Simon & Schuster cancels plans for US senator Josh Hawley’s book

Trump loyalist hits out at ‘Orwellian’ decision linked to his bid to overturn election result

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While the outgoing president may be free to peddle the baseless theory the election was ‘rigged’, he will not be able to escape legal scrutiny

Attacks on the US election system orchestrated by Trump escalates

America Letter: Texas files lawsuit with supreme court claiming unlawful elections

Bertelsmann wins battle for Simon & Schuster with $2.18bn deal

Penguin owner ‘very confident’ of regulatory approval despite competition concerns

Maureen Dowd: Howling at the moon as America dumps Trump

President’s conspiracy schtick gets nowhere as Joe Biden’s Cinderfella story bewitches

White House walls close in as Trump unleashes bitter legal fight

Drama and anxiety as America counts carefully amid Republican claims of fraud

Suzanne Lynch’s US Election Diary: When will Biden declare victory, how will Trump respond?

Democratic candidate makes inroads into president’s lead in Georgia and Pennsylvania overnight

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Republican veteran Lindsey Graham faces an unexpectedly strong challenge for his seat

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Donald Trump plans Florida rally for weekend amid Covid test secrecy

The US president, who is still recovering from coronavirus, refuses to say if he has tested negative

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Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death has guaranteed a political bonfire

Maureen Dowd: Donald Trump is in position to reshape US supreme court long past his time in office

Maureen Dowd: Efforts to cast Harris as an angry woman will not succeed

The US is rapidly moving past such caricatures. Besides, women should be angry

White House turns its fire on Anthony Fauci over Covid-19 comments

Trump administration rejects assessment of its own expert that US is ‘not doing great’ in tackling coronavirus

Being president has distilled Donald Trump to his Trumpiest essence

Maureen Dowd: Occupant of the White House is badly out of step with US national psyche

US unemployment soars to 22m as additional 5.2m file for support

Further lockdown restrictions announced in areas most heavily impacted by coronavirus

Maureen Dowd: Coronavirus has made a national shrink of Andrew Cuomo

New York governor has superficial parallels in style to Trump but his motives are purer

House of Representatives passes $2 trillion stimulus package for faltering economy

Donald Trump signs Bill for unprecedented aid package as over 85,000 test positive for coronavirus

Divided nation tunes into different US media

America Letter: Fox News and CNN to have huge impact on election due to split audience

Trump’s latest political gamble will play well with his 2020 base

Challenge to president’s declaration of a national emergency likely to reach supreme court

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