Politics & Elections

The U.S. government has begun a partial shutdown for the first time in 17 years after Congress failed to break a partisan deadlock by a midnight deadline.

To help navigate the new system implemented by Obamacare, Democracy Now speaks to Elisabeth Benjamin, Vice President of Health Initiatives of Community Service Society of New York.

The Republican controlled House of Representatives have voted on the Farm Bill; part of which includes a $39 billion cut in the food stamp program.

Scahill says the Bush administration's decision to back Ethiopia's overthrow of Somalia's Islamic Courts Union in 2006 helped fuel al-Shabab's growth into the dominant militant group that it is …

After failing to garner support on a military strike on Syria, President Obama hinted at reconciliation with Iran at the UN General Assembly.

A new controversy aggravating already strained relations between Washington and Caracas threatens to destabilise relations with other South American countries.

The NAACP and two other groups are filing suit to halt the state's voter ID law after a Supreme Court ruling in June.

By appealing todayu2019s reversal of the conviction of former U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, Texas is taking the step necessary to ensure that justice is done.

The u201cback to the basicsu201d movement is here, again. Doesnu2019t this remind you of the 1980s?

Manifest destiny. Run them off their land. Drive them from their homes.