Barack Obama faced a bleak political landscape on Wednesday after voters punished Democrats over high unemployment and a sluggish economic recovery.
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/ 3 November 2010
The US Congress was headed for gridlock after Tuesday’s elections, posing a challenge as the country struggles to get out of the economic doldrums.
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/ 3 November 2010
President Barack Obama suffered a significant symbolic defeat on Tuesday when Republican Mark Kirk of Illinois won the US Senate seat he vacated.
Disenchanted US voters swept Democrats from power in the House of Representatives and strengthened the ranks of Senate Republicans on Tuesday.
US voters headed to the polls on Tuesday in key elections widely expected to hand Republicans control of the House of Representatives.
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/ 2 November 2010
After a long and bitter campaign, Americans cast their votes on Tuesday in elections that could sweep Democrats from power in Congress.
Unscheduled talks seen as a bid to address US concerns.
By funding right-wing organisations, the mega-rich Koch brothers have duped millions into supporting big business at their expense.
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/ 1 November 2010
Two years ago he was hailed as a saviour; now his party is expecting a pasting in the polls. Can Obama win back America?
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/ 31 October 2010
Tea Party activists approach the Constitution the same fundamentalist way they approach the Bible: literally.
Barack Obama’s foes will rejoice if he gets thumped in mid-term congressional elections, but it may be premature to prepare his political obituary.
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/ 25 October 2010
The US electorate’s mistake was to believe that transformation was something you could impart to a higher power.
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/ 24 October 2010
President Barack Obama, dashing through the US West to campaign for endangered Democrats, proved he still has plenty of star power.
What gets a Tea Party activist going? A good way of answering that is to browse the stalls at a Tea Party rally.
US President Barack Obama sought to recapture the magic of his 2008 campaign, holding a large rally in Ohio to help struggling Democratic candidates.
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/ 11 October 2010
US President Barack Obama has barely a week to save the Middle East peace process, only months after he relaunched it amid optimistic predictions.
Court decision lets Corporate America gang up
on floundering Democrats on the sly.
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/ 10 October 2010
US mid-term elections are on track to be the costliest to date after court rulings opened the way for donors to flood key races with cash.
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/ 29 September 2010
Barack Obama’s senior aide, a profane "piledriver", looks likely to quit so he can seek to become mayor of Chicago.
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/ 25 September 2010
Barack Obama said claims by Iran’s president that the US had carried out the 9/11 attacks to prop up Israel were "hateful, offensive and inexcusable".
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/ 23 September 2010
Israel should extend its settlement building moratorium and Arab states should move toward normal ties with the Jewish state, Barack Obama said.
US President Barack Obama is to make a plea at the United Nations on Thursday for international support for the Middle East peace process.
Barack Obama was forced into a damage-limitation exercise on Wednesday after a new book by veteran investigative reporter Bob Woodward.
United States President Barack Obama called on Wednesday for new ways to tackle global poverty.
Tensions over a threat to burn the Qur’an and a proposed Islamic centre near Ground Zero marked the ninth anniversary of the September 11 attacks.
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/ 10 September 2010
US President Barack Obama marked the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan on Thursday by reflecting on religious tolerance.
United States President Barack Obama joined leaders of the world’s biggest Muslim nations in a chorus of outrage at a plan to burn the Qur’an.
United States President Barack Obama urged Israeli and Palestinian leaders on Wednesday not to let the chance for peace slip away.
President Barack Obama steps into Middle East peace efforts on Wednesday in a bold bid to relaunch direct Palestinian-Israeli negotiations.
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/ 1 September 2010
President Barack Obama declared an end to the mission in Iraq on Tuesday and promised Americans "my central responsibility" is to repair the economy.
Despite an impressive record by the president, discontented American voters are turning against the Democrats.
From Arizona to Ground Zero via birthers, the Republicans are riding a wave of white resentment. It’s reckless and frightening.