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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is the overwhelming favourite to capture the New Hampshire primary, despite suffering criticism over a gaffe he made about enjoying firing people.

Nine caucuses and five presidents? Writing for Channel 4 News, journalist Tawanda Kanhema tracks the US presidential caucuses alongside Zimbabwe’s treacherous path to democracy.

The 2012 US presidential campaign begins in earnest today when Republicans in the predominantly rural state of Iowa vote to decide who they want to represent them in November’s election.

He was the man who inspired millions with his promise of change. So what’s happened to make Barack Obama quite so unpopular – and how can he turn things around, asks Felicity Spector.

Populism, with a cause. Just as top Democrats rush to embrace the Occupy Wall Street protests, one leading Republican castigates the ‘mobs’, writes Felicity Spector.

Cleared for release in 2007, British resident Shaker Aamer is on hunger strike as lawyers say he was routinely beaten on days his legal team was due to meet him.

President Barack Obama warns the United States is in a “national crisis” as he outlines a $447bn package of tax cuts and government spending in a bid to jump-start the sluggish US economy.

Back on the road – and back in the fight: President Obama has been taking his message on job creation and the economy out to the American people – with a three-day bus tour through the Mid-West.

President Obama has signed legislation to increase the US debt ceiling but experts tell Channel 4 News the crisis has thrown into “stark relief” the problems the country now faces.

The US House of Representatives passes a last-minute deal to prevent a debt default. The bill is expected to be approved by the Senate and signed into law by President Barack Obama later.

US Congress votes on President Obama’s last-minute deal to raise the US debt limit and avoid crisis. Channel 4 News asks if the delays have done lasting damage to Obama’s reputation.

As bickering over the US debt ceiling continues on Capitol Hill, Channel 4 News US politics expert Felicity Spector reveals more than two-thirds of Americans just want to see a deal – any deal.

Political leaders are deadlocked over a deal to raise America’s debt limit with President Obama warning of “Armageddon” if they don’t agree.

As much of America celebrates the death of Osama bin Laden, questions surface over the use of torture in locating his whereabouts, writes Washington correspondent Sarah Smith.

The US rating agency lowers its outlook on US sovereign debt to “negative” from “stable” after concerns Rebublicans and Democrats will not be able to agree on a plan to cut America’s deficit.