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Rupert Cornwell: Playing the 'what if' game is addictive
Saturday 12 March 2011
Is it as futile to rewrite history as it is to rewrite a football match after the final whistle blows?
Ted Kennedy's 'night in a Chilean brothel' is revealed FBI files
Wednesday 02 March 2011
A young Ted Kennedy arranged to rent a brothel for a night while visiting Chile in 1961, a year before he was elected to the US Senate, according to a newly released FBI file.
Oil spill compensation claims could soar over lawyer's links to BP
Friday 04 February 2011
Judge's ruling could mean thousands will head straight to court
Rupert Cornwell: The Senate really is the land where time stands still
Sunday 09 January 2011
Out of America: Democratic leader Harry Reid is using the age-old filibuster to strike a deal with the Republicans
Is it goodbye to Arnie, or just Hasta La Vista?
Saturday 01 January 2011
Arnold Schwarzenegger is about to bow out as Governor of California – but what will he do next, asks Guy Adams
John Boehner: The 'country-club' Republican now within two heartbeats of the President
Thursday 04 November 2010
Assuming he is elected the next Speaker of the House of Representatives next January, John Boehner will, according to the Constitution, be two heartbeats from the Presidency. Far more important, until his party chooses its presidential nominee for 2012, he will be the most powerful Republican in America.
Republicans poised for biggest gains in Congress for a century
Tuesday 02 November 2010
Gloating has already begun as Obama's critics anticipate revenge for 2008
Yes we can, Obama said. But can he?
Friday 29 October 2010
US gets ready for a new kind of presidency
Matthew Norman: Hillary's time may yet come
Wednesday 29 September 2010
Could Barack Obama conclude that an old enemy is better placed to safeguard America from Republican madness, and walk away with dignity, as well as relief?
Diane Abbott to stand for shadow cabinet
Tuesday 28 September 2010
Defeated Labour leadership contender Diane Abbott today confirmed she is standing for election to the shadow cabinet, as she attacked "ludicrous caricatures" of Ed Miliband as "Red Ed".
Leading article: An even tougher battle now awaits the Democrats
Tuesday 23 March 2010
Barack Obama's party must sell its health bill to a sceptical US public
Obama's chief-of-staff undone after setbacks
Thursday 11 March 2010
"Rahmbo" was Obama's enforcer – but after a string of setbacks he has fallen from grace
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