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Biden vs Putin: Is the Ukraine crisis one big bluff? from 2022-01-28T17:44:29
The headlines over the past month have been dominated by one issue: Ukraine. In this episode of Divided States, Sky News US Correspondent Mark Stone talks to the great-granddaughter of one of Vladi...
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A trial that divided America: How Kyle Rittenhouse walked free from 2021-11-23T21:58:53
18-year-old Kyle Rittenhouse was on trial for murder - in August 2020 he’d shot and killed two men and wounded a third in racial unrest in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Last week he was acquitted on five cou...
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Abortion in America: Texas' 'heartbeat bill' and beyond from 2021-10-08T22:00:35
This week a Texas judge halted the so-called ‘heartbeat bill’ which bans abortions after 6 weeks, calling it “flagrantly unconstitutional”. But the ruling is temporary, and Texas has already appeal...
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Abandoning Afghanistan: Biden's darkest hour? from 2021-08-20T18:59:17
It's been the most extraordinary week for Afghanistan, for Joe Biden and for America’s allies. Why was there such chaos in Kabul? How will this Taliban takeover play out - on the ground and in the ...
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Toxic air, dirty water: Erin Brockovich on solving America's climate crisis from 2021-04-20T14:20:47
In a corner of southwest Detroit, there's a community that's spent years grappling with the air they're breathing in. The 48217 district has become known as Michigan's "most polluted zip code". The...
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Racist America: Will we see change? from 2021-03-19T11:09:13
Racism is persistent and pervasive in America's history and present, but what about its future?
US Correspondent Cordelia Lynch reflects on whether the US has reached a true turning poi...
What now for QAnon? from 2021-03-05T09:52:09
QAnon has gone from fringe conspiracy theory to mainstream news. The latest prophecy of the group was that Donald Trump would be inaugurated again on 4th March 2021. Of course, that didn't come to ...
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46th President with 99+ problems from 2021-01-22T21:40:42
Joe Biden became the 46th President of the United States on Wednesday, and his VP pick Kamala Harris made history as the first black woman to hold such high office. Does a new administration mean a...
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Insurrection, impeachment, inauguration from 2021-01-15T19:35:04
In the first fortnight of 2021 we have seen extraordinary events in the United States. After a violent pro-Trump mob stormed the United States Capitol, Donald Trump has become the only US President...
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2020 reflections: How pandemic politics changed America from 2020-12-10T20:57:15
It might be a year we'd all like to forget, but 2020 will need chapters upon chapters of history books written about it. Trump on trial, pandemic politics and a racial reckoning - all themes of an ...
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Dr Fauci and Newsmax CEO: The interviews from 2020-12-03T21:51:01
There are two tandem stories going on in America: a race for a vaccine and a President still trying to claim election victory.
This week Cordelia Lynch and Emily Purser Brown digest Sky...
Lame duck pardons turkey from 2020-11-26T08:00:06
It's Thanksgiving in the US - and with it comes one zany tradition: the official presidential pardon of a prize turkey. And it wasn't President Trump's only pardon of the week.
US corres...
A transition in limbo from 2020-11-12T19:11:55
Joe Biden is the president-elect, but Donald Trump is yet to concede. His loyalists are pursuing legal challenges, but we still haven't seen any evidence of electoral fraud.
US correspon...
BONUS: President-elect Joe Biden – the man, the politician and the new FLOTUS from 2020-11-09T17:00:17
America finally decided after more than three days of uncertainty while election ballots were counted.
In his first speech since being named US president-elect, Joe Biden promised to “un...
Joe Biden wins the presidency, Donald Trump golfs from 2020-11-08T04:48:48
After a long wait, a victory in Pennsylvania helped win Joe Biden the presidency of the United States. While Democrats celebrated history being made, Donald Trump golfed, and his lawyers upped the ...
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Too early to call from 2020-11-04T10:09:38
The votes are still coming in, and America hasn't yet picked a President - where do we go from here?
US Correspondent Cordelia Lynch and Washington Bureau Chief Emily Purser Brown bring ...
BONUS: America Decides: How does the US election work? from 2020-11-02T15:21:57
From the Sky News Daily team: Will Donald Trump defeat Joe Biden to secure a second term in the White House? Or has his Democratic opponent done enough to win over US voters?
