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US President Barack Obama (AAP)

Obama's budget plans limit bargaining power

With many Democrats balking at what he's already offering, it's not politically feasible for Barack Obama to offer the GOP anything more.

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A view of a North Korean village at the Military Demarcation Line in the Demilitarized Zone (AAP)

US condemns North Korea tests

Congress is weighing in on international condemnation of North Korea's nuclear test.

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John Boehner (AAP)

John Boehner pulls back

After two stressful years as Washington's most powerful Republican the battle-scarred House speaker has adopted a you-first approach.

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President Barack Obama addresses a Joint Session of Congress while delivering his State of the Union speech (AAP)

Obama: Do it my way

President Barack Obama has set up high-stakes political clashes with Republicans.

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Hillary Clinton (AAP)

More popular than Obama

Out of a job but still popular, Hillary Rodham Clinton tops President Barack Obama in a new poll.

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US President Barack Obama (AAP)

Obama's second inauguration smaller

President Barack Obama's second inauguration is shaping up as a high-energy celebration smaller than his first.

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Former US President George H.W. Bush (AAP)

George HW Bush in intensive care

A "stubborn" fever that kept former President George H.W. Bush in a hospital over Christmas has gotten worse.

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Fiscal cliff has Boehner on the ropes

John Boehner is a bloodied House speaker following the startling setback that his own fractious Republican troops dealt him.

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US President Barack Obama and John Kerry (AAP)

Kerry nominated as Clinton successor

President Barack Obama on Friday nominated Sen. John Kerry as his next secretary of state.

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Harpreet Sing Saini has told Barack Obama's administration he wishes to give his late mother "the dignity of being a statistic." (AAP)

FBI asked to keep data on Sikh hate crimes

The son of a massacre victim at a Sikh temple in Wisconsin asked the Obama administration to begin collect statistics on hate crimes.

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Kal Penn speaks at the Democratic National Convention (AAP)

Penn pokes fun at Eastwood at DNC

Actor Kal Penn poked fun at Clint Eastwood's pretend interview with US President Barack Obama at the Republican National Convention last week by joking about the "invisible man in the chair" while addressing supporters of the Democratic Party on Tuesday.

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US President Barack Obama finishes using a computer to tweet (AAP)

Social media not the be all and end all in politics game video

Digital communication are a vital tool, from how we work and play to the way we learn and share information.

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Ann Romney (AAP)

Modern Family co-creator mocks Mitt Romney's wife

One of the creators of hit TV sitcom Modern Family has mocked the wife of US presidential hopeful Mitt Romney by inviting the Republican to appear on the gay-friendly show.

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Mitt Romney

Romney and Santorum still in race video

There is still no front runner in the US Republican candidate race despite two more primaries being decided today.

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Mimi Alford recounts her affair in new book Once Upon a Secret: My Affair with President John F. Kennedy and its Aftermath

Former JFK intern speaks about her affair

Mimi Alford was terrified in 1998 when the Monica Lewinsky scandal turned the word "intern" into a dirty joke, exposing an affair with a president.

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Scott Walker

Mitt Romney has the power in US Republican elections video

Mitt Romney is in a commanding position in the race for the Republican presidential candidacy, after a decisive win over rival Newt Gingrich in Florida's primary.

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North Korean leader Kim Jong-un inspects the North Korean Air Force unit 1017 (AAP)

US says it is open to North Korea diplomacy

A senior US diplomat says Washington is open to settling the North Korean nuclear standoff through diplomacy, but only if Pyongyang improves ties with archrival South Korea.

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Barack Obama and family (AAP)

Obama ends holiday as focus shifts to election

With an eye on the 2012 campaign, President Barack Obama is wrapping up a low-key Hawaiian vacation and planning to quickly get back in front of voters.

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Julian Assange (AAP)

US preparing to try solider, targetting Assange

As the suspected source for the biggest intelligence leak in American history faces his first hearing Friday, US prosecutors have their eye on another prize.

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US soldiers mark the end of the Iraq war (AAP)

US quietly ends Iraq war video

The conflict also left another 32,000 Americans and far more Iraqis wounded, drained more than $800 billion from America's treasury.

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