Republican candidate Mitt Romney was under pressure to produce a strong performance in the early hours of this morning at his first face-to-face debate with President Barack Obama, amid signs Romney may be gaining some ground in the race for the White House.

Former US President Bill Clinton has told how he could run for President of Ireland thanks to his Fermanagh heritage.

A black camerawoman who works for CNN spoke today of a race-hate attack at the Republican National Convention by two people who hurled peanuts at her and said: “This is what we feed animals.”

Republicans bestowed their presidential nomination on Mitt Romney, turning to the former Massachusetts governor and multi-millionaire businessman to drive Barack Obama from the White House and usher in a new era of small-government conservatism.

Barack Obama went back on the offensive with presidential opponent John McCain over his approach to the Iraq war today.

More than four in 10 US voters are still undecided as to who they will choose in November's presidential election, polls showed today.

BARACK OBAMA’S position as the presumptive Democratic nominee will not be confirmed until his rival, Hillary Clinton, concedes defeat.

Expectations are the great double-edged sword of politics.

Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama shift their fight to South Carolina after a split result in Nevada's contest failed to yield a clear winner in the battle for the US Democratic presidential nomination.

THE war for the White House is being fought on many fronts, and among the battles is that between the Bush twins and the Kerry daughters.

American congressman Gary Condit has lost the Los Angeles Democratic congressional primary to a former aide.