On this edi...
Four more years? A Biden landslide? What could happen on election day? from 2020-10-29T19:55:30
Only five days to go until election day and the scenarios for what next week might look like are endless. A red mirage? A blue wave? Too close to call?
US correspondent Cordelia Lynch a...
Will the last debate change anything? from 2020-10-23T20:56:34
The second and final presidential debate was a much more civilised affair - a win for the mute button perhaps, but also for the American public.
With less than two weeks to go until Nov...
Swinging into battle from 2020-10-16T18:34:40
He claims to be Covid-free, and President Trump is back on the campaign trail - but is he fighting a losing battle?
US Correspondent Cordelia Lynch and Washington Bureau Chief Emily Purs...
A long week in Washington: President Trump gets Covid from 2020-10-08T22:29:20
It’s been a week since President Trump became America’s highest profile Covid-19 patient: the White House is now a hotspot, and the election campaign is in complete disarray.
Cordelia Ly...
“Will you shut up, man!” - The fallout from the first presidential debate from 2020-09-30T23:31:08
The first presidential debate was a chaotic, rowdy affair – more of a verbal brawl than a political high point.
Donald Trump and Joe Biden interrupted and insulted each other, and many v...
BONUS: The life and legacy of Ruth Bader Ginsburg from 2020-09-27T08:10:46
Measuring just 5ft in height, the late Supreme Court judge was both small in stature and softly spoken.
But the Brooklyn-born woman – known affectionately as the "Notorious RBG" – was a ...
The fight for RBG's Supreme Court seat from 2020-09-25T08:01:54
This week on Divided States, Emily Purser Brown and Cordelia Lynch reflect on the passing of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a champion of gender equality who became a pop culture icon: ...
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Wildfires and wild science from 2020-09-17T18:47:57
As wildfires burn across the West Coast, climate change has finally become an election issue. Donald Trump and Joe Biden disagree on even the most basic of facts – with Trump saying this week “I do...
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The race for the White House tightens from 2020-09-10T20:13:08
With just eight weeks until the presidential election, we’re back with a new season.
Cordelia Lynch and Emily Purser Brown discuss the state of the race as we enter the final, intense pe...
Introducing...Polonium&the Piano Player from 2020-08-20T15:47:29
Two Russians agents release a miniature nuclear weapon in a 5-star London hotel. But former KGB spy Alexander Litvinenko is not the only victim?
For the full series, search 'Polonium & the Pi...
Good trouble, bad trouble, election trouble from 2020-07-31T15:58:34
It’s just under 100 days until the election – although Donald Trump might like it to be longer. This week he floated the idea of delaying the vote, a power he does not have.
Cordelia Lyn...
Person. Woman. Man. President. from 2020-07-24T15:03:57
Donald Trump is cognitively brilliant - at least that’s what he says. It’s been an interesting week at the White House, as the president grapples with coronavirus cases soaring, and his election po...
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On-the-ground in America’s COVID surge from 2020-07-08T21:05:52
This week our team are in Texas, Florida and California as the number of coronavirus cases dramatically rises in the United States, even as states re-open.
Cordelia Lynch is joined by Sp...
George Floyd: Is this America’s tipping point? from 2020-06-12T22:44:23
A conversation with Karen Attiah, Global Opinions Editor at the Washington Post.
Just back from Minneapolis, this week Cordelia Lynch and Emily Purser Brown are joined by Karen Attiah to...
Protests and rage engulf America from 2020-06-02T23:16
It has been an astonishing week in America. The death of George Floyd cut the country to its very core, igniting a movement that is difficult to compare.
Over the past few days, we have ...
Donald Trump experiments with drugs from 2020-05-21T19:49:07
It surprised everyone: President Trump is taking hydroxycholorquine as a prophylactic for Coronavirus. He dropped the announcement at the end of a long event, and it sent Washington into a spin.
Has America had enough of experts? from 2020-05-15T20:29:37
On this week’s episode, we look at the stark message from the government’s scientists, not to rush re-opening – and discuss whether that advice is being followed by President Trump.
A to...
