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Martin Pengelly

The Guardian

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Past articles by Martin:

Trump lawyer Jenna Ellis turns on ‘malignant narcissist’ ex-president

Ellis, one of 18 Trump associates charged in Georgia election subversion case, says she ‘simply can’t support him’ again → Read More

US hard-right policy group condemned for ‘dehumanising’ anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric

Project 2025, which seeks to ‘march into office’ with conservative ‘army’, accused of ‘far-right desire to turn America back to the 20s’ → Read More

Trump New York fraud case could be delayed after ex-president sues judge

Civil case brought by Letitia James alleges widespread fraud connected to Trump Organization and trial scheduled for October → Read More

Nancy Pelosi: Biden thinks Harris is best running mate ‘and that’s what matters’

Former House speaker says people shouldn’t underestimate vice-president and that she will work to get Biden and Harris re-elected → Read More

Biden on Republican impeachment bid: ‘They want to shut down the government’

US president says he is ‘not focused on impeachment’ but believes inquiry is linked to Republican desire to achieve federal shutdown → Read More

DeSantis and Trump campaigns drawn into angry quarrel over private-jet story

Florida governor says Washington Post report about undisclosed trips on donors’ planes a case of ‘Trump-legacy media collusion’ → Read More

Mitt Romney condemns ‘demagogue’ Trump as he announces retirement

Utah senator, 76, who lost 2012 election to Obama, to step down next year, depriving Republican party of key critic of Trumpism → Read More

Husband of Alaska congresswoman Mary Peltola dies in plane crash

Eugene Peltola Jr, who was married to Democratic representative elected last year, was pilot of plane that crashed west of Anchorage → Read More

Republican demands Congress vote on Pentagon abortion policy: ‘We are not a communist country’

Tommy Tuberville aims to block policy offering aid to service members and dependents forced to travel for abortions → Read More

Rightwing women’s group slammed for keynote address by ‘misogynist’ Trump

Concerned Women for America, a self-described public policy women’s US organization, said it was ‘honored’ to host ex-president → Read More

Rudy Giuliani ‘mob scene’ turned Elon Musk off seeking advice, new book says

Biography by Walter Isaacson contains colorful nugget of then New York mayor seeking 10% stake in PayPal in return for advice → Read More

Want a more perfect union? Watch the Rugby World Cup

The men’s US Eagles failed to qualify but events in France will still give American rugby fans a chance to come together → Read More

Mitch McConnell rejects speculation about future amid concerns over health

Republican Senate leader, 81, says he will finish term as signs emerge of uncertainty over his future in GOP ranks → Read More

Democrats worried over Biden chances are ‘bedwetters’, ex-Obama adviser says

Jim Messina, who helped Obama win in 2008 and 2012, says Democrats ‘continually believe every bad thing people say’ → Read More

Former Proud Boys leader sentenced to 22 years over US Capitol attack

Sentencing of Enrique Tarrio caps one of the most significant prosecutions in the investigation into the January 6 attack → Read More

Mitch McConnell did not have stroke or seizure, Capitol doctor says

Brian Monahan suggests Republican leader in US Senate, 81, may be suffering effects of concussion sustained during fall in March → Read More

Mitch McConnell cleared for work by congressional doctor after freezing

Physician says 81-year-old Senate Republican leader is ‘medically clear’ to continue with schedule after second freezing episode → Read More

Ukraine’s Zelenskiy ‘bombed’ first White House meeting with Biden, book says

Demand to join Nato, coupled with claim France and Germany would leave, ‘pissed off’ US president, author Franklin Foer reports → Read More

‘Joe the Plumber’, who challenged Obama on taxes in 2008, dies aged 49

Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher, famous for arguing with Barack Obama on the campaign trail, died of pancreatic cancer → Read More

Rightwing activist Leonard Leo under investigation in Washington DC

Scope of investigation by district’s attorney general into man behind efforts to install conservative judges remains unclear → Read More