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Marion McKeone: Biden’s ‘betrayal’ of rail unions could be Democrats’ undoing

By blocking a massive rail worker strike, the US president averted an immediate economic disaster, but he may have stripped the Democrats of their vital backbone in the next election

Marion McKeone: Last of the young guns battles to win over the Maga zealots

It seems GOP minority leader Kevin McCarthy is willing to do pretty much anything to secure the role of House speaker, one he has coveted for over a decade. And that means backing Freedom Caucus calls for tit-for-tat impeachments, interrogations and investigations

Marion McKeone: Number may be up for Trump as Republicans roll into Las Vegas

For the last six years, the former US president ruled the roost at the Republican Jewish Coalition’s leadership conference, but while the consensus there is that Donald Trump is a busted flush, he is still popular with many Republican voters

‘Art cannot tame Shane for the same reason that no one has ever tamed a Tasmanian devil’

London’s Andipa gallery is used to exhibiting artists such as Banksy, Hirst, Picasso and Renoir; added to that list now is work by Shane MacGowan who talks to Marion McKeone about life and his limited-edition book of artwork, lyrics and essays

Marion McKeone: Maga brand fails to come up trumps for far-right kingmakers

Predicted historic Republican comeback fails to materialise in midterms

Marion McKeone: Midterm success may give Biden what has most eluded him – respect

Following a tumultuous two years, the veteran Democratic president has pulled off a number of legislative wins and upset all the odds with the best midterm results for a first-term Democratic president since John F Kennedy

Marion McKeone: Republicans hold the upper hand as parties spend a record $10bn on campaigns

All of the seats in the US House of Representatives and about a third of the Senate seats are up for grabs in the elections, but it remains to be seen if the huge spend by Republicans and Democrats will have any effect on voters

Marion McKeone: ‘Trump in a dress’ could lead charge of Maga Republicans back to the White House

Polished, telegenic and unflappable, former news anchor Kari Lake is running for governor in Arizona in the US midterms and may even find herself on a Trump 2024 ticket as his running mate

Marion McKeone: American democracy on the brink, Biden reminds voters ahead of mid-terms

With hundreds of Republican candidates still believing the election was stolen, and the fear that the 2024 election results could be reversed by Republicans in swing states, the cliché that the ‘stakes have never been higher’ rings true this time

Marion McKeone: Tribalism trumps all else in US politics

With just over a week to go, none of the traditional mid-term metrics are adding up, but there is a glint of good news for Democrats in the plummeting support on both sides for near-total bans on abortion

Marion McKeone: $1bn damages award and still Alex Jones taunts Sandy Hook families

The shock jock who claimed the Sandy Hook massacre was a hoax, questions whether the families will ever see any of the cash awarded by a Connecticut court. But even if he doesn’t end up paying, his InfoWars social media outlets where he spreads his lies are likely to be hobbled by the award

Marion McKeone: Saudi oil move has Biden over a barrel

Opec+’s decision to slash output guarantees a surge in US petrol prices in the run-up to the midterm elections; it could be a major setback to Biden’s presidency half way through its first term

Marion McKeone: Trump’s latest scandal-hit candidate deepens divisions betweens Republicans

Former NFL star Herschel Walker not only looks unlikely to win over any wavering Democratic voters, but ongoing revelations about his past behaviour have sparked a revolt among local Republican activists

Stormy relations: DeSantis and Biden put mutual loathing aside to deal with hurricane response

Florida’s governor Ron DeSantis, who likes to be known as ‘Trump with a brain’, and the US president know that competence in dealing with natural disasters can win swing voters in the contest to be next US president

Trump on trial: the billionaire’s crumbling empire dealt a fresh blow by new legal challenges

The subject of more than 4,000 state and federal cases, hundreds of personal injury, contract, fraud and tax dispute settlements, criminal probes, claims of sexual misconduct, bankruptcies and two impeachments, will Trump finally meet his moment of reckoning?

Marion McKeone: Ravenous Republicans eyeing House majority with slew of extremist candidates

The primaries have ended with hardliners winning out over moderates, setting the scene for bitterly contested midterms in November

Marion McKeone: Biden finally springs for Trump’s throat in an invigorating offensive

The US president’s speech in Philadelphia last Thursday carried the fight to his predecessor, hammering home the theme that American democracy is under attack from far-right elements

Marion McKeone: DeSantis emerges as the new GOP pretender as Trump’s grip loosens

Described by party strategists as ‘Trump with a brain’, Ron DeSantis has emerged for Republicans as a creditable contender to the former US president, but he is also widely perceived as lacking in personality or charisma

Marion McKeone: Formidable Fetterman leads Democrats’ charge as Senate race hots up

The 6’9” Pennsylvanian holds a strong lead over celebrity chat show host Dr Mehmet Oz in the most eye-catching of the midterm contests in the US

Marion McKeone: FBI’s stunning Mar-A-Lago raid puts Trump on the back foot

The former US president is facing explosive allegations that he brought top-secret and classified documents with him to his Palm Beach residence, and may have committed crimes under three different laws