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 Sep 6 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 Sep 5 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 Sep 5 2012 - 01:00
Stage set for Obama to vaunt his achievementsThe timing of their convention gives the Democrats an advantageTue Sep 4 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 Sep 1 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 7 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 7 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 6 2012 - 01:00
Republican sound and fury over ObamacareChief justice John Roberts has appalled his fellow conservatives by finding the Bill constitutionalWed Jul 4 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 9 2012 - 01:00
Victorious Walker urges Romney to 'say it like it is'FRESH FROM his victory in Tuesday’s recall election, the conservative governor of Wisconsin, Scott Walker, yesterday called on…Thu Jun 7 2012 - 01:00
First lady backs Disney on junk foodTHE CRUSADE against obesity gained momentum yesterday when US first lady Michelle Obama teamed up with the Walt Disney Company…Wed Jun 6 2012 - 01:00
Clinton aids Democrat in crunch US contestFORMER US president Bill Clinton travelled to Milwaukee yesterday to bolster the city’s Democratic mayor in his drive to unseat…Sat Jun 2 2012 - 01:00
Unions in crucial showdown with 'divide and conquer governor'AMERICA: DIANE HENDRICKS’S late husband Kenneth founded ABC Supply Inc, the largest roofing company in the US, before he fell…Sat Jun 2 2012 - 01:00