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Herman Cain faces the biggest test of his insurgent campaign with old allegations of sexual harassment resurfacing and causing a media storm in the US.
There were fiery exchanges over big conservative issues like immigration and one candidate’s tax overhaul plan.
The demise of Obama’s jobs package was expected, despite his campaign-style efforts to swing the public behind it.
The former governor of Alaska has been considered a possible contender since the last election in 2008.
The New Jersey governor had been considering a late entry in to the Republican field but has ruled it out today.
The popular New Jersey governor faces increasing calls to enter the race although he has previously been categorical in his stance that he won’t be running.
The former governor of Alaska is the subject of a controversial new book which alleges she took drugs and had affairs.
Larry Flynt, publisher of Hustler, will pay $1m to anyone who can prove an illicit sexual encounter with Texas governor Rick Perry.
Anthony Weiner was forced to step down in June following a Twitter sex scandal. His seat had been held by Democrats since the 1920s.
The latest frontrunner, Texas governor Rick Perry, came under attack from rivals wary of his healthy poll numbers.
An under-fire president demands that Congress get to work on passing an act to tackle America’s growing unemployment.
The US presidential candidate wants to attract American companies back home. She says there’s over 600 here, in fact there’s over 100 less than that.
David Limbaugh, author of a book savaging Barack Obama’s record, tweets a photograph apparently attacking his lack of military service.
The Tea Party favourite once forced to insist she was not a witch was trying to promote her new book…
US presidential candidate Rick Perry reckons that if Ben Bernanke goes for another round of quantitative easing, it would be treasonous.
Barack Obama slams the Republican hopefuls for opposing any measures raising new taxes, even if outweighed by spending cuts.
The US presidential candidate said the right-wing group are “the best antidote” to Obama’s policies – but her lighting setup sparked controversy.
Eight candidates, all vying to be the candidate who takes on Barack Obama in 2012, face off ahead of a key straw poll.
Republican Newt Gingrich has denied allegations that he artificially inflated his online following using more than a million dummy accounts.
John Boehner calls off a vote on a draft plan to cut the US deficit, amid fears that party members wouldn’t back it.
Struggling to keep up with the political logjam in the US? Let us explain what’s going on – and why it matters to Ireland.
A bipartisan Congress prepares for yet more gridlock, as the clock ticks down on staving off a United States default.
Michele Bachmann has had to deal with reports of chronic migraine problems that leave her “incapacitated”.
Meanwhile, Harry Potter was smashing box office records. Although the Palin biopic, The Undefeated, was only released in certain theatres.
The very best of the week’s writing from around the globe.
“Like a marine, she runs toward the danger.”
The Republican Party says their 2012 candidates can learn lessons from Rory McIlroy’s US Open-winning strategy.
Seven candidates for the Republican presidential display little hostility for each other, but plenty for the president.
Over 24,000 pages of emails from Palin’s time as governor of Alaska have emerged with news outlets and ordinary folk combing through them for juicy details about the possible 2012 presidential candidate.
The former speaker of the US House of Representatives faces a tough task to rebuild his campaign for the White House.
Former senator Rick Santorum wants to protect American freedoms and says he’s ready to lead.
The race to be the next US president is already underway. Barack Obama has declared his intentions to run for re-election but who should be the Republican challenger next year?
The former New York Mayor, who became recognised worldwide following 9/11, has yet to declare his intentions but appears popular amongst Republican voters.
Trump says that while he still reckons he could win a full election, he is “not ready to leave the private sector” to run.
The former Speaker of the house – and adversary of Bill Clinton – formally declares himself a candidate for the Republican ticket.
The Republican House and Democratic Senate are at odds over spending cuts – with a total shutdown a realistic prospect.
Dozens of members of Indiana’s state congress return to duty, ending a weeks-long standoff over Republican anti-union bills.