Attorney general John Ashcroft and commerce secretary Don Evans resigned today.

DEMOCRATIC Senator John Kerry conceded defeat in a hard-fought US presidential election yesterday saying he had offered President George Bush congratulations on his victory but that the nation needed healing.

Democratic Senator John Kerry conceded defeat in a hard-fought US presidential election today saying he had offered President George Bush congratulations on his victory but that the nation needed healing.

US President George Bush today won a second term in office from a divided and anxious nation, his promise of steady, strong wartime leadership trumping John Kerry’s fresh-start approach to Iraq and joblessness.

John Kerry appeared to be preparing to concede election victory to President George Bush this afternoon.

A British Airways pilot almost let the cat out of the bag over US President George Bush’s secret visit to Baghdad.