Rarely have the stakes for the US and the world been as high as they are on the eve of the 2020 presidential election. If Republicans still stand for anything at all, they must come out in opposition to Donald Trump, a man who openly disparages all the values they once held dear.
Rudy Giuliani mounted a combative defence of Trump in Sunday talk show appearances, taking aim at Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigators
The 30th Sundance Film Festival has seen both pop stars and politicians make appearances, while in the background distribution deals are made.
Republican senators have opened the way for a new showdown with United States President Barack Obama.
The majority who voted for Obama disliked the radical changes advocated by the Republican market and religious fundamentalists, says Slavoj Zizek.
Did US President Barack Obama endorse same-sex marriage because it was gaining acceptance or because it was the right, albeit unpopular, thing to do?
Mormons have spent almost 200 years practising how to pick themselves up and dust themselves off, writes Thalia Holmes.
Obama triumphs over Romney, SA get’s the Randela, Zille takes on Zuma and Nkandla, and some states in the US say yes to weed smoking. Watch Weekend 101.
African Americans, Hispanics and women supported Barack Obama’s re-election, an uneasy fact for Republicans. Charles Molele reports.
Democrats of all stripes and colours rallied behind Barack Obama. Hard-line Republicans betrayed Mitt Romney. And so he lost.
While Zuma is content to snack on the surface of the food chain, oblivious to growing scandal, his future second in command could be our saviour.
From the topsy-turvy, gaffe-strewn Republican battle to the debates between Romney and Obama, the US election has had many memorable moments.
The euphoria of 2008 has gone, but the US president’s second win is remarkable precisely because it is not as symbolic, writes Gary Younge.
President Barack Obama has won a second term in the White House, overcoming deep doubts among voters about his handling of the US economy.
While presidential hopeful Mitt Romney cast his vote, President Barack Obama thanked everyone for their support.
From a symbolic hamlet to a swing state neighbouring Washington to the storm-scarred streets of New York, Americans rose early to cast ballots.
The first votes in Tuesday’s US presidential election produced a tie as nationwide polls showed Barack Obama and Mitt Romney neck and neck.
Independent voters hold the fates of US President Barack Obama and Republican nominee Mitt Romney – and both presidential candidates know it.
Whoever wins the US election between President Barack Obama and contender Mitt Romney will find themselves standing at the edge of a fiscal precipice.
It has been a hectic weekend for foreign journalists and the White House press corps on the campaign trail in Ohio.
The presidential race converged on one city in Iowa on Saturday as President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney each made a last-minute appeal for support.
Zuma stays mum on the spy tapes, AfriForum, Malema, and the ANC shake it out, Obama and Romney go head-to-head, and men across the globe go hairy for cancer.
Studies show that Americans believe the economy is important, but they largely still vote according to race and class. Gary Younge reports.
Amid the chaos of the US election campaign’s closing days, Ohio has become a test centre for the growing science of political advertising.
Letting taxpayers fund parties directly could revive the rotten system – and it would be cheaper too, writes George Monbiot.
A nuclear power plant in New Jersey has declared an alert from Hurricane Sandy as water passed a minimum level but no safety concerns were reported.
The winner of the US election will have a chance to remake law enforcement with his choices for attorney general and FBI director.
Young voters, women, blacks and Hispanics took Barack Obama into the White House in 2008, but white working-class males could decide whether he stays.
The New York Times has endorsed President Barack Obama on Saturday as he seeks a second term in the White House on November 6.
A global poll for the BBC World Service has revealed that 20 out of 21 countries preferred Barack Obama to his challenger.
Obama has a variety of different routes to victory on November 6, but Romney’s hopes are next to moribund unless he wins in Ohio.
US President Barack Obama came out with guns blazing at the final presidential debate on Tuesday but Republican Mitt Romney held his own just as well.