Nicky Woolf in America

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Edward Snowden. Photograph: The Guardian via Getty Images

Edward Snowden: The NSA whistleblower unmasks

By Nicky Woolf - 09 June 21:24

The whistleblower who leaked Top Secret documents to the Guardian about NSA domestic spying practices has revealed himself to be 29-year-old Edward Snowden, a former CIA employee.

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The NSA's data tapping: America through the PRISM

By Nicky Woolf - 07 June 15:04

The Guardian's stories of the last two days are the highest-level US leaks since the Pentagon Papers.

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The NSA headquarters at Fort Meade. Photograph: Getty Images

Will Obama be remembered as the Snooper President?

By Nicky Woolf - 06 June 14:19

The President is caught riding rough-shod over privacy for the second time in a month.

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Obama and Christie at their joint press conference on the Jersey Shore

Beware the undertow on the Jersey Shore

By Nicky Woolf - 30 May 9:15

Governor Chris Christie's cosy relationship with Obama could turn and bite him in the Primaries.

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Obama speaks in the Rose Garden as a marine shelters him from the rain. Photogra

Obama's crappy week

By Nicky Woolf - 17 May 9:36

In just a couple of days, Obama's government machine had managed to inflame both their political opponents and the press to apoplexy, writes Nicky Woolf.

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Sunrise over London. Photograph: Getty Images

Not sleeping is awful beyond belief, but I can't imagine life without my insomnia

By Nicky Woolf - 01 May 16:20

Sleeplessness is difficult to cope with, and can result in dizziness, paranoia and hallucinations. But chronic insomnia sufferer Nicky Woolf reckons he'll see the sunrise more times than you will.

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Barack Obama delivering the State of the Union speech. Photograph: Getty Images

State of the Union: Obama seizes his second term by the horns

By Nicky Woolf - 13 February 16:51

Gun control was a clear priority in the President's speech.

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A Samsung phone, a Blackberry phone and an iPhone 4.

Blackberry's famous, desperate last stand

By Nicky Woolf - 30 January 15:13

Blackberry-worshipper Nicky Woolf is begging RIM not to sound the death knell on the device he loves so much.

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President Obama steps out onto the platform for his second inauguration

The inauguration speech: Obama’s “come and have a go” moment

By Nicky Woolf - 22 January 10:00

Since December's school shooting in Connecticut, the President's voice has a new edge to it - a hardness, a determination, an aggression and a volume.

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A man watches Lance Armstrong's interview. Photograph: Getty Images.

The response to Lance Armstrong's admissions is ghoulish

By Nicky Woolf - 20 January 0:22

If Americans are so invested in their sporting heroes that they are distraught when they turn out to be merely human then that's the nation's sickness, not just Armstrong's.

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Biden and Obama during the press conference at the White House

Obama and Biden unveil bold and significant gun control reform proposals

By Nicky Woolf - 17 January 10:01

If they can get it through Congress, this would be a ban with teeth.

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Barack Obama returns to Washington. Photo: Getty

In the wrangle over America's Fiscal Cliff, Barack Obama holds all the cards

By Nicky Woolf - 31 December 11:04

There is no incentive for the Democrats to be conciliatory on the budget negotiations; nor, after the last few years of partisan bad feeling, will there be much inclination among them to do so.

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A candle light vigil outside the White House. Photograph: Getty Images.

Obama must now make gun control his legacy

By Nicky Woolf - 15 December 10:22

Before the public outrage over the Connecticut shooting dissipates, the president must take a stand.

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Elise Andrew's most recent "this week in science" feature.

Elise Andrew: "There is a lot of pseudo-science and nonsense out there on the internet"

By Nicky Woolf - 12 December 13:19

The founder of the hugely popular "I Fucking Love Science" Facebook group talks to Nicky Woolf.

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The American people were mis-sold the General Petraeus scandal

By Nicky Woolf - 22 November 16:17

It wasn't about security. It was about sex.

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Barack Obama makes campaign calls from an office in Ohio

Ohio: In the eye of the electoral storm

By Nicky Woolf - 07 November 17:22

After the best part of a year at the frantic centre of a national campaign, Ohio is tired to the bone.

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The US election results - liveblog

By Nicky Woolf - 06 November 15:04

Nicky Woolf liveblogs the result of the 2012 presidential election.

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In pictures: Hicksville, Ohio on the eve of the election

By Nicky Woolf - 06 November 11:37

The sleepy town at the heart of the battleground state goes to the polls today.

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A Democrat volunteer encourages people to turn out in Ohio

Meet the first-time voters of Hicksville, Ohio

By Nicky Woolf - 05 November 9:42

"Even though some of them have been indoctrinated at home, they are open-minded."

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On the campaign trail: Romney gets his facts wrong

By Nicky Woolf - 26 October 16:10

Turns out Jeep isn't moving to China.

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Romney and Obama: what their choice of words reveal

By Nicky Woolf - 23 October 18:16

Debates favour style over substance.

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Liveblog: The third and final presidential debate

By Nicky Woolf - 22 October 18:34

Nicky Woolf liveblogs tonights debate.

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US presidential debate liveblog

By Nicky Woolf - 16 October 16:24

Verdict: a win for Obama has Romney imploded over Libya.

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Crews put finishing touches on the stage for the vice-presidential debate

US vice-presidential debate liveblog

By Nicky Woolf - 11 October 17:10

Our US blogger Nicky Woolf is live-blogging the vice-presidential debate between Joe Biden and Paul Ryan.

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Jon Stewart and Bill O'Reilly at their presidential debate. Photo: Getty

The OTHER presidential debate: Jon Stewart vs Bill O'Reilly

By Nicky Woolf - 07 October 9:28

The "Rumble In The Air-Conditioned Auditorium" shows how staid the real thing is, says Nicky Woolf. Also, that Jon Stewart should be helping Obama with debate-prep.

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