Sarah Palin

Sarah Palin joins Fox News

Sarah Palin will return to her broadcast roots and take her conservative message to Fox News as a regular commentator.

Sarah Palin visits crisis-hit Haiti

Former vice presidential candidate wraps up a two-day visit in Haiti after touring cholera treatment centres.

Sarah Palin confused on Koreas

Thomas Hunter Sarah Palin's foreign policy skills have again been questioned after the possible future president of the United States referred to North Korea as "America's ally".

Sarah Palin's new reality TV show

Sarah Palin's Alaska portrays the former US vice-presidential candidate as an adventure-loving wife and mother enjoying a whirlwind of activities in her home state.

There will be blood: the US right bites back

Nick O'Malley In American politics making speeches targeted directly at your base, with little or no concern for the niceties of centrism, is known as ''throwing out the red meat''.

Palin reloads over guns, stays soft on soda

Sarah Wheaton Sarah Palin's appearances no longer inspire speculation about her presidential aspirations but her reception at a large gathering of conservatives on Saturday underscored her enduring popularity with...

Bush family exposed by hacker

Jon Swaine A criminal inquiry has begun after personal photographs, paintings, security information and even funeral details involving the former US presidents George and George W.

The 2013 State of the Union Address blog

Fairfax's live coverage of the 2013 State of the Union Speech by US President Barack Obama

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Obama's race to the finish in a divided land

Nick O'Malley, Columbus, Ohio Barack Obama wears the burden of his office etched into his face. The comparison between his wan, worn features today and those of the man sworn into office on that bright day nearly four years ago...

Madonna removes Le Pen swastika

Sean Michaels PARIS: Madonna has toned down her criticism of the far-right French politician Marine Le Pen, modifying a tour video that superimposed a swastika over Ms Le Pen's face.

Heat on Romney in election speech

Peter Foster and Nick O'Malley, Tampa Mitt Romney was set to deliver a make-or-break speech to America early today putting himself forward as the man who can revive the world's largest economy even as a new poll showed him to be the...

Republicans warm to running mate Ryan

Nick O'Malley It was good enough. Paul Ryan did not provoke the same geyser of excitement that Sarah Palin did four years ago, but in the most important speech of his life the new Republican vice-presidential...

The good, bad and ugly

Guy Rundle, Tampa Bay The Republican convention had its share of bizarre moments, but overall it was a boon for Mitt Romney.

Romney names fiscal conservative Ryan as Republican running mate

Nick O'Malley Paul Ryan, the 42-year-old Wisconsin congressman with close tea party ties and a reputation for wanting to slash taxes and shrink government has been named Mitt Romney’s Republican running mate.

It's 1am at Fox News and this is the graveyard shift

Will Oremus IN FOX News' election coverage, there was little pretence of fairness or balance. What there was, from the start, was a glum tone that turned downright funereal by the time Mitt Romney conceded, near...

Polarised America: choose your own truth

Nick O'Malley That footage of Mitt Romney dismissing half the US electorate to a room full of wealthy donors that leaked last Monday may turn out to have been a signal moment of the campaign.

Race the flame that spreads Americans' anger

Nick O'Malley COLUMBUS, Ohio: Barack Obama wears the burden of office etched into his face. The comparison is often made between his wan, worn features today and those of the man sworn into office on that bright...