Live or Let Die? from 2020-05-07T23:05:46
America is not out of the woods with coronavirus - far from it. But states are beginning to re-open, and Donald Trump is back on the road too.
This week our team in Washington DC talk ab...
Is it too soon to re-open America? from 2020-04-23T21:43:51
Over the past week, protests have begun to spring up across America, demanding that the economy re-opens. They have been partly spurred on by President Trump – but does relaxing social distancing n...
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Trump tries to reopen America as Obama gets into the 2020 race from 2020-04-16T21:03:19
Across America over 30,000 people have died from coronavirus - doubling in one week - hundreds of thousands of people are sick and millions are struggling for financial survival.
Donald...
Life, death, and hunger in COVID-19 America from 2020-04-10T14:11:07
The coronavirus pandemic continues to wreak havoc across the United States.
Cordelia Lynch and Emily Purser present an eyewitness report from inside one Brooklyn hospital where they are...
In New York: Ground Zero of America's coronavirus crisis from 2020-04-01T19:14:52
The United States now has more cases of the coronavirus than any other country in the world, with more than 190,000 people testing positive for the disease and over 4,000 deaths.
New Yor...
COVID-19 crisis: Can 15 days save America? from 2020-03-24T20:47:41
The Coronavirus has America in its grip, and life here is changing fast. But just as the rest of the world shuts down, President Trump has started talking about opening the US back up. Will it real...
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COVID-19: America in lockdown from 2020-03-16T21:32:28
The Coronavirus pandemic is rapidly spreading through the US, and the response has been intense. Normal life has been suspended in many parts of America: schools are closed, so too are many bars an...
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Super Tuesday: The return of Joe Biden from 2020-03-04T23:56:26
We’re back! And what a day to return with Season Two - with more twists and turns in the race for the White House.
Joe Biden's candidacy looked all but dead in the water a few weeks ago,...
Donald Trump acquitted, the race to the White House begins from 2020-02-06T17:07:13
Fresh from a cold week in Iowa, the team are back in Washington and just in time for Donald Trump to be acquitted in the impeachment trial.
Cordelia Lynch, Amanda Walker and Emily Purser...
Can anyone defeat Donald Trump in the 2020 election? from 2020-02-02T18:24:47
This week the crew discuss the bombshell new revelations that could have changed the impeachment trial – and how Democrats’ hopes fell apart.
Leaks from an upcoming book by former Nation...
All you need to know from the first week of the impeachment trial from 2020-01-24T21:08:52
The impeachment trial is upon us! After weeks of wrangling, this week the Senate finally began to hear evidence in the trial that the Democrats hope will remove Donald Trump from office.
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Will new evidence change the Senate impeachment trial? from 2020-01-17T18:53:06
The impeachment trial is upon us, and the 2020 race is heating up – all while Donald Trump goes head-to-head with Iran.
This week Amanda Walker, Cordelia Lynch and Emily Purser Brown cat...
President Trump gets impeached from 2019-12-20T23:24:35
It was a momentous week in Washington: for the third time in America's history - the House of Representatives voted to impeach a president.
Donald Trump will not be removed from office b...
High crimes and misdemeanors from 2019-12-13T19:51:03
It’s Go time in Washington DC. The Democrats have filed their Articles of Impeachment, and the stage is set for Donald Trump to be impeached by the House of Representatives.
This week o...
The beginning of the beginning from 2019-12-06T23:48:40
This week on Divided States, it’s the end of the impeachment investigations, and the start of what might be the endgame for House Democrats.
Amanda Walker, Cordelia Lynch and Emily Purs...
The president punches back from 2019-11-29T22:39:59
This week on Divided States, Cordelia Lynch, Amanda Walker and Emily Purser-Brown have got a Thanksgiving infused feast for you - a three course impeachment banquet.
In part one, we dis...
Impeachment goes public from 2019-11-23T17:13:09
The impeachment hearings this week were a roaring success, and a complete sham. They were honest and transparent, and filled with falsehoods. The witnesses had decades of experience, and were compl...
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Introducing Divided States from Sky News from 2019-11-19T08:54:29
America seems more divided now than at any time in living memory. The impeachment proceedings are in full swing: the parties are divided, the public are divided, and we’re just months away from the...
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