Nick O Malley on Barack Obama
'Shirtsleeves summit' warms relations
Nick O'Malley At the start of their two-day meeting in California on Saturday, US President Barack Obama welcomed the ''continuing peaceful rise of China as a world power'' and Xi Jinping declared the ''Pacific...
WikiLeaks: Whistleblower or traitor?
Nick O'Malley, Washington Hailed as a courageous whistleblower and reviled as a common traitor, Bradley Manning, the young US soldier who provided WikiLeaks with more than 250,000 pages of secret US documents, finally faces a...
Hope high on low-key talks
Nick O'Malley The so-called ''shirt-sleeves'' summit to begin between US President Barack Obama and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping at a glamorous estate in California on Friday will be the first of its kind in...
Democrats mourn the end of Bachmann blunders
Nick O'Malley Michele Bachmann, the congresswoman from Minnesota and self-appointed Tea Party figurehead, has announced she will not contest the 2014 mid-term elections.
Summit to avoid 'inevitable' US-China tensions
Nick O'Malley The so-called "shirt-sleeves" summit to begin between President Barack Obama and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping at a glamorous estate in California on Friday will be the first of its kind in half...
World watches as Bradley Manning finally faces trial
Nick O'Malley Washington: Hailed as a courageous whistleblower and reviled as a common traitor Bradley Manning, the young US soldier who provided Wikileaks with over 250,000 pages of secret US documents, finally...
Spy triumph became a free speech disaster
Nick O'Malley The AP phone records story came at the worst possible time for President Barack Obama.
Obama goes on the offensive
Nick O'Malley Battered by three rolling controversies, the White House has begun fighting back, with the President sacking the acting tax commissioner and releasing more than 100 pages of emails related to the...
Tornado death toll revised lower
Nick O'Malley The death toll from the savage tornado that hit Moore on the southern fringe of Oklahoma City has been revised down to 24 people, including nine children.
Capitol succumbs to scandal fever
Nick O'Malley Scandal fever has so thoroughly gripped Washington some players were having difficulty distinguishing one from another on Tuesday.
Gay marriage push gains momentum
Nick O'Malley James Tolver, a serious-looking 21-year-old in a neat blue suit, sat patiently on the footpath outside the US Supreme Court as the justices inside began hearing arguments over gay marriage.
Death turns spotlight on America's murder capital
Nick O'Malley JANUARY was a big month for Hadiya Pendleton. The 15-year-old drum majorette travelled to Washington to march in Barack Obama's inauguration parade, before returning home to Chicago for her finals.
Analysis
Obama looks to legacy with key speech
Nick O'Malley BACK in the early months of his presidency, when it appeared America's financial system was about to seize and destroy the nation's economy, Barack Obama was told by advisers to shelve his ambitions.
Not good enough yet: Obama to set higher bar for second term
Nick O'Malley BACK in the early months of his presidency, when it appeared America's financial system was about to seize and destroy the nation's economy, Barack Obama was told by advisers to shelve his ambitions.
State of the Union? Divided by the gun
Nick O'Malley One way to get an idea of just how divided these United States are at present is to have a quick glance at the guest list for the State of the Union speech.
Liberal Obama reappears to tax the rich
Nick O'Malley Liberal President who emerged from the election and reintroduced himself at last month's inauguration reappeared at the State of the Union address, outlining a second-term agenda that would tax the...
Obama rides into battle for middle class and low paid
Nick O'Malley WASHINGTON: The liberal President who emerged from the election and reintroduced himself at last month's inauguration reappeared at the State of the Union address, outlining a second-term agenda that...
Activists unite on US gun controls
Nick O'Malley A month after the killings in Newtown, Connecticut, the White House and a loose coalition of activists are hoping to harness the public disgust to force Congress to pass its first significant gun...
Obama's push on guns creates a ripple effect
Nick O'Malley WASHINGTON: A month after the killings in Sandy Hook, the White House and a loose coalition of activists are hoping to harness the public disgust to force Congress to pass its first significant gun...
'It is how we will be judged': Obama announces widest gun control measures in 18 years
Nick O'Malley WASHINGTON: The US President, Barack Obama, has announced sweeping gun control measures, calling on Congress to act fast to reintroduce a ban on assault rifles and to introduce a ban on high capacity...
