Sarah Smith

As President Hu Jintao of China prepares to visit the United States, Sarah Smith looks at whether the Chinese are helping the US economy or trying to take it over.

President Barack Obama leads a memorial to the victims of the Arizona shooting spree and urges Americans to debate “in a way that heals, not a way that wounds”, writes Sarah Smith.

As the man charged with the attempted murder of Gabrielle Giffords appears in court, Washington Correspondent Sarah Smith speaks to Arizona residents who vehemently defend their lax gun laws.

A 61-year-old woman who helped stop the Tucson gunman causing further deaths tells Channel 4 News she feels “humbled” after being praised by President Obama for wrestling ammunition from the killer.

As 22-year-old Jared Loughner is charged with murder, America falls silent to pay tribute to those killed in Saturday’s Arizona shootings. Sarah Smith asks whether the attack was inevitable.

Terror threat levels have been raised at some London tranport hubs, Channel 4 News understands. But security sources say there is no suggestion that an attack is imminent.

It’s a sacred place where America buries thousands who served, but recently Arlington cemetery has sparked uproar after the remains of soldiers were found in the wrong graves. Sarah Smith reports.

Channel 4 News Correspondent Sarah Smith reports from the US where people are being told that a massive budget deficit mean they have to find the money themselves for life-saving operations.

Veteran diplomat Richard Holbrooke, who was President Obama’s special envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan, has died at the age of 69. Sarah Smith looks back at the life of the “foreign policy giant”.

At the recent US midterms voters in Oklahoma were given the choice to ban Sharia law from being considered in courts. Sarah Smith asks why it was a controversial question.

Former US Vice-Presidential candidate Sarah Palin has launched a new reality television show. The first episode of “Sarah Palin’s Alaska” was shown on Sunday night – our own Sarah Smith takes a look.

The midterms are barely over and already the race for 2012 has begun.

The Democrats are getting desperate for votes on the eve of the US midterm elections, writes Sarah Smith, as all polls point to major gains for the Republican Party.

It was the moment when President Obama was confronted with liberal disappointment in his presidency – and appeared to respond with a new slogan: “Yes we can, but…”, writes Felicity Spector.

With the US midterm elections looming, Washington Correspondent Sarah Smith goes in search of an elusive candidate and finds cobwebs at the Tea Party.