Lindsey Hilsum
I watched the Presidential debate with about 100 students at Stony Brook University, Long Island, where I’m on a one-semester fellowship. At least here they were allowed to cheer and clap, unlike the live audience at Long Island’s other university, Hofstra, where the debate took place. But passions ran less high than I might have expected.
Kylie Morris
Bernie Sanders, America’s answer to Jeremy Corbyn, is giving Hillary Clinton a scare in the campaign to get the Democratic nomination for next years US presidential election.
Property billionaire Donald Trump announces his candidacy for the Republican nomination in the 2016 US presidential election.
Jeb Bush, younger brother of George W Bush and son of George H Bush, formally declares his candidacy for president of the United States.
Ready for Hillary? It seems America is so very, very ready. For the most important thing about a political journey is a story. And Hillary Clinton certainly has a story.
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.
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?
The first black woman Republican in Congress, the 18-year-old legislator and a man being investigated for fraud: Channel 4 News looks behind the headlines of the US midterms.
Democrat and Republican candidates across the United States have been trading insults in the most expensive midterm campaign ever. We look at six of the most close-fought contests.
Matt Frei
The authorities think that America has spawned several dozen jihadis as opposed to Britain’s several hundred. This is because America has a totally different relationship to its ethnic minorities.
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?
The race has had everything, from sexting scandals to allegations of raicsm. Now it is decision time as Democrats choose their candidate for New York’s next mayor.
He is not just a politician. He is a celebrity, a superhero – even a meme. Meet Cory Booker, charismatic mayor of Newark and now the hot tip to become New Jersey’s next senator.
It’s clearly getting to him. New York mayoral hopeful Anthony Weiner rounds on an ITV reporter on a campaign stop in Harlem – as the sexting scandal sends his poll ratings through the floor.
He now admits sexting up to three women after he resigned from Congress. New York’s mayoral hopeful Anthony Weiner slumps in the polls as the scandal over his online encounters refuses to go away.