Obama forces GM CEO Rick Wagoner to resign
Monday, March 30. The Obama administration has forced Rick Wagoner, the chairman and CEO of General Motors, to stand down. The move has been described by pundits as
the most dramatic interference President Barack Obama… [continued]
Tim Geithner outlines plans to discipline Wall Street 
The arguments against slashing interest rates and saving car plants
Obama loses cool with CNN reporter at press conference
Wednesday, March 25. In a primetime press conference at the White House yesterday, Barack Obama told America that he could see signs of economic re-growth and
promised: "We will recover from this recession." The President also used the session - which meant the hugely popular American Idol show had to… [continued]
Cockburn: the AIG bonus row is sullying Barack Obama’s good reputation
Pundits demand action on banks as Obama and Geithner 'dither'
Obama and Geithner to claw back AIG bonuses, but is it too late?
Wednesday, March 18. US Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner today announced that failing US insurer AIG would be forced to pay back bonuses it was due to award staff
courtesy of a taxpayer bailout. The announcement has mollified many pundits who had been highly critical of the Obama… [continued]
How the British taxpayer can claw back Sir Fred Goodwin's pension
Cockburn: America's empty malls speak of growing hardship
Pundits demand action on banks as Obama and Geithner ‘dither’
Tuesday, March 10. They are faced with what many people have called the biggest economic crisis in history. But, according to the pundits, President Barack Obama and
his Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner are not handling it very well at all. The accusations levelled against the pair range from "dithering" to… [continued]
Obama's treasury secretary – Tim Geithner
Treasury secretary Tim Geithner fluffs his big chance
Cockburn: Can Obama really steer America off the rocks?
Brown speech gets ovations from Congress
Wednesday, March 4. Prime Minister Gordon Brown today addressed a joint session of Congress, becoming only the fifth British premier ever to do so. Brown told the
gathered US politicians that they must work with… [continued]
Read the full text of Gordon Brown's speech to Congress
Brown plans to tell US politicians to avoid protectionism
The Mole: insider news and views from Westminister
Brown to DC: Will they remember his name?
Monday, March 2. British Prime Minister Gordon Brown is flying out to America today to visit Barack Obama for the first time since he became
President in January. The Washington appearance is a major coup… [continued]
The Mole: Brown leaves Harman swinging in the wind
Opinion digest: the best UK comment and analysis
Barack Obama…George Bush…What’s the difference?
Obama announces the 2010 budget
Thursday, February 25. US President Barack Obama has unveiled his nation's budget for 2010 designed to haul America out of the current recession. Among the
provisions the new budget makes are a $634bn spend on healthcare reform, the release of $200bn for fighting the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan over… [continued]
Read the budget in full (pdf)
Pundits love upbeat Obama address
Wednesday, February 25. Addressing a joint session of Congress for the first time since he became President last month, Barack Obama yesterday warned that the United
States faced a "day of reckoning". He arrived in… [continued]
Read the full text of Obama’s speech
People: Bobby Jindal fluffs his lines during Republicans' response
Obama launches rescue plan for homeowners - but is it too late?
Thursday, February 19. Having already signed into law an economic stimulus bill worth $787bn, Barack Obama yesterday announced long-awaited plans to bail out as many
as nine million American families affected by the US housing crisis, at a cost of $275bn. If passed by Congress, the new measures will refinance… [continued]
Shaun Donovan: Obama’s secretary of housing and human development
Cockburn: can Obama really steer America towards a calmer economy?
Senate passes stimulus bill - just
Wednesday, February 11. In a close vote yesterday, the US Senate passed Barack Obama's controversial economic stimulus plan. After a week's wrangling, the eventual
$838bn bill gained the support of only three Republican senators enabling it to go through by 61 votes to 37 - just passing the 60 mark… [continued]
Obama hits the road to promote his spending plan
Senate looks reluctant to pass Obama’s economic stimulus
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