Susan Rice: another victim of the Washington game
Why did Susan Rice pull out of consideration as America’s next secretary of state? Was she too strident, too forceful – or did she simply fail to play the Machiavellian game of Washington politics?
Which would you rather fight: one horse-sized duck, or a hundred duck-sized horses? A new book reveals President Obama’s staff seriously debated the question after a no-holds-barred online Q and A.
Why did Susan Rice pull out of consideration as America’s next secretary of state? Was she too strident, too forceful – or did she simply fail to play the Machiavellian game of Washington politics?
It’s now legal to possess marijuana in Washington state – but what about the rest of the US? Stoners are urging President Obama to take up the cause.
Nate Silver, who predicted with a 90.0 per cent certainty that Barack Obama would win the recent US presidential election, is on Channel 4 News tonight. Have you got any questions?
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What used to be a broad church has become a schismatic one and after Mitt Romney’s defeat civil war could be looming for the Republicans.
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This time it was cash, grind, and grit that delivered victory against a tough economic background and a strong sense of broken promises
His place in history is already assured – but can a greyer, wiser Barack Obama, less crushed by expectation, finally live up to his promise as president?
A remarkable day culminating in a win for Barack Obama, but can the president create real change? Jon Snow blogs from Washington DC.
It was the Obama speech his supporters had been waiting for: the confidence and the optimism and the promise of better things to come. But how did he win – and what happens next?
Barack Obama wins his second term as US president after beating Republican rival Mitt Romney. “This happened because of you,” President Obama tweets.
US political analyst Dr James D.Boys tells Channel 4 News how Obama won, why Superstorm Sandy helped him and what problems lie ahead at home and abroad, as he seeks to build a legacy.
As presidential voting figures reveal the role of women in Barack Obama’s re-election and with a record number of female senators returned, Cathy Newman looks back on a momentous night for US women.
Barack Obama’s victory tweet becomes the most popular ever while Donald Trump attempts to rally a protest march in Washington, in a night that seals the deal for Twitter’s importance in politics.