The President zings it all over the place.

There's enough misinformation coming from the traditional media itself over the bombings, but Reddit and 4Chan think they're helping.

The message from Barack Obama’s victory in the 2012 election was that Latino America holds the balance of power. But in Texas, it seems — despite Bush’s best efforts — that hasn’t yet sunk in to Republican minds.

The junior senator from Kentucky is now getting some much-needed rest.

But what about the vampires, eh?

Gun control was a clear priority in the President's speech.

The former Democratic Congresswoman, who was severely injured after being shot in the head at a political rally in 2011, delivered a moving speech at the start of a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on gun violence.

For the 40th anniversary of Roe v Wade - which legalised abortion in the US - the New Statesman is republishing Naomi Wolf's provocative 1995 essay, which argues that the pro-choice movement is "cultivating a hardness of heart".

Obama gave a well-written, brilliantly delivered, and - for the US - subversive inauguration speech. Why was the reaction of many UK progressive commentators so hysterically cynical?

Read and listen to the US president's second inaugural address.

If they can get it through Congress, this would be a ban with teeth.

Watch the Daily Show segment here.

The US president's statement on the fiscal cliff deal demonstrates how he has rejected the coalition's approach.

There is no incentive for the Democrats to be conciliatory on the budget negotiations; nor, after the last few years of partisan bad feeling, will there be much inclination among them to do so.