US jobless rate falls to lowest level in nearly four yearsTHE US jobless rate has fallen to 7Sat Oct 06 2012 - 01:00
Schwarzenegger life story packs series of body punchesAMERICA: An autobiography by the actor, body-builder and politician casts light on his immigrant successSat Oct 06 2012 - 01:00
Obama team reconsiders strategy after Romney debate winON THE campaign trail yesterday, President Barack Obama demonstrated the humour and aggressiveness that had eluded him in his…Fri Oct 05 2012 - 01:00
Obama team reconsiders strategyOn the campaign trail yesterday, president Barack Obama demonstrated the humour and aggressiveness that had eluded him in his…Fri Oct 05 2012 - 01:00
Four years in Oval Office and never been dissed: Obama's wake-up callANALYSIS: Obama may have won on substance, but Romney beat him on toneFri Oct 05 2012 - 01:00
Romney takes fight to ObamaRepublican candidate Mitt Romney overturned the presidential race last night in a stunning victory over US president Barack …Thu Oct 04 2012 - 01:00
GOP-backed firm at centre of fraud inquiryTHE US Republican Party has suffered two blows in as many days in its efforts to exploit voter registration laws against the …Wed Oct 03 2012 - 01:00
Colorado in the spotlight ahead of presidential debateChanging demographics in the battleground state helped Obama win there in 2008Wed Oct 03 2012 - 01:00
Romney and Obama worlds apart on foreign policyIN DUELLING foreign policy speeches yesterday, US president Barack Obama and Republican candidate Mitt Romney conveyed different…Wed Sept 26 2012 - 01:00
Candidates with great expectations talk of hard timesAMERICA: A former abuse victim and a strident left-winger are battling it out for the senate seat in MassachusettsSat Sept 22 2012 - 01:00
Fallout from 'free-loading' remarks continues to dog Romney campaignMITT ROMNEY’S allies have labelled his remarks about free-loading Americans who don’t pay federal income tax “inarticulate,” “…Thu Sept 20 2012 - 01:00
Video a major blow to Romney campaignMITT ROMNEY’S floundering presidential campaign may not recover from videos posted on the internet over the past two days by …Wed Sept 19 2012 - 01:00
Auster feels US marginalises writers as film stars shape opinionAMERICA: Novelist Paul Auster, promoting his latest memoir, has no illusions about socialist idealsSat Sept 15 2012 - 01:00
US believes Benghazi attack was pre-plannedUS PRESIDENT Barack Obama yesterday condemned “in the strongest terms” the “outrageous and shocking attack” that killed four …Thu Sept 13 2012 - 01:00
Subdued ceremonies mark 9/11 anniversaryTHE US marked the 11th anniversary of al-Qaeda’s 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon yesterday in a subdued…Wed Sept 12 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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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
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
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
The past and the presidentBarack Obama: The Making of the Man By David Maraniss. Atlantic Books, 643pp. £16.99Sat Jul 14 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
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
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
