Susan Sarandon claims the US government has tapped her phone.

The US government is going to sue about 12 big banks for misrepresenting the quality of mortgage securities, according to a report in the New York Times.

The US government is to sue BP for costs and damages in a bid to recoup billions of dollars after the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.

A review of US government records found no information about BP attempting to influence the release of the Lockerbie bomber, a committee hearing in America was told.

The US government is ready to take over the handling of oil spill damage claims from BP if the British company doesn’t set up an “independent entity” to do it, a presidential spokesman said today.

The American government has handed BP a €56m bill to cover the initial cost of the oil spill.

The US government formally announced today that it was taking control of mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in an effort to avert the potential for major financial turmoil.

A US government agency blocked the release of a report that suggests global warming is contributing to the frequency and strength of hurricanes, the journal Nature reported.

The US government defended warrantless domestic surveillance in court for the first time today, saying the programme is well within the president’s authority but arguing that it would require revealing state secrets to prove that point.

Austrian Foreign Minister Ursula Plassnik today urged the United States to close a prison for terror suspects at Guantanamo Bay as soon as possible, warning against a legal vacuum created by the detention of inmates there.

The US administration told Congress yesterday it had begun to use a government pension fund to keep from hitting the $8 trillion (€6.7 trillion).

The US government has approved a new therapy for the severely depressed who have run out of treatment options – a pacemaker-like implant that sends tiny electric shocks to the brain.

The US government has warned that the anti-impotence drug Viagra could make people taking it go blind.

The US government has asked pharmaceutical giant Pfizer to withdraw the painkiller Bextra from the market because it increases the risk of heart attack and stroke.

A consumer group is suing the US government, claiming that salt is killing thousands of people because levels in food are not properly controlled.

The US government has received information that the Gulf state of Bahrain may be the target for terror attacks between Christmas Eve and January 2.

When it comes to swearing, the US government says, it is all in the delivery.

A US federal judge today barred the US government from seeking the death penalty for terrorism suspect Zacarias Moussaoui, inflicting a major defeat on the government for refusing to let the defendant question three al-Qaida prisoners.

It's been confirmed the US Government will support the proposed international body set up to ensure all parties keep their obligations under the Good Friday Agreement.

A significant development in the US government's criminal case against former WorldCom Inc chief financial officer Scott Sullivan is likely to be announced in the next few hours, according to sources close to the case.

US government bond prices continued lower in afternoon trade after the Philadelphia Fed business activity index rose sharply, breaking into positive territory for the first time in more than a year, dealers said.

A professional mediator has been appointed in a bid to settle a dispute between Microsoft and the US Government.

A retired Los Alamos scientist who spent the past decade gathering first-hand information on China’s nuclear weapons programmes is fighting US efforts to block publication of his book.