“That’s not a justice system. It’s an injustice system”. In a sweeping call for reform – President Obama says too many Black Americans are locked up in jail.
US Republican Senator Rand Paul has become the second candidate to formally announce their campaign for the 2016 Republican nomination.
Senator Ted Cruz is the first Republican to declare he is running for the US presidency in 2016 – and the Tea Party favourite is as well known for his colourful speeches as for his right-wing views.
The Ukip leader travelled to Washington to speak at right-wing conference CPAC – but was placed bottom of the bill, after most of the delegates had left.
His father was the 41st president. His brother was the 43rd president. So is John Ellis “Jeb” Bush in prime position to become the Republican candidate for 45th president of the United States?
Kylie Morris
There’s been $113, 639,041 spent on this week’s Senate election. It’s obscene money, particularly in a race between a Democrat and a Republican desperate to declare their interest in working people.
They have been called state sponsors of terrorism – but now the United States is considering working together with Iran, as both countries try to stop Iraq disintegrating into chaos.
The economy has never been better – but his approval ratings have never been lower. As Barack Obama prepares for his State of the Union address tonight, what can he hope to achieve?
Governor of New Jersey Chris Christie gives a press conference to address claims that his aide orchestrated traffic chaos on the George Washington Bridge to settle political scores.
It was the flagship achievement of his presidency: now amid the disaster of his health care rollout – President Obama is fighting to restore some credibility – as his ratings drop through the floor.
Chris Christie can reach voters other Republicans cannot. He has just been re-elected New Jersey governor and people are asking if he could bulldoze his way to the White House, writes Inigo Gilmore.
As Barack Obama and congress try to find a way out of the political stalemate that has shut down federal government, the Republican party finds its room for manoeuvre is limited by its own Tea Party.
Republicans are holding a gun to the head of the American people, says President Barack Obama, speaking at a sandwich shop near the White House where he expressed his anger at the ongoing situation.
President Barack Obama attacks a “small faction” of the Republican party for not agreeing a budget and causing the United States government to shut down.
Closed for business: 800,000 federal workers are sent home without pay as Republicans and Democrats fail to agree a budget. So what happens next? Crisis – or compromise?