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US President Joe Biden
US PRESIDENT Joe Biden celebrated a number of legislative wins in the House of Representatives on Tuesday night, getting endorsement for his $3.5 trillion (£2.6tn) budget blueprint and strengthening voting rights.
The 220-212 vote is key to Mr Biden’s domestic infrastructure agenda, which involves massive investment in upgrading US roads, railways, utilities infrastructure and more.
Every Republican voted against the budget, giving power to right-wing Democrats who have been trying to hold up the deal until the House passes a smaller public works plan.
The US is hell-bent on dismantling the International Criminal Court as part of its assault on global legal systems, but others also have valid reasons to seek its demise. BEN CHACKO provides the analysis
Trade unions and community groups are mobilising to push back against Trump’s racist raids after new revelations of spying on legal protesters. MARK GRUENBERG reports from the US state of Minnesota
Mask-off outbursts by Maga insiders and most strikingly, the destruction and reconstruction of the presidential seat, with a huge new $300m ballroom, means Trump isn’t planning to leave the White House when his term ends, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER