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Iowa test for Republican presidential candidates
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.
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US prepares for first presidential contest
In the run up to 2012’s first presidential contest in Iowa, Channel 4 News looks at the Republican party nominees in what has been a volatile election race.
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New setback for Gingrich
The former House Speaker Newt Gingrich has suffered another blow to his Presidential hopes: he’s failed to get on the ballot for the Republican primary in his own state, writes Felicity Spector.
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Sliding polls: can Obama turn his fortunes around?
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.
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Senior Republican slams Wall Street protests
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.
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Chris Christie isn’t running for President. It’s official.
No White House run for New Jersey’s blunt talking Governor – despite huge pressure and weeks of speculation, writes Felicity Spector.
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Obama unveils three trillion dollar deficit cuts
This is not class warfare – it’s math. President Obama unveils deficit cuts worth $3 trillion – including a new tax on millionaires.
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New book goes rogue on Sarah Palin
A much hyped new book by a journalist who moved in next door to Sarah Palin has made a series of salacious allegations, from extra marital affairs to drug use.
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Perry takes the heat at the Republican debate
It’s lonely out there in front, as Rick Perry found out during last night’s Republican presidential debate, when he became everyone’s political target.
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Obama tells Congress: let’s get America back to work
President Obama sends his American Jobs Act to Congress, along with plans for budget cuts to pay for it all. And he warns his Republican rivals: the only thing stopping the plan is politics.
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Last Briton in Guantanamo on hunger strike
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.
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Obama unveils $447bn US jobs plan
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.
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Obama promises action on jobs and poverty
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.
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US out of the woods on debt – but for how long?
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.
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US debt deadlock broken as bill is passed
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.