Obama has bounce in his step but race is close, says adviserCheers, chants and confetti as Barack Obama accepts White House nominationSat Sept 08 2012 - 01:00
Battle scars and stripesDuring the US political party conventions, much rhetoric has focused on the presidential candidates’ contrasting attitudes to…Sat Sept 08 2012 - 01:00
Obama accepts nominationPresident Barack Obama revisited the themes of hope and change which animated his previous campaign in his acceptance speech …Fri Sept 07 2012 - 01:00
Comeback Kid returns with lesson in inspiring the faithfulIn nominating Barack Obama for president, Bill Clinton demolished the RepublicansFri Sept 07 2012 - 01:00
Obama looks to a former president to help him reach outEven Michelle Obama had to address the disappointment of some in her husband’s tenureThu Sept 06 2012 - 01:00
Leading Democrats urge party to go on offensiveA GROUP of 20 influential Democrats wrote to the party’s leadership on the first day of their convention yesterday pleading for…Wed Sept 05 2012 - 01:00
African-Americans and Irish join forces to get Obama voters to pollsFORMER PRESIDENT Bill Clinton is scheduled to attend a party hosted by Irish-American Democrats for 400 people following his …Wed Sept 05 2012 - 01:00
Stage set for Obama to vaunt his achievementsThe timing of their convention gives the Democrats an advantageTue Sept 04 2012 - 01:00
No policy but lots of fanfare in FloridaTHE SPEECH: MITT ROMNEY and Paul Ryan began a two-day tour of Florida, Virginia and Ohio yesterday, following Mr Romney’s well…Sat Sept 01 2012 - 01:00
Republicans hail rousing speech from 'young gun'THE REPUBLICAN faithful greeted vice-presidential nominee Paul Ryan like a rock star on Wednesday night, jumping from their chairs…Fri Aug 31 2012 - 01:00
Convention anticipates Romney's moment of truthMITT ROMNEY will stride on to the stage tonight to deliver the most important speech of his career.Thu Aug 30 2012 - 01:00
Republicans party despite Isaac raining on paradeTHE REPUBLICAN Party formally nominated Mitt Romney as its presidential candidate last night, when the most eagerly awaited speeches…Wed Aug 29 2012 - 01:00
Ayatollah of low taxes whose fatwas are fearedINTERVIEW: GROVER NORQUIST has never been elected to public office. He has not amassed a huge fortuneWed Aug 29 2012 - 01:00
One final step for a reluctant heroNEIL ARMSTRONG, the first of 12 Americans to walk on the moon between 1969 and 1972, died of complications following heart surgery…Mon Aug 27 2012 - 01:00
Two shot dead and nine hurt in New YorkTWO PEOPLE were killed and nine others were wounded in a shooting at the base of the Empire State Building, yesterday morning…Sat Aug 25 2012 - 01:00
Taxing issues on the US election agendaUS PRESIDENT Barack Obama says he wants to return to a more equitable America, where tax reform, regulation and government support…Fri Aug 24 2012 - 01:00
Cardinal to pray at Romney ceremonyMITT ROMNEY’S August 30th coronation as the Republican presidential candidate will be bookended by prayers from a close Mormon…Fri Aug 24 2012 - 01:00
Republican 'war on women' in the spotlightREPRESENTATIVE TODD Akin from Missouri, who asserted in a television interview on Sunday that women do not get pregnant in the…Wed Aug 22 2012 - 01:00
Mother of Republicanism recast the powerful as the oppressedAMERICA: The massive influence of the writer Ayn Rand on Republican thinking shows how lightly America wears its contradictions…Sat Aug 18 2012 - 01:00
Obama asks Romney to release five years' tax returnsPRESIDENT BARACK Obama’s campaign yesterday offered a truce on the issue of Mitt Romney’s tax returns if the Republican candidate…Sat Aug 18 2012 - 01:00
Candidates vie for votes from miners, elderly and a billionaireTHE US presidential and vice- presidential candidates yesterday fanned out across five swing states that will be decisive in …Wed Aug 15 2012 - 01:00
Romney and Ryan's father and son act wows votersMitt Romney is more human and paternalistic now he has a running mate his son’s ageTue Aug 14 2012 - 01:00
Gunman kills 12 at premiere of Batman filmJAMES EAGEN Holmes (24) propped open the rear exit of cinema nine in the Century 16 Movie Theatre in Aurora, a suburb of Denver…Sat Jul 21 2012 - 01:00
US seeks explanation to killingsWhen America woke up to the terrible news yesterday morning, it strained to seek a rational explanation.Sat Jul 21 2012 - 01:00
Colorado shooting: 12 killed, 59 wounded at Batman screeningWHEN AMERICA woke up to the terrible news yesterday morning, it strained to seek a rational explanation.Sat Jul 21 2012 - 01:00
