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The US year in review with Karen Kasler
Our US correspondent Karen Kasler, who is the Ohio Statehouse Bureau chief, joins the show for the last time this year, talking about the state of America and the big stories that are in play there at… Audio
US correspondent on Donald Trump's impeachment acquittal
The Senate has acquitted Donald Trump in his historic second impeachment trial, voting that the former president is not guilty of inciting the deadly Capitol riot. United States correspondent Karen… Audio
US correspondent: Trump's NZ Covid-19 comparison 'unbelievable'
Joe Biden has accepted his big challenge to defeat Donald Trump in this year's presidential election and bring the United States out of the darkness and towards the light. US correspondent Karen… Audio
Filthy Rich author Tim Malloy: 'Epstein's currency was girls'
Tim Malloy is an Emmy Award-winning veteran of local and network television and co-author of Filthy Rich - the book about convicted child predator Jeffrey Epstein that inspired the current Netflix… Audio
Donald Trump's 'bonkers' week in US politics
It's been yet another big week in US politics, with Donald Trump capping things off with a rambling, vitriolic speech in the wake of his impeachment acquittal. US correspondent Karen Kasler has been… Audio
US military deployments could be the tip of the iceberg
Karen Kasler is with us to look at the deployment of US troops to the Middle East - and what it could lead to - and the notion that Donald Trump is pressuring the Ukraine to investigate Joe Biden's… Audio
Democrat defeats Moore in Alabama race, blow to Trump
Democrat Doug Jones has won a special election to take the Senate seat of Alabama from the Republicans for the first time in 25 years. US correspondent Kevin McAleese has the details. Video, Audio
Senator Al Franken steps down over past harassment claims
The US Democratic Senator Al Franken has announced he will step down over allegations of sexual misconduct. More than 30 Democrat colleagues in the Senate had called for the resignation of Mr Franken… Audio
Former U.S. presidential candidate on a new kind of leadership
Kathryn Ryan talks to the former Mayor of Baltimore, Governor of Maryland and 2016 US Presidential candidate Martin O'Malley. He is in New Zealand to talk to civic leaders and Government about… Audio
Did Trump out-Trump himself in the last debate?
Did Donald Trump hijack his own performance at the third and final US presidential showdown against Hilary Clinton? Despite a more self assured and polished performance over all by the Republican… Audio
Decoding the Conventions
Analysis - This US election is unlike any other, and the Democratic and Republican conventions have also been unusual, as Phil Smith explains.
The rage driving the race for the next American President
RNZ's Political Editor, Jane Patterson, travels to the US and finds widespread anger at Washington politicians and big money impacting on the presidential primary race. Audio