To prevent school shootings, some South Carolina legislators want more guns on campuses.

Ignoring a presidential veto threat, Democrats in the US House of Representatives predict they have enough votes today to pass legislation requiring American troops to begin leaving Iraq by October 1.

The US Defence Secretary has called on the US government to look for ways to enable the closure of the Guantanamo Bay military facility in Cuba.

A vote to criticise US President George Bush for his decision to send more troops to Iraq is expected to pass in a rare admonishment of a wartime commander-in-chief.

Republicans today struggled to prevent a Democratic takeover of the US Senate after losing Republican-held seats in Ohio, Rhode Island and Pennsylvania.