Susan Rice: another victim of the Washington game
Why did Susan Rice pull out of consideration as America’s next secretary of state? Was she too strident, too forceful – or did she simply fail to play the Machiavellian game of Washington politics?
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Hundreds are still unaccounted for in the search for US citizens trapped under an enormous landslide, and families have been warned not to expect survivors. Jane Deith reports.
President Barack Obama chastises his fellow politicians for their brinkmanship over public spending, which nearly cost the United States its economic reputation – but says the nation will bounce back.
Om Suthamtewakul, a 30-year-old Thai woman, tells Asia Correspondent John Sparks about her experiences in Thailand with the Washington shooter Aaron Alexis.
The suspected gunman who killed 12 people before being shot dead by police in a military complex in Washington had been honourably discharged in 2011, officials claim.
Exclusive: suspected Washington gunman Aaron Alexis was “friendless” and “often complained of racial discrimination”, his former boss tells Channel 4 News.
Investigators say there is no evidence that a second suspect was involved in the shooting spree at the Washington Navy Yard that killed 13 people, including suspected gunman Aaron Alexis.
Former Texas resident Aaron Alexis, 34, has been identified as the gunman who died alongside 12 others, including a police officer, during a shooting rampage at a military base in Washington.
Why has Amazon’s CEO, boss of the world’s biggest retailer, just bought a 120-year-old business losing £50m a year? And what will “Dread Pirate Bezos” do with the venerable newspaper?
Jeff Bezos, founder of internet giant Amazon, will soon become the owner of iconic US newspaper the Washington Post, in a move that has surprised many in the American capital.
Why did Susan Rice pull out of consideration as America’s next secretary of state? Was she too strident, too forceful – or did she simply fail to play the Machiavellian game of Washington politics?
President Obama, pre-occupied with extricating the USA from his predecessor’s wars, has little stomach for military action in Syria.
In the light of the Peter Cruddas affair, Channel 4 News Washington Correspondent Matt Frei blogs on political donations in the US.
Police in Washington arrest actor George Clooney during a protest outside the Sudanese embassy against the country’s blockade of aid to southern regions.
Israel’s prime minister leaves Washington with President Obama’s promise that the US ‘has Israel’s back’, but two Middle East experts say Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit has created even more confusion.
Reports that Washington is accelerating its withdrawal from Iraq by three weeks are a mixed blessing, says defence analyst Anthony Tucker-Jones.