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US House opens debate on healthcare bill
The US House of Representatives opened debate on a sweeping reform bill that would spark the biggest healthcare changes in four decades, with a potentially close final vote expected later in the day
Call for calm after US military base killings
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 people
Third time looks uneasy for Bloomberg
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.
Editorial: California dreams
Meg 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 themselves
Pressure on Obama mounts after jobless rise
Rising US joblessness poses increasingly urgent political and policy challenges for US President Barack Obama
China brands US ‘protectionist’
Beijing issues stinging rebuke after Washington slapped anti-dumping duties on $2.6bn of Chinese steel pipe imports.
Christopher Caldwell: Doubt in the Age of Obama
Democrats must wrap themselves in the mantle of Obama’s programme. But what is that, asks Christopher Caldwell
US slaps duties on Beijing steel pipe imports
The US hit China with another big trade action as it slapped preliminary anti-dumping duties on $2.6bn worth of Chinese pipe imports
Healthcare reform gets AARP and AMA boost
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
US faces $872m bill to beef up regulators
Estimate implies significant increase in CFTC and SEC budget
