From COMPANIES 8:28pm

US raise flag over SoftBank’s Sprint bid

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Security concerns cited by senators

May 24, 2013

Apple hearing unlikely to solve tax bind

Decades of bouts over corporate levies fail to yield best policy

Barack Obama ©Getty May 24, 2013

Republicans resist end to ‘war on terror’

Party divided on move to close Guantánamo prison facility

A boat cruises past the scene of a bridge collapse on Interstate 5 on May 23, 2013 near Mt. Vernon, Washington. 1-5 connects Seattle, Washington to Vancouver, B.C., Canada. No deaths have been reported, and three people were taken to hospitals with injuries. ©Getty May 24, 2013

US bridge fall highlights funding gap

Dramatic illustration of weaknesses in transport network

A man comforts his neighbour outside the remains of her home. ©AP Jurek Martin from COMMENT May 24, 2013

United we stand, together we brawl

Disasters used to bring the US together, now they expose the country’s political faultlines

May 23, 2013

Obama rewrites rules for drone strikes

Pentagon to take lead on limited programme

May 23, 2013

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 May 23, 2013

Obama struggles to lift cloud over detainees

Guantánamo Bay continues to cast shadow over US policy

From GLOBAL ECONOMY May 23, 2013

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 May 23, 2013

Obama and the one-sided drone war

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

From ASIA-PACIFIC May 23, 2013

Chinese solar industry seeks tariff deals

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

Global Insight May 23, 2013

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

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