9:31pm

Obama rewrites rules for drone strikes

Pentagon to take lead on limited programme

8:02pm

IRS scandal puts focus on Obama activist group

Tax-exempt political groups come under scrutiny

Members and supporters of the activist group CODEPINK dress in orange jumpsuits during a vigil 7:45pm

Obama struggles to lift cloud over detainees

Guantánamo Bay continues to cast shadow over US policy

From GLOBAL ECONOMY 7:37pm

Faultlines emerge on EU-US trade pact

European Parliament backs demands to exclude cultural fare

A U.S. Air Force MQ-1 Predator unmanned aerial vehicle assigned to the California Air National Guard's 163rd Reconnaissance Wing flies near the Southern California Logistics Airport in Victorville, ©Reuters From COMMENT 7:34pm

Obama and the one-sided drone war

The president has shed light on non-battlefield targeted killings, writes Micah Zenko

A worker cleans solar panels on the roof of a building in Taiyuan, Shanxi province December ©Reuters From ASIA-PACIFIC 4:42pm

Chinese solar industry seeks tariff deals

China’s manufacturers face punitive charges from EU and the US

Global Insight 2:46pm

Peace talks work more for US than Syria

Geneva meeting delays harder choices Obama is not keen to make

May 22, 2013

White House admits to strikes on US citizens

First public recognition that drones killed four Americans

Fed Chairman Ben S. Bernanke Testifies On US Economic Outlook ©Bloomberg May 22, 2013

Bernanke says bond buying could slow

FOMC members express willingness to taper purchases

From MARKETS May 22, 2013

Rating agencies under fire again

Accusation of misjudging rebound in US housing market

May 22, 2013

IRS official refuses to answer questions

Obama’s deputy treasury secretary also appears at hearing

Global Insight May 22, 2013

Obama counter-terror policy in spotlight

The US president faces testing time over approach to Islamist threat

May 22, 2013

Apple unlikely to change without tax reform

Most Republican senators at US hearing back company’s defence

May 22, 2013

Weiner declares NY mayoral run on YouTube

Democrat could shake up crowded field

From COMPANIES May 22, 2013

Dish aims to scuttle rival bid for Sprint

Satellite TV group campaigns against rival for US wireless outfit