Nick O'Malley
Nick O'Malley is the United States correspondent for The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age.
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...
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.
Lost in plain sight
Nick O'Malley Louwana Miller never stopped fighting for her daughter, Amanda Berry, who disappeared in Cleveland in April 2003, the day before her 17th birthday.
Cleaving to hope
Nick O'Malley Louwana Miller never stopped fighting for her daughter who disappeared in April 2003.
Parents pull the trigger on failing schools
Nick O'Malley, US Correspondent Doreen Diaz says the worst thing about the Desert Trails Elementary School in Adelanto, California, a desert city 150-kilometres or so from Los Angeles, was not that it failed to teach her children,...
The numbers men of LA
Nick O'Malley The morning watch at the Los Angeles Police Department's Foothill division begins at 6am, when the shift's officers gather for roll-call and a briefing.
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.
Teens incriminated by social media found guilty of rape
Nick O'Malley It was a case that attracted global attention: two young football stars from small-town Ohio accused of rape; a young woman who said she could not remember the assault because she was intoxicated and...
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''.
Covert media campaign targets leader
Nick O'Malley A covert campaign to place articles unfavourable to Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim in the US media has been revealed by the expanding online publication Buzzfeed, normally better known for...
Parents sue schools over yoga program
Nick O'Malley School officials in California are fighting a lawsuit brought by a conservative organisation on behalf of a group of Christian parents to prevent the district from teaching primary school children...
Legalised pot takes on state of the union
Nick O'Malley I was part-way through an interview with a defence lawyer and an AIDS activist when a warm sensation stole over me.
Waiting to inhale
Nick O'Malley After the legalisation of marijuana in two states, Americans are waiting to see if this is the beginning of the end for prohibition.
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...
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.
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.
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.
