Joe Sommerlad

News Feature Writer@JoeSommerlad

Joe Sommerlad is a News Feature Writer at The Independent, specialising in explainers on a wide range of subjects related to the international news cycle, particularly American politics and culture, and in obituaries. He wrote a 21-part history of the Donald Trump administration for Independent Premium.

<p>Former Rep. Matt Gaetz, Donald Trump’s nominee to be Attorney General, walks with Vice President-elect JD Vance as they arrive for meetings with Senators at the U.S. Capitol</p>

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<p>Donald Trump’s name appears on a Covid-19 economic assistance check, one of millions that were sent to Americans at the height of the pandemic</p>

Viral posts claim stimulus checks are on the way. They’re not

<p>Matt Gaetz and JD Vance (campaigning together in Ohio in April 2022) will head to Capitol Hill today to try to garner support for Gaetz’s nomination </p>

Gaetz, Vance head to Capitol to shore up GOP support for Trump AG pick

<p>President Joe Biden and other G20 leaders meet during the G20 Summit at the Museum of Modern Art in Rio de Janeiro on Monday. Biden is scrambling to help Ukraine in his final days in office </p>

Biden approves sending anti-personnel mines to Ukraine