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  • Saturday, 23 January, 2021
    Trump impeachment
    Senate schedules Trump impeachment trial for week of February 8

    Deal with Republicans provides time to consider Biden appointments and stimulus

  • Friday, 22 January, 2021
    Person in the News
    Joe Biden: the new president seeks to heal a divided US

    His simultaneous promises of Covid relief, structural change and restored civility will be tough to keep

  • Thursday, 21 January, 2021
    Esan Swan
    Black Americans like me expect Joe Biden to deliver

    It’s too late to return to old-style Democratic policies. We expect a radical break

  • Thursday, 21 January, 2021
    US politics & policy
    Biden signals return to normality on first day as president

    Commander-in-chief rejoins Paris climate accord and starts to undo Trump legacy

  • Thursday, 21 January, 2021
    Joe Biden
    Joe Biden sworn in as 46th US president

    New commander-in-chief declares ‘democracy has prevailed’ after tumultuous transfer of power

  • Wednesday, 20 January, 2021
    Joe Biden
    Biden inauguration: President signs order bringing US back to Paris climate accord — as it happened
  • Wednesday, 20 January, 2021
    Social Media
    QAnon in crisis as day of reckoning fails to materialise

    Pro-Trump cult had believed US election results would be violently overturned on January 20

  • Wednesday, 20 January, 2021
    Edward Luce
    Biden embraces his inner radical to confront winter of peril

    Dramatic circumstances from pandemic to attack on democracy will shape the 46th presidency

  • Wednesday, 20 January, 2021
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    Joe Biden and the restoration of the American republic

    Inaugural address was a call for a return to US norms and values

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  • Wednesday, 20 January, 2021
    Biden-Harris: what you need to know
    Who are the pillars of the Biden-Harris team?

    Heavyweights from Obama administration will spur new US president’s effort to revive economy and rebuild relations

  • Wednesday, 20 January, 2021
    Trump impeachment
    Liz Cheney praised for impeachment ‘courage’ but risks pro-Trump ire

    Wyoming Republican accused outgoing president of summoning mob that attacked US Capitol

  • Wednesday, 20 January, 2021
    News in-depthEdward Luce
    Biden prepares for a presidential inauguration like no other

    Transfer of power takes place in a militarised Washington already reeling from pandemic

  • Tuesday, 19 January, 2021
    US retail
    MyPillow dropped because of weak sales rather than politics, retailers say

    Kohl’s and Bed Bath & Beyond respond to accusations by Trump-supporting CEO Mike Lindell

  • Tuesday, 19 January, 2021
    US presidential election 2020
    Trump says his movement ‘just beginning’ in farewell remarks

    President touts his record and avoids mentioning Biden by name in video ahead of his departure

  • Tuesday, 19 January, 2021
    Biden-Harris: what you need to know
    Biden in the White House: which world leaders stand to lose out?

    Russia’s Putin, India’s Modi and the UK’s Johnson, will find relations with the US more challenging

  • Tuesday, 19 January, 2021
    US politics & policy
    Mitch McConnell says Trump ‘provoked’ Capitol rioters

    Top Republican in Senate lays blame for deadly siege on outgoing US president

  • Tuesday, 19 January, 2021
    Martin Wolf
    The American republic’s near-death experience

    Donald Trump was just a symptom and the US is still in danger from those who peddle lies in place of truth

  • Tuesday, 19 January, 2021
    News in-depthLabour Party UK
    Labour party looks to Biden for inspiration

    UK opposition leader highlights need for a broad coalition and to focus on family, security and economy

  • Tuesday, 19 January, 2021
    Janan Ganesh
    The awesome stakes of Joe Biden’s presidency

    Not since 1945 has more rested on a new US leader

  • Tuesday, 19 January, 2021
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    A daring start to Joe Biden’s presidency

    The incoming US leader is right to err on the side of ambition in policy

  • Tuesday, 19 January, 2021
    The Big Read
    Joe Biden’s challenge: big, early victories in a toxic political climate

    Having won by projecting competence and renewal, the new president has a narrow window to get things done

  • Monday, 18 January, 2021
    Janet Yellen
    Yellen tells confirmation hearing US should ‘act big’

    Treasury nominee says with rates low, lawmakers should spend now and worry about deficits later

  • Monday, 18 January, 2021
    Patti Waldmeir
    Trump supporters stay loyal but wary

    US is more divided than ever as Republicans are publicly demonised

  • Sunday, 17 January, 2021
    US politics & policy
    Biden to unwind Trump agenda with raft of executive orders

    New president will move quickly to enact policies after inauguration on Wednesday

  • 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

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