Barack Obama will host David Cameron at the White House on Monday; with Syria, terrorism and the global economy set to top the agenda. The meeting...

David Cameron remains "relaxed" about publishing his tax returns Downing Street has said. On Monday morning the prime minister's spokesman said Cam...

The former Republican leader of the United States House of Representatives, Newt Gingrich, has been invited to attend Margaret Thatcher's funeral. ...

The battle over the Hagel nomination is really a 'proxy war' for control of the Republican Party.

For some reason music and politics, or more specifically politicians and music, just do not seem to fit, but not through want of trying.

For decades America has waged war on weaker nations on the pretext of maintaining global peace. The time has come for the most powerful nation on this planet earth to give the Gandhian principle of non-violence for settling disputes an honest chance.

It's hard to imagine when it was invented on this day 109 years ago that the ice cream cone would become the trusted weapon of choice for politicians....

Cameron shares Romney's liabilities as much as his strengths. Neither leader has made any convincing attempt to mitigate the message of austerity. In this global economy, any responsible politician knows government has got to spend less and/or bring in more.

The Republican Party is still relying on the youth of yesterday, which was captured by Ronald Reagan. These voters have grown older and matured into the backbone of the Republican vote. Barack Obama has managed to capture the youth of today who will become core Democrat voters.

A new photograph from election night last month has been released - the first showing Barack Obama accepting Mitt Romney's concession. The photo, ...

It seems like the election may have had a real affect on the general attitude here in Washington.

Things to do after your bid to become the most powerful man in the world fails; thank your donors, fill up your car with petrol, go to Disneyland and ...

You'd think after the election last week there would be a bit of a lull in proceedings this week, especially in the States. Oh, hell no.

The assumption that white America is somehow both culturally and politically the 'real' or 'traditional' America is absurd. White America as some unchanging monolith does not exist. It never has.

The idea that this is a genuine exercise in localism just simply isn't credible, because the coalition is only interested in devolving power to two sectors: the private and the voluntary. If you want to know what Cameron and Osborne really think of local government, go and count the number of empty offices at council buildings across the land.

So what next for Hillary? In the short term we don't know, but in the long term she will run for President in 2016. This has always remained her ambition despite her 2008 defeat when she faced more than just a candidate. She lost out to an ideology, the hysteria, glitz and glamour. She and Bill know that she has the capability and financial backing to annihilate a Romney or McCain.