Obama: the president who will not go quietly
it was an unscripted aside that ended up revealing the most in President Obama’s State of the Union address: “I have no more campaigns to run.”
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President Obama calls on Muslims around the world to fight the misconception that groups like the Islamic State speak for them.
Within moments of arriving in Saudi Arabia, US first lady Michelle Obama causes a Twitter furore by ignoring Saudi Arabia’s strict dress code for women.
it was an unscripted aside that ended up revealing the most in President Obama’s State of the Union address: “I have no more campaigns to run.”
The UK election debate on the economy is being fought out in Washington today with both Tories and Labour seeking US backing for their rival political ambitions.
US President Barack Obama says the cyber hack against Sony, blamed on North Korea, is not an “act of war” – but is considering putting them back on the terror list.
President condems the actions of the CIA, after the release of a damning report into the services use of torture, but will not be drawn on whether action should be taken against the service.
Obama could have made his big move on immigration years ago, but now faces a tough fight with congress over who should be allowed to stay.
President Obama called on every nation to reach a global climate agreement. But in America, the new Congress has just taken the first step to approve a huge oil pipeline.
Health officials in Texas say they’re preparing for more Ebola cases – after a second nurse tested positive for the disease.
The expansion of the US-led air war to Syria is a powerful display of America’s bona fides to the allies it says it needs for the fight against Islamic State.
When the leader of the free world declares his country is going to war you’d hope his international partners might be reliable. At least for 24 hours. Just to be polite.
President Barack Obama approves air strikes in Syria for the first time in an attempt to tackle the threat of Islamic State militant. He said it was counter-terrorism, but it sounds a lot like war.
With US public opinion increasingly favouring intervention against Islamic State militants, how far is President Obama prepared to go in his speech to the nation tonight?
A video showing former Baltimore running back Ray Rice punching his then-fiancee in a lift shocks America, with the White House condemning the violence in a statement.
David Cameron and President Obama show a united front as leaders are to meet at a two-day Nato summit in Newport, South Wales.