Second-term Obama – lame duck or lifeless cicada?
You can compare President Obama’s second term with the fate of the cicada swarms that hit Washington in May: a lot of preparation, but within weeks the frenzy has gone.
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.
He texted lewd photographs of himself to a young woman – after resigning from Congress for the very same thing. But New York mayoral hopeful Anthony Weiner says he’s staying in the race.
New Yorkers are prepared to forgive: or are they? Former governor Eliot Spitzer is trying to return to politics – five years after he resigned amid a prostitution scandal. And he’s not alone.
You can compare President Obama’s second term with the fate of the cicada swarms that hit Washington in May: a lot of preparation, but within weeks the frenzy has gone.
Statistician Nate Silver joins Labour MP Stella Creasy, and Conservative MP Harriett Baldwin, to discuss the factors that could affect UK elections.
Despite years in the limelight as president of the US, George W Bush is now proving rather elusive- even in his home state of Texas, finds Matt Frei.
Top Republican Senator Rob Portman says he now supports same-sex marriage after his son came out as gay – and reveals David Cameron helped inspire his change of heart.
There is no big bang. As last night’s deadline for sweeping cuts to Americas federal spending passed – what will the sequester mean, and who will it hurt?
Assertive, confident and in no mood for compromise. After years of frustration at a bitterly divided Congress, Obama laid out his priorities for the next four years: a wish list, or a realistic plan?
She has the experience, the support and an unrivalled fundraising team. Hillary Clinton would make a formidable candidate in 2016, but does she have what it takes to run a presidential campaign?
From meddling First Lady to master of all she surveys, can Hillary Clinton really end a lifetime in politics without another shot at the top job?
Instead of reading his opponents the riot attack, should Barack Obama not have used his inaugural address to pay more attention to healing his nation’s ills?
A president, on the brink of his second term, racing against the clock to push historic legislation through a reluctant House. Does Lincoln’s battle to abolish slavery hold any parallels today?
Which would you rather fight: one horse-sized duck, or a hundred duck-sized horses? A new book reveals President Obama’s staff seriously debated the question after a no-holds-barred online Q and A.