Republican presidential hopeful John McCain will name the youngest and first female governor of Alaska, Sarah Palin, as his running mate today, US media reported.

Barack Obama said issues, not race, will decide the US presidential election after a top fundraiser for his rival Hillary Clinton stepped down after putting some of Mr Obama’s success down to him being a black man.

Hillary Clinton apologised to black voters on the day that a prominent supporter quit her campaign team after ill-judged remarks about rival candidate Barack Obama.

Claims that Barack Obama would not be doing so well in the US presidential race if he was not black are the “kind of slice and dice politics that Americans are tired of”, the Democratic front-runner said today.

Barack Obama won the Mississippi primary election as he put his campaign back on track for the Democratic presidential nomination today.

HILLARY CLINTON was so mobbed at her New York book party that it seemed she’d never get around to signing all the books. Luckily, husband Bill was helping.