

US president’s self-restraint is refreshing – but he is free to say whatever he damn well pleases

US Wrap: Vice-president says legislation will have more impact than executive orders

New Covid package brings to $4 trillion the amount the US has spent on shoring up its economy since pandemic began a year ago

America Letter: Former US president’s re-emergence underlines party’s current status

US supreme court decision underscores mounting legal woes facing former president

Maureen Dowd: GOP leaders attempting to bridle the ex-president are on a fool’s errand

Conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh dies age 70, Trump reiterates baseless election claims

Backlash against those who voted against ex-president in impeachment trial

Verdict disappointed Democrats but it does close a chapter, enable politics to move on

Senators used legal arguments in impeachment trial but acquittal was purely political

Criminal charges would be welcome after craven Republicans refused to convict him

Seven Republicans cross the aisle but vote falls well short of two-thirds majority required for conviction

Signs that ex-president’s legacy has been tainted as nation relives events of January 6th

It is the second time he will have been sent for trial through House impeachment proceedings, a process that establishes merely a case to answer, and the second time, almost certainly, that he will escape conviction.

At least 17 Republican senators needed to convict former US president as trial begins

Party also turns back attempt to oust Liz Cheney who had voted to impeach Trump

Army seizes power as elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi and other politicians detained

US Politics: There is no harmonious way to the kind of society Democrats wish to build