US Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has called on Republican Todd Akin to abandon his US Senate bid in the Midwest state of Missouri after the congressman’s comments about rape.

Newt Gingrich is planning to officially end his campaign for the US Republican presidential nomination with an announcement in Arlington, Virginia, today.

Rick Santorum dropped out of the race for the US Republican presidential nomination, leaving the field clear for Mitt Romney as the party’s likely choice to challenge President Barack Obama.

US Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney focused entirely on Democratic President Barack Obama during a campaign trip ahead of the Wisconsin primary, and predicted a victory that could effectively seal the nomination for him next week.

Joseph Kennedy III is to follow in the family tradition and contest the race for a Massachusetts congressional seat in the 4th District.

US Republican Herman Cain has suspended his campaign to run for the American presidency.

IT was expected to be the angry taxi driver against the slick telesales guy.

FORMER Alaska governor and 2008 US Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin insisted abook-signing in Iowa had no political motive as speculation mounts she may run for the White House in 2012.

Sarah Palin’s daughter and her fiancé have called off their second engagement after he told her he may have fathered a baby with another girl.

US Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin mistook some of her own fans for hecklers at a rally last night.

Pamela Anderson has become the latest celebrity to criticise US Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin.

Actor Matt Damon has lashed out at US Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin - insisting she's been chosen for "political purposes".

Teenage star Jamie Lynn Spears' mother Lynne has denied reports she sent troubled Alaskan 17-year-old Bristol Palin a baby gift package on behalf of her daughter following the scandal surrounding her pregnancy.

A US Republican senator said today he would consider being Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama’s running mate if asked – an unusual offer in a country where politicians do not cross party lines for such a high-profile position.

US Republican presidential hopeful Senator John McCain said today that China was harming its world image with its crackdown in Tibet and expressed hope Beijing would seek a peaceful solution to the crisis.

A former aide to the US Republican congressman who resigned over a sex scandal plans to testify to a Congressional ethics committee that Republican leaders knew about the problem at least three years ago.

TONY BLAIR has agreed this week to move British forces closer to trouble spots near Baghdad so that George W Bush would not have to commit more US troops to Iraq in the closing days of his re-election campaign.

IRAQI Christians observed a sombre Easter Sunday, praying for an end to post-war chaos and uncertainty, as a first convoy of food aid reached Baghdad.

THE disastrous election defeat can be overturned is the message Fine Gael activists will hear from a top US political strategist at their behind closed doors conference today.