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Barr to release redacted Mueller report ‘within a week’
Attorney General William Barr says he does not intend to release the full unredacted report ‘at this stage’
US government shutdown breaks record as eyes remain on Trump
The partial shutdown has reached a 24-day impasse, and the question in the air is will the president declare a national emergency?
Australia MP proposes to gay partner in parliament
A gay Australian lawmaker popped the question to his partner in parliament shortly after a bill paving the way for same-sex marriage was introduced
Obama to lay out vision in State of the Union address
As Republicans feud, President Barack Obama this week takes his re-election blueprint of economic justice, direct and unfiltered, to the voters.
Five flashpoints
Barack Obama faces a divided legislature, with the Republicans in control of the House of Representatives.
Wake up and smell it
Americans are waking up to smell the coffee. Turns out it’s tea. The Tea Party was transformed from a potentially forgettable protest movement into an established political fact…
Republicans insanely out of balance and all set to fail
The conservatives who now dominate the party of the American right may come to rue losing their moderate wing.
US Congress gets its own YouTube sites
The US Congress is launching official YouTube channels where members of the House and Senate can create videos of floor speeches or hearings.
Obama urges bailout Bill’s passage, offers plan
US presidential candidate Barack Obama urged lawmakers on Tuesday to return to the negotiating table to work on a financial rescue deal.
Republicans train sights on Obama
As the Democratic primary contest heads to its climax, the Republicans are firing the opening shots of an election barrage to come against their probable White House opponent,…
Obama hints that Clinton could be running mate
Barack Obama on Thursday gave the clearest hint yet that he may consider Hillary Clinton as his vice-presidential running mate in the November election for the White House. With…
US lawmakers debate Bill to remove stigma of ANC
Lawmakers on Tuesday debated legislation to remove former South African president Nelson Mandela and the African National Congress (ANC) from an apartheid-era United States…
Drama expected at US Congress hearings on Iraq
The top United States general and diplomat in Iraq testify in politically charged hearings in Congress on Tuesday, and face a grilling from three senators vying to inherit the…
Ralph Nader takes another shot at White House
The presidential forays of Ralph Nader have turned him into one of the most divisive figures in US politics. Already on Sunday reaction was swift among Democrats to the news that…
Now McCain must win over the right
John McCain, the irrepressible Senator from Arizona, stood on the brink of winning the Republican party’s nomination for United States president this week with almost half of the…