In the midst of three growing scandals, Wednesday's White House Press Briefing could mark a fundamental change in the relationship between the Obama Administration and The White House Press Corps.

The revelations regarding the targeting by the IRS of conservative groups for extra scrutiny and the Department of Justice's efforts...

After hosting HRH Prince Harry for a surprise visit with First Lady Michelle Obama, the White House will welcomes prime minister David Cameron on Monday to discuss the latest crisis in Syria, the up-coming G8 Summit in Northern Ireland as well as Iran and the Middle East peace process.

This...

Since the Boston Marathon tragedy the American people have learned once again that its greatest strength is also likely to be its greatest weakness.

Four people were killed and almost two-hundred injured and some maimed for life in Boston last week.

All this horror as a result the acts of...

Republicans met this week just outside Washington DC at the Conservative Political Action 'CPAC' Conference. Many commentators say this was just a continuation of a Republican internal soul-searching effort to find their way out of the wilderness and back to a path towards victory.

Some factions of the Republican Party...

That's right! Congress has gone home for 10 days while an economic crises looms large for the US and world economies.

The brand new House and Senate each voted 15 February to recess for the Presidents Day week, which means lawmakers will have just four days -- once they return...

Is it a world heavyweight boxing match or a Broadway opening night performance?

Will it have thrills and spills of a NASCAR race?

Or will it have the numbing predictability akin to watching partisan paint drying?

After two thunderous rounds of applause - one during president Barack Obama's first introduction...

The issue of gay rights and equality has been slowly picking up steam over many years in the US.

From hiding in the shadows, to Stonewall, to many individual pronouncements to families and friends, to ground-breaking films like Kramer vs Kramer and Philadelphia, the civil rights of Americans who are...

Is the Republican Party so out of touch, bereaved of energy, leadership and ideas that their only hope of survival is to game the system Vegas style?

Since their resounding defeat in the presidential election, the GOP has been doing some soul searching looking for answers and an identity.

This...

This weekend inauguration festivities will be in full swing here in Washington DC for Barack Obama's second inaugural.

As I have been saying, there is more at stake for Barack Obama, America and the World now in 2013 than there was four years ago.

As in the film Lincoln -...

This week both President Obama and the newly elected 113th Congress return to Washington to try once again to do the people's business.

We start with a strengthened Obama administration and a rather weakened Republican Party and possibly an even more weakened house speaker John Boehner.

Boehner was re-elected speaker...

President Obama enters the last week before Christmas facing a full and challenging agenda.

THE NEWTOWN TRAGEDY

Sunday the President faced one of his saddest duties, attending yet another memorial service resulting from one more horrific mass shooting.

The President headed to Newtown, Connecticut to...

There are less than two weeks left for the Obama Administration and Congress to reach a deal to avoid the Fiscal Cliff.

There are clearly two games going on here - one is purely political (who gets the credit and who gets the blame) and the other is actual deal...

There are less than two weeks left for the Obama Administration and Congress to reach a deal to avoid the Fiscal Cliff.

There are clearly two games going on here - one is purely political (who gets the credit and who gets the blame) and the other is actual deal...

The Thanksgiving holiday is over and Congress is back to work this week with a lot to accomplish in a very short amount of time.

This lame duck Congress and the president have until 14 December to reach a deal to avoid the fiscal cliff - unless of course the...

The American people spoke and sent a message to Washington - and it was more decisive than it has been in a while.

They voted back in Barack Obama to get the job done, they kept the Senate under Democratic control and kept the House of Representatives under Republican control.

Hunkered down just a mile from the White House I can't help but wonder with a little more than a week to go, before Election Day could "Frankenstorm" aka "Sandy" become Obama's "October Surprise" and possibly his Katrina Moment?

This Perfect Storm is already wreaking havoc with the travel schedules...

As they approach this final Presidential Debate both contenders have one win under their belt and one performance they both wish to forget.

Monday night's deciding debate will be the candidate's last chance to shine or collapse in front of an audience of 70 million plus Americans both...

Many academics think debates really don't matter.

However they do - just ask Gordon Brown and now Barack Obama.

In the age of electronic politics most voters do not have the opportunity to meet and size up their candidates in person unless of course they live in Iowa or New...

Although Mitt Romney has described himself as "severely conservative", this week we saw a glimpse of a moderate, pragmatic, former Governor who has been pushed so far to the right to win the Republican nomination, that he was almost unrecognisable.

At the Clinton Global Initiative and at the...

Mitt Romney's challenge was to re-introduce himself and rise above the bar of expectations on Thursday at the Republican National Convention in Tampa. He clearly exceeded that level of expectation... and then some!

Romney had the chance to make his case to the American people first and now Barack Obama...