Suspect, who ran for the Mississippi legislature in 2007, will appear in court on Monday

But PM said it was unlikely it would lead to British troops on the ground

You’d think the people running things in Italy were deliberating over whom to vote for in the student union by their behaviour – not choosing the head of state in G8 country, which has failed to swear in a government two months after a general election.

I was in Tucson that day to thank Gabby Giffords for voting for the affordable healthcare act. I was the last one in line waiting to speak to her when the shooting started. The woman next to me was the last one shot before Jared Loughner ran out of bullets – when his gun jammed it gave Roger Salzgeber and Bill Badger a moment to attack him.

If you’re an elected representative, you can expect to get a few letters and emails from constituents who sound unhinged, but constituents don’t expect the unhinged emails to come from the other direction. Brian Nieves, a state senator from Missouri, has hit the headlines in the US for just this reason – after his vicious and bonkers exchange with a constituent went viral.

A man has been charged with threatening President Barack Obama and others after he was arrested yesterday accused of sending letters to the President and a senator that tested positive for deadly ricin and set the US capital on edge a day after the Boston Marathon bombings.

The US Senate has voted against new legislation to expand background checks for gun purchasers, dealing a blow to President Barack Obama's hopes of gun control reform after the school shootings at Sandy Hook in December.

Preliminary tests reveal presence of lethal toxin as FBI confirm new connection to letter sent to Republican senator

Splitting Jamie Dimon’s role might make his reign longer, with an extra set of eyes at the top to cut mistakes

The whistleblowing website WikiLeaks could be set to release another batch of classified government information, it was suggested today.

Obama vowed to push for tighter gun-control laws in the wake Sandy Hook massacre

Some called it a farce, some called it a charade, and others used less printable terms. But at the end of a dramatic and bizarre day in Australian politics, Julia Gillard remained Prime Minister tonight after she called a leadership vote in which no one stood against her. 

President Barack Obama's assault weapons ban lay in tatters last night after being dropped from the Senate gun control bill.

Senator speaks out ahead of Supreme Court considering changes to Defence of Marriage Act