Tea Party

US shutdown: Why are Americans so complacent?

Analysis Staff Reporter - 15 Oct 2013

In the US there is a sense of submission to a political system that is held hostage by private interests and corporate lobbying, writes Gavin Silber.

Who’s in and who’s out in the world of politics

Article bogdan TagDiv - 24 Nov 2011

The Arab Spring, eurozone crisis and looming US elections has thrown the global political landscape into turmoil in 2011.

Architect of Bachmann’s campaign steps down

Article Staff Reporter - 6 Sep 2011

Republican presidential hopeful Michele Bachmann's campaign manager, Ed Rollins, and his deputy are leaving their roles.

The politics behind the US debt crisis

Analysis bogdan TagDiv - 28 Jul 2011

The US is about to bump against its borrowing limit. If the limit isn't raised the US will default on its debt or drastically reduce state spending.

US shutdown feared amid budget squabble

Article Andy Sullivan - 6 Apr 2011

US congressional negotiators are racing to agree on billions of dollars in spending cuts before the federal government is forced to shut down.

Obama can expect a showdown

Article Ewen Macaskill - 7 Jan 2011

Republicans will fight the president's reforms now they have a stronger hold on Congress.

Fear and loathing in Obamaland

Article Niren Tolsi - 23 Dec 2010

<i>M&G</i> reporter <b>Niren Tolsi</b> visits the land of Barack Obama.

The Tea Party is merely old whine in new bottles

Article bogdan TagDiv - 8 Nov 2010

This incoherent group has no leaders, no policies, no headquarters. It is held together by Fox TV and big money.

US mid-term polluted by corporate funding for right wing

Article Staff Reporter - 1 Nov 2010

BP and several other major European companies are funding the mid-term election campaigns of right-wing Tea Party favourites.

Big Money throws a Tea Party

Article Staff Reporter - 1 Nov 2010

By funding right-wing organisations, the mega-rich Koch brothers have duped millions into supporting big business at their expense.

The Tea Party: On the road with the right-wing radicals

Article Andrew Neil - 31 Oct 2010

Tea Party activists approach the Constitution the same fundamentalist way they approach the Bible: literally.

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