Hopes for resolution to Syria crises fadeHOPES OF a diplomatic resolution to the crisis in Syria faded yesterday when Russia and China vetoed a British-sponsored UN Security…Fri Jul 20 2012 - 01:00
Families of US victims sue over drone strike on YemenRELATIVES OF three American citizens who were killed last autumn by US drone attacks in Yemen have filed a lawsuit against Central…Fri Jul 20 2012 - 01:00
US anger as Russia and China veto sanctions planAS FIGHTING in the Syrian capital Damascus continued for a fifth day yesterday, US officials veered between delight that the …Fri Jul 20 2012 - 01:00
Romney looks close to naming a running mateSPECULATION continued yesterday that Mitt Romney might announce his choice of vice-presidential running mate before departing…Thu Jul 19 2012 - 01:00
Obama refuses to apologise over 'felony' remarkTHE US presidential race has descended into an all-out brawl, with the Obama campaign labelling Republican candidate Mitt Romney…Wed Jul 18 2012 - 01:00
Broken-hearted family seek NY officials' support for Rory's LawAMERICA: The death of a lively 12-year-old has attracted wide media attention in the USSat Jul 14 2012 - 01:00
The past and the presidentBarack Obama: The Making of the Man By David Maraniss. Atlantic Books, 643pp. £16.99Sat Jul 14 2012 - 01:00
Great cheers for Biden on heels of jeers for RomneyObama’s ‘attack dog’ roused the civil rights group’s convention more than he could have ever dared toFri Jul 13 2012 - 01:00
Rich parties for Romney as election turns to classMitt Romney’s $3m Hamptons’ fundraisers lifted his reputation as champion of the richWed Jul 11 2012 - 01:00
Romney to revamp media team after criticismTHE REPUBLICAN presidential candidate, Mitt Romney, is expected to revamp his communications team, possibly early next week, …Sat Jul 07 2012 - 01:00
Ohio rallies as Obama hits home with fitting banterAMERICA : As Obama bounds off the bus to the podium, you have to wonder how meaningful the candidates’ encounters are in the…Sat Jul 07 2012 - 01:00
Buoyant Obama bets on Ohio's backing“NOTHING CAN stop us, America,” US president Barack Obama vowed when he launched his two-day “Betting on America” bus trip through…Fri Jul 06 2012 - 01:00
Republican sound and fury over ObamacareChief justice John Roberts has appalled his fellow conservatives by finding the Bill constitutionalWed Jul 04 2012 - 01:00
High achiever who reached top tells why she went home againAMERICA: A Princeton professor’s account of why women still cannot have it all has got people talkingSat Jun 30 2012 - 01:00
Coveney on US beef export missionMINISTER FOR Agriculture Simon Coveney met his US counterpart Tom Vilsack yesterday “to encourage him to make a decision as early…Wed Jun 27 2012 - 01:00
Arizona immigrant law mostly struck downTHE US Supreme Court yesterday struck down three of four key provisions of Arizona’s immigration law but let the most controversial…Tue Jun 26 2012 - 01:00
Romney and Obama battle for key Latino voteUS PRESIDENT Barack Obama and his Republican challenger Mitt Romney exchanged barbs in speeches to the National Association of…Sat Jun 23 2012 - 01:00
Mystery of fabled female aviator who disappeared still soarsAMERICA: Amelia Earhart caught the imagination of millions. A new attempt to locate her missing plane is under waySat Jun 23 2012 - 01:00
LBJ's moment of truthBIOGRAPHY: He had been derided as a Texas corn pone, but when he became US president, after the assassination of JFK, Lyndon…Sat Jun 23 2012 - 01:00
Obama plays the statesman as Romney rolls the doughMitt Romney ends his tour in Michigan with a warning that the US is going the way of EuropeThu Jun 21 2012 - 01:00
Romney hoping his 'fair shot' will be on targetMitt Romney is fighting the campaign on the premise that everything is Barack Obama’s faultWed Jun 20 2012 - 01:00
Break-in report heralded one of most damning US scandalsAMERICA: After the Watergate affair Richard Milhous Nixon became the only US president to resign from officeSat Jun 16 2012 - 01:00
Events appearing to conspire against wobbly ObamaPRESIDENT BARACK Obama will travel to Baltimore and Philadelphia today as he struggles to right his wobbly campaign and put the…Tue Jun 12 2012 - 01:00
Move is 'crucial step' for Spain's strategyUS AND IMF REACTION: THE US treasury and the International Monetary Fund have welcomed the euro group’s commitment to bail out…Mon Jun 11 2012 - 01:00
Obama regime surpasses Bush in deadliness of war on al-QaedaUS RESPONSE: A spate of recent books and articles have revealed a chilling truth that many suspectedSat Jun 09 2012 - 01:00
