America

Independent US Senator Bernie Sanders talks tough on Wall Street but will still endorse US business world’s favorite candidate, Hillary Clinton, says American writer and political analyst Mickey Z. The author of Occupy This Book and Occupy These Photos made the remarks in an interview with Press TV on Thursday, after Sanders – a self-proclaimed ...

The United States is preparing to impose fresh sanctions on Iran over the country’s missile program. The State Department said on Tuesday that it was conferring with other US agencies about imposing sanctions on Tehran for a recent ballistic missile test. “We are fully prepared to use sanctions with respect ...

The United States Justice Department has filed a class action lawsuit against German auto manufacturing giant Volkswagen AG. According to the civil lawsuit, filed in federal court in Detroit on Monday, Volkswagen violated the US Clean Air Act by installing prohibited devices to impair emission control systems in about 600,000 ...

Human rights activist William Spring in London to discuss Saudi Arabia’s latest operations in Yemen as well as the recent execution of Shia cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr. What follows is a rough transcription of the interview: Press TV: So we have Saudi Arabia dominating news headlines around the world for ...

Senior US lawmakers, including supporters of the nuclear agreement with Iran, have chastised the Obama administration for delaying new sanctions against Tehran over its ballistic missile program, according to a report. The abrupt reversal by the White House came after Iranian President Hassan Rouhani ordered the accelerated production of missiles ...

The US State Department has released another batch of 5,500 pages of Hillary Clinton’s personal emails from her time as secretary of state, raising the total pages released so far to over 40,000. The State Department has been releasing Clinton’s emails monthly since June to comply with a judge’s order ...

Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson has chastised US President Barack Obama for treating Israel as “his real enemy,” following reports that the National Security Agency continued to keep senior Israeli officials under close watch. “It is truly disgraceful that the Obama administration has spied on Prime Minister [Benjamin] Netanyahu, his ...

A not guilty plea by a white Chicago police officer charged with murder in the 2014 fatal shooting of a black teenager illustrates the “arrogance” and “combative” nature of US police, an African-American journalist in Detroit says. “These deaths by the hands of police are gaining a horrendous reputation for ...

US Senate Republicans’ attempt to prevent President Barack Obama from lifting the Iran sanctions is politically motivated and spearheaded by the Israeli lobby in the United States, says a political analyst in Texas. New legislation, introduced by Senator Kelly Ayotte (R-NH), is aiming to force Obama to provide a wide-ranging ...

Americans have taken to the streets to protest against a decision by a grand jury in Ohio not to indict a white officer for killing an African American boy last year. In Cleveland, protesters gathered outside the Cudell Recreation Center on the city’s west side Monday after officer Timothy Loehmann ...