Times Online Could it be said that Obama is snubbing him? Clearly Barack Obama or his advisers can read opinion polls and it appears that they have made their minds up about Gordon Brown. For not too long after the British party arrived in Washington news came through that there will be no joint press conference between

Gordon Brown will travel to Washington to urge Barack Obama to sign up to a "new deal" designed to rein in the reckless behaviour of banks and financial markets across the globe.

Gordon Brown: "I know Barack Obama and we share many values...We both have determination to show that government can act to help people fairly through these difficult times facing the global economy." Political translation - I know Barack Obama. Mr Cameron, and you are no Barack Obama. - Obama's a progressive like me who believes in the role of the government, internationalism and helping the...

It's not exactly a revolutionary act but President Barack Obama has certainly put a few noses out of joint by deciding to shun - gasp - the Gridiron Club at this year's annual dinner. For those not in the know, the white tie Gridiron dinner the most exclusive ticket in town as Washington's elite journalists gather to entertain, schmooze and gently rib their sources. Obama has a...

John McCain warned Americans against the increasingly likely prospect of a Democratic takeover of Washington's two main branches of government but insisted that opinion polls indicating a strong victory for Barack Obama were misleading

Just in from Avaaz: The Global Message to Obama Wall in Washington DC is becoming a powerful symbol of unity and reconciliation between the US and the World. Follow the link to sign it online: Take action now! In just 24 hours, over 150,000 people from 189 countries have signed and sent a message for Barack Obama to our huge global wall in the centre of Washington DC, and it has been covered on CN...

Thousands of Americans have travelled to Washington DC this week to attend the inauguration of Barack Obama as the new US president

Barack Obama's latest attack ad is called 1982, after the year John McCain arrived in Washington.  It pokes fun. He can't work a computer! He looks old! And says he doesn't understand the economy. That last point should be a central one, and yet the Obama campaign can't quite seem to frame the case properly against the spendaholic big government conservatism of the Republi...

Hilarious scenes in Washington, where Barack Obama is giving Gordon Brown what, where I come from, they call a nifty body-swerve: Gordon Brown has landed in Washington to discover that there is to be no joint press conference with Barack Obama, no lunch, none of the treatment that Bush, Clinton and Bush routinely gave visiting British Prime Ministers. Just a 30-minute chat and a couple of question...

Barack Obama's latest attack ad is called 1982, after the year John McCain arrived in Washington.  It pokes fun. He can't work a computer! He looks old! And says he doesn't understand the economy. That last point should be a central one, and yet the Obama campaign can't quite seem to frame the case properly against the spendaholic big government conservatism of the Republi...