Barack Obama has “better answers” for the United States, former President Bill Clinton said as polls showed the Democrat had regained the lead in the race to the White House.

EARLY voting for the US presidential election began in Florida yesterday as activists urged people to opt for early ballots to avoid a repeat of the 2000 election fiasco, but computer problems and queues soon emerged.

DEMOCRATIC challenger John Kerry held on to a slim one-point lead over President Bush after Friday’s second debate between the White House rivals, according to a new poll.

As George Bush and John Kerry go head-to-head in what is considered the most crucial presidential election in generations, America has turned to another issue – the colour of Senator Kerry’s face.

US President George Bush courted Florida voters today in the state that decided the 2000 election, arguing his tax cuts are helping the economy and suggesting that Democrats would endanger America’s fiscal health by raising taxes.

You shouldn’t mess with Tim Robbins when it comes to his family, as one gossip discovered at the post-Oscars Vanity Fair party on Sunday night.

Former US Vice President Al Gore, who came agonisingly close to winning the presidency two years ago, has said he will not run for the White House in 2004.

George Bush’s popularity helped the Republicans to an historic victory in the mid-term elections today and provided a major boost to his hopes of re-election in 2004.

The auditor sacked following the collapse of Enron denies any wrongdoing.

A media-sponsored review of disputed ballots from the 2000 US presidential election in Florida was ‘‘fascinating’’ but it doesn’t change anything, Senator Joseph Lieberman said yesterday as he reaffirmed his support for President Bush.

Al Gore has told Bill Clinton the Monica Lewinsky scandal was partly responsible for his election defeat.