Republican

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.

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.

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.

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.

No White House run for New Jersey’s blunt talking Governor – despite huge pressure and weeks of speculation, writes Felicity Spector.

This is not class warfare – it’s math. President Obama unveils deficit cuts worth $3 trillion – including a new tax on millionaires.

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.

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.

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.

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.