Nina Maria Potts
US puts Trans Pacific Partnership trade deal back on track
Lawmakers in the United States have voted to give President Barack Obama the negotiating power to resurrect the 12-nation Trans Pacific Partnership trade deal. Audio
American surveillance leaker fired
Edward Snowden the employee who leaked details of secret United States government surveillance programmes has been sacked by his employer consultancy firm Booz Allen Hamilton. Audio
Former CIA employee reveals himself as PRISM leaker
The United States Justice Department has begun an investigation into how exactly a former CIA computer technician was able to leak extensive details about the United States' mass surveillance of phone… Audio
Source of leak of top secret US documents revealed
A former CIA technical worker who is currently holed up in a hotel in Hong Kong has been identified as the source of leaks about a secret US government surveillance programme. Audio
US Attorney General says AP leak put America at risk
To the United States, where the Attorney General Eric Holder has defended the seizure of journalists' phone records at Associated Press, saying leaks about a failed terror attack put America at risk. Audio
Ohio man formally charged with kidnap and rape
More now on the man accused of holding three young women capitve in a squalid house in Cleveland, Ohio for a decade - today he's been formally charged with kidnap and rape. Audio
US and S Korea vow to keep up their guard
The United States and South Korea have vowed to keep up their guard and not reward North Korea's recent bad behaviour or threats of war. Audio
Laws leave locals vulnerable in boston bombing
The head of America's NRA says heavy-handed firearm laws and a disapproving attitude towards gun ownership left locals vulnerable during the hunt for those behind the Boston Marathon bombings. Audio
FBI faces questions over Boston bomb suspect
The FBI will this morning be questioned by the Senate Intelligence Committee about why it did not have Boston bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev under surveillance. Audio
Top US commander cleared in socialite scandal
America's top commander in Afghanistan has been cleared by a Pentagon inquiry into allegations of professional misconduct over email exchanges with a Florida socialite. Audio
Armstrong admits to being a drug cheat
Nina Maria Potts watched him being interviewed by Oprah and reports for Checkpoint. Audio
Barack Obama announces gun control proposal
President Obama wants a radical shake-up of the gun laws in the US, Nina-Maria Potts reports from Washington. Audio
Obama rejects negotiations on raising borrowing limit
President Obama has rejected any more negotiations with Republicans over raising the country's borrowing limit. Audio
Florida results the last to come in
One state has yet to declare a victor. That is Florida after counting 97 percent of the vote, election workers called it a night. Audio
It's too close to call in Florida
Our reporter Nina Maria Potts is the swing state of Florida. Audio
Long lines for Florida voters
Our correspondent, Nina Maria Potts, has been monitoring the election from the swing state of Florida, and joins us from the Republican party headquarters in Tampa. Audio
High spend on 2012 US Elections
The 2012 US Elections are on track to be the highest spending political race in the history of mankind. Audio
US pundits look at prospect of election tie
It's just over a week until the US presidential election and with an increasingly tight race between incumbent president, Barack Obama, and Republican challenger, Mitt Romney, pundits are looking at… Audio
Two Americans win Nobel Prize for economics
Two American academics have won this year's Nobel Prize for economics, for their work on how to best use financial resources in institutions like schools and hospitals. Audio
U.S. Ambassador's death becomes major election issue
The Obama administration's handling of the fatal attack on a US consulate in Libya last month, has become a major election point, just weeks before Americans go to the polls. Audio