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Vote on US debt deal
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.
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Republicans delay US debt plan vote
The Republican plan for US debt is in crisis after House leaders cancelled a vote on a bill to extend the government’s debt limit and cut spending to avoid a US default on its debt.
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A macho game of chicken over America’s debt ceiling?
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.
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US debt: a week of breath-holding brinkmanship
Political leaders are deadlocked over a deal to raise America’s debt limit with President Obama warning of “Armageddon” if they don’t agree.
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Is 24-hour cable news killing American politics?
Sarah Smith considers whether 24 hour news channels are helping or destroying American politics.
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Dissident Republicans make London bomb threat
Scotland Yard sources say Irish Republican dissidents have issued a credible bomb threat for central London using a recognised code word, a security source tells Channel 4 News.
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Bin Laden: did his death justify water-boarding?
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.
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US credit rating in danger of being downgraded
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.
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US hearings into ‘rising threat’ from homegrown Muslims
His critics have branded him a “Joe McCarthy for the age of terror”. Republican Congressman Peter King is holding hearings into what he sees as the rising terror threat from American Muslims.
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US budget cuts: mass protests and political shenanigans
The battle against budget cuts reaches new levels in the US State of Wisconsin, as thousands of public service workers invade the Senate – and Democratic Senators go on strike.
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US cuts: Obama’s $1.1trillion budget battle
It’s not just in Britain that the Government’s cutting spending. President Obama is planning a $1.1trillion cut – and his political opponents say that’s not enough, as Felicity Spector reports.
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Michele Bachmann makes her mark
The Tea Party’s latest standard-bearer – Minnesota Congresswoman Michele Bachmann – comes under fire after her personal response to President Obama’s State of the Union Address, reports Sarah Smith.
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US midterms: not much to celebrate for the Tea Party
The Democrats have suffered a defeat in the US midterm elections, but as Richard Wolffe writes for Channel 4 News there is not much to celebrate for the Republican Tea Party either.
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US midterms: Obama admits ‘people are frustrated’
President Obama called the result “a shellacking,” acknowledging US voters want solutions on the economy. The election means the Republicans have control of the House, and Democrats the Senate.
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US midterms: Congress split as Republicans take House
The Republicans have won control of the House but President Barack Obama’s Democrats have retained the Senate in the United States midterm elections.