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- 10 Dec 2012 06:19 - Sapa-AFP
- Washington's marriage law has kicked in and more than 800 couples state-wide have received marriage licenses on the first day.

- 15 Sep 2012 10:40 - Sapa-AFP
- Washington says it's deploying forces to cope with violence in as many as 18 different locations as deadly Muslim anger spreads over a US-made movie.

- 03 Aug 2012 05:34 - Sarah Bosely
- Many HIV survivors did not expect to live to become elderly, and their retirement years are bleak and lonely, writes Sarah Bosely.

- 21 Apr 2012 08:07 - Staff Reporter
- US President Barack Obama has called for negotiations between the leaders of the two countries to settle their conflict and end fighting.

- 07 Apr 2012 07:34 - Jeff Mason
- When President Barack Obama criticised Mitt Romney by name this week, he worded his attack carefully and with bite.

- 17 Mar 2012 08:15 - Stephen Collinson
- In a five-event, two city, 1 700 mile fund-raising odyssey, US President Obama managed to amass over $5-million in funding for his electoral campaign.

- 22 Jan 2012 18:54 - Stephen Collinson
- As Republicans feud, President Barack Obama this week takes his re-election blueprint of economic justice, direct and unfiltered, to the voters.
- 09 Jan 2012 08:18 - Staff Reporter
- Oil prices fell to near $101 a barrel on Monday in Asia amid investor concern over the outcome of a meeting between the leaders of Germany and France.

- 13 Aug 2011 16:35 - Staff Reporter
- Having said no to taxes for months, Republicans now are saying maybe in the face of public disgust over a deadlock in the US Congress.
- 15 Jul 2011 06:37 - Tabassum Zakaria
- Rifts between the United States and Pakistan over the Osama bin Laden killing have been mended during CIA meetings in Washington.
- 19 May 2011 20:22 - Stephen Collinson
- President Obama has commited the US to promoting reform in the Arab world, but his "Arab Spring" speech had stern words for Israelis and Palestinians.

- 09 May 2011 19:39 - Staff Reporter
- The US has promised it was not seeking to halt China's rise, but nevertheless said human rights and economic reforms would serve Beijing's interests.
- 07 Apr 2011 19:25 - Staff Reporter
- US President Barack Obama threatened to veto a short-term spending Bill put forward by Republicans to avoid a government shutdown on Friday.

- 08 Feb 2011 07:39 - Shaun Tandon
- The United States said on Monday it will recognise South Sudan as the world's newest nation as it moved to taking the north off a terrorism blacklist.
- 07 Feb 2011 08:57 - Staff Reporter
- AOL has agreed to purchase the Huffington Post for $315-million, the United States internet company announced on Monday.
- 03 Feb 2011 15:29 - Staff Reporter
- Injured South African photographer Joao Silva will try on his first pair of prosthetic legs in Washington on Monday, his friend Greg Marinovich said.
- 19 Dec 2010 08:58 - Staff Reporter
- In a historic vote for gay rights, the Senate agreed to do away with the military's 17-year ban on openly gay troops.

- 18 Feb 2010 10:34 - Matt Spetalnick
- US President Barack Obama will host the Dalai Lama at the White House on Thursday despite China's warning that the meeting could damage strained ties.
- 23 Jul 2009 09:45 - Staff Reporter
- North Korea shot back on Thursday at US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who recently likened the isolated regime to a child demanding attention.
- 04 Mar 2009 13:07 - Matt Spetalnick
- Barack Obama on Wednesday will order a crackdown on waste and cost overruns in government procurement that could save up to $40-billion a year.