In the US there is a sense of submission to a political system that is held hostage by private interests and corporate lobbying, writes Gavin Silber.

Republican presidential hopeful Michele Bachmann’s campaign manager, Ed Rollins, and his deputy are leaving their roles.

The US is about to bump against its borrowing limit. If the limit isn’t raised the US will default on its debt or drastically reduce state spending.

US congressional negotiators are racing to agree on billions of dollars in spending cuts before the federal government is forced to shut down.

Republicans will fight the president’s reforms now they have a stronger hold on Congress.

<i>M&G</i> reporter <b>Niren Tolsi</b> visits the land of Barack Obama.

This incoherent group has no leaders, no policies, no headquarters. It is held together by Fox TV and big money.

BP and several other major ­European companies are funding the mid-term election campaigns of right-wing Tea Party favourites.

By funding right-wing organisations, the mega-rich Koch brothers have duped millions into supporting big business at their expense.

Tea Party activists approach the Constitution the same fundamentalist way they approach the Bible: literally.