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See http://www.ft.com/servicestools/help/terms#legal1 for the terms and conditions of reuse.client.support@ft.com (Client Support)Mon, 9 Nov 2009 21:05:22 +0000Mon, 9 Nov 2009 21:15:57 +0000Newspapers60http://news.ft.com/cms/d1f3ce1a-6bbe-11da-bb53-0000779e2340.gifhttp://www.ft.com/world/us/politics(PICS-1.1 "http://www.classify.org/safesurf/" L gen true for "http://www.ft.com/" r (SS~~000 1))http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/857cb716-cd6e-11de-8162-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fus%2Fpoliticshttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/857cb716-cd6e-11de-8162-00144feabdc0.htmlThe US Senate majority leader tops the party's list of 'vulnerable' Democratic targets, writes Anna Fifield Mon, 9 Nov 2009 21:05:22 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/5b24d05a-cd61-11de-8162-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fus%2Fpoliticshttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/5b24d05a-cd61-11de-8162-00144feabdc0.htmlBarack Obama faces accusations of lacking leadership at the start of a key Asian tour of Japan, China, South Korea and SingaporeMon, 9 Nov 2009 20:06:52 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/c93ec674-cd5f-11de-8162-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fus%2Fpoliticshttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c93ec674-cd5f-11de-8162-00144feabdc0.htmlReformers need to build US public support by acknowledging and responding to voters' concerns, which they have patently failed to do. Until that changes, the project is in jeopardyMon, 9 Nov 2009 19:45:15 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/a44d6edc-cbb2-11de-924d-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fus%2Fpoliticshttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a44d6edc-cbb2-11de-924d-00144feabdc0.htmlBacking the biggest health policy changes in four decades and handing President Barack Obama a crucial victory, the House of Representatives approved a sweeping reform bill on a 220-215 voteSun, 8 Nov 2009 05:26:22 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/a73d73b0-cc9a-11de-8e30-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fus%2Fpoliticshttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a73d73b0-cc9a-11de-8e30-00144feabdc0.htmlLast week's elections went badly for the Democrats. Victory in New York was the exception – unless Democrats expect their opponents to field two warring candidates in every seat. The Republican party is leaderless and incompetent, but not insane – and not, by the way, as divided as the Democrats. For the Republicans the New York loss was salutary, and the lesson inescapable: unite or lose, writes Clive Crook Sun, 8 Nov 2009 19:21:32 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/d602da7c-cb1f-11de-97e0-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fus%2Fpoliticshttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d602da7c-cb1f-11de-97e0-00144feabdc0.htmlDemocrats must wrap themselves in the mantle of Obama's programme. But what is that, asks Christopher Caldwell Fri, 6 Nov 2009 22:15:43 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/cb3f2e32-cb16-11de-97e0-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fus%2Fpoliticshttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/cb3f2e32-cb16-11de-97e0-00144feabdc0.html Barack Obama cautioned a stunned public against drawing quick conclusions on a shooting rampage by an officer at a Texas military base that killed 13 peopleFri, 6 Nov 2009 21:34:46 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/8e2ed5c2-cb0e-11de-97e0-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fus%2Fpoliticshttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8e2ed5c2-cb0e-11de-97e0-00144feabdc0.html With Michael Bloomberg's final campaigning bill likely to pass $90m, the result raises the question of whether he would have won without outspending his rival Bill Thompson by a factor of 14-1. Fri, 6 Nov 2009 20:49:44 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/a3e89148-cb11-11de-97e0-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fus%2Fpoliticshttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a3e89148-cb11-11de-97e0-00144feabdc0.htmlMeg Whitman and Carly Fiorina may or may not have the right qualities to lead in politics as well as in business but they have at least given the voters a chance to decide for themselvesFri, 6 Nov 2009 20:23:16 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/9cc07104-cb0e-11de-97e0-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fus%2Fpoliticshttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/9cc07104-cb0e-11de-97e0-00144feabdc0.htmlRising US joblessness poses increasingly urgent political and policy challenges for US President Barack ObamaFri, 6 Nov 2009 20:06:29 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/6b6956e6-cb01-11de-97e0-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fus%2Fpoliticshttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6b6956e6-cb01-11de-97e0-00144feabdc0.htmlBeijing issues stinging rebuke after Washington slapped anti-dumping duties on $2.6bn of Chinese steel pipe imports.Fri, 6 Nov 2009 18:39:02 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/90ca44f2-ca68-11de-a3a3-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fus%2Fpoliticshttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/90ca44f2-ca68-11de-a3a3-00144feabdc0.htmlThe US hit China with another big trade action as it slapped ­preliminary anti-dumping duties on $2.6bn worth of Chinese pipe importsFri, 6 Nov 2009 00:17:05 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/36569222-ca46-11de-a3a3-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fus%2Fpoliticshttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/36569222-ca46-11de-a3a3-00144feabdc0.html President Barack Obama's efforts to overhaul the US's healthcare system received a major fillip on Thursday when two influential organisations endorsed a reform bill that will be put to the vote in the House of Representatives on Saturday Thu, 5 Nov 2009 20:29:26 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/1ef695e2-ca27-11de-a3a3-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fus%2Fpoliticshttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/1ef695e2-ca27-11de-a3a3-00144feabdc0.htmlEstimate implies significant increase in CFTC and SEC budgetThu, 5 Nov 2009 20:07:08 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/e6c4a18a-ca41-11de-a3a3-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fus%2Fpoliticshttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e6c4a18a-ca41-11de-a3a3-00144feabdc0.htmlFor Obama's critics on the right, diplomacy and engagement have become synonyms for vacillation and weakness. He should stand firm: many of the problems he faces, foreign policy in particular, will not be harmed by leaving some time to consider them, writes Philip Stephens Thu, 5 Nov 2009 20:04:52 +0000