6:48pm

House passes debt limit extension

Bill delays threat of default until May

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks during a news conference during her visit to Stormont Castle ©AFP 5:43pm

Clinton warns over north Africa crises

Mali could become ‘safe haven’ for Islamist rebels

2:07pm

Pentagon faces a rebel yell over pensions

FT series: Veterans’ groups oppose warnings of reduced entitlements

12:52am

Pentagon clears Allen in Petraeus scandal

Investigation focused on email exchanges with socialite

11:11pm

Obama to back short debt limit extension

Move shifts budget talks battle into the spring

10:58pm

Top US trade representative to depart

Ron Kirk negotiated major changes in trade policy

From COMMENT 6:57pm

No US peace dividend after Afghanistan

Bad decisions exact a high price, write Joseph Stiglitz and Linda Bilmes

5:42pm

The US defence budget dilemma

Washington faces tough decisions on cuts

From COMPANIES 4:46pm

Defence cuts trigger General Dynamic loss

Results hit as government budgets shrink in US and abroad

China's Ambassador to the UN Li Baodong (L) and France's Ambassador to the UN Gerard Araud vote during a Security Council meeting on non-proliferation/Democratic People's Republic of Korea ©AFP From ASIA-PACIFIC 2:16am

UN expands sanctions on North Korea

China backs moves against companies linked to rocket launch

9:51pm

Environmentalists press Obama for action

President’s inauguration speech delights campaigners

Martin Wolf from COMMENT 8:00pm

America’s fiscal policy is not in crisis

The urgent challenge is to promote economic recovery

From COMMENT Jan 22, 2013

Healthcare is America’s real problem

Improved value would have more fiscal impact than any policy change, says Peter Orszag

From COMMENT Jan 22, 2013

Immigration: The road to recognition

There is growing optimism across the spectrum that a broken system will be fixed

Jan 22, 2013

US healthcare costs seek home remedy

FT series: America’s Debt Dilemma – Richard McGregor on Medicare

From EUROPE Jan 22, 2013

Dutch health system hopes fall short

Market-based changes resembles ‘Obamacare’ reforms

Jan 22, 2013

How US debt has evolved

Interactive graphic showing the change in federal, state and household debt

Jan 21, 2013

Republicans seek to avoid debt backlash

Party introduces bill to extend temporarily the debt limit

From EUROPE Jan 21, 2013

France and US bicker over fuel

Mali mission needs air tankers

From COMMENT Jan 21, 2013

America’s debt dilemma: A looming crisis

In the first of a series, Robin Harding examines the fiscal challenges that will shape the US in the 21st century

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