Dubya, where are you?
Despite years in the limelight as president of the US, George W Bush is now proving rather elusive- even in his home state of Texas, finds Matt Frei.
Statistician Nate Silver joins Labour MP Stella Creasy, and Conservative MP Harriett Baldwin, to discuss the factors that could affect UK elections.
Despite years in the limelight as president of the US, George W Bush is now proving rather elusive- even in his home state of Texas, finds Matt Frei.
Top Republican Senator Rob Portman says he now supports same-sex marriage after his son came out as gay – and reveals David Cameron helped inspire his change of heart.
There is no big bang. As last night’s deadline for sweeping cuts to Americas federal spending passed – what will the sequester mean, and who will it hurt?
Assertive, confident and in no mood for compromise. After years of frustration at a bitterly divided Congress, Obama laid out his priorities for the next four years: a wish list, or a realistic plan?
She has the experience, the support and an unrivalled fundraising team. Hillary Clinton would make a formidable candidate in 2016, but does she have what it takes to run a presidential campaign?
From meddling First Lady to master of all she surveys, can Hillary Clinton really end a lifetime in politics without another shot at the top job?
Instead of reading his opponents the riot attack, should Barack Obama not have used his inaugural address to pay more attention to healing his nation’s ills?
A president, on the brink of his second term, racing against the clock to push historic legislation through a reluctant House. Does Lincoln’s battle to abolish slavery hold any parallels today?
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.
New Hampshire made history today: becoming the first state where women now hold all its top leadership positions. So is the Granite State unique – or a model for others to follow?
Vogue denies it. Ms Wintour offers up only her frozen ‘Blue Steel’ smile when asked. But the media are abuzz with rumours the daughter of Evening Standard Editor Charles Wintour is to become UK envoy.
President Obama’s first press conference since re-election begun with the scandal of the spymaster, his mistress, the general, HIS love interest and the FBI agent who took his shirt off.
“We had no message and we gave it to the worst communicator in the world”, said one aide. As the defeat sinks in, the Republicans’ search for blame begins.
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.