Sarah Palin has defended her attack on Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama after accusing him of “palling around with terrorists”.

Hillary Clinton put the full weight of her presidential campaign and her political career behind Barack Obama in a passionate speech which drew thunderous applause at the Democratic Party’s national convention.

Hillary Clinton’s top campaign strategist advised her last year to cast presidential rival Barack Obama as having questionable “roots to basic American values and culture” and use the theme to counter the image that his background is diverse and multicultural.

The Rev Jesse Jackson has apologised for “regretfully crude” comments he made about White House contender Barack Obama’s speeches in black churches during what he thought was a private conversation.

Democrat presidential hopeful Barack Obama has taken the unusual decision to fight back against internet rumours and innuendo being spread by his opponents.

DEMOCRATIC presidential frontrunner Barack Obama has quit his Chicago church in the aftermath of inflammatory sermons that could become a lightning rod in November’s election.

Barack Obama said today he had resigned his 20-year church membership “with some sadness” in the aftermath of inflammatory remarks by his long-time pastor the Rev Jeremiah Wright and fiery remarks by another minister.

Republican presidential candidate John McCain rejected the months-old endorsement of an influential Texas televangelist after an audio recording surfaced in which the preacher said God sent Adolf Hitler to help Jews reach the promised land.

Republican presidential candidate John McCain rejected the months-old endorsement of an influential Texas televangelist after an audio recording surfaced in which the preacher said God sent Adolf Hitler to help Jews reach the promised land.

I WISH to take issue with your columnist Ryle Dwyer (April 26) for allowing his prejudices to overcome his objectivity regarding the current race to the White House.

Barack Obama moved a step closer to clinching the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination today with a strong performance in the last major contests of the US primary season.

Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama hoped to recover after a difficult month on the campaign trail while his rival Hillary Clinton battled for survival in today’s primary elections.

Voters in Indiana and North Carolina will choose between Democratic presidential candidates Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton in the latest critical primary elections in the race to the White House today.

Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton and Republican candidate John McCain were “reading from the same political playbook” and their proposed summer fuel tax holiday was simply “pandering to voters”, Barack Obama said today.

Democratic party superdelegates were today deciding the extent of the damage Barack Obama’s controversial former pastor has had on the Senator’s ability to win the White House later this year.

Barack Obama was scrambling to put his presidential bid back on track today after denouncing his former pastor.

President George Bush poked fun at his potential successors, expressing surprise that none of them were in the audience at the White House Correspondents’ Association annual dinner.

CLINTON vs Obama is how the Pennsylvania primary debate was billed last week, capturing the pugilism of the race as the candidates gear up for Tuesday’s possible make or break vote in the Keystone State.

The Democratic presidential nominee ought to be decided by July 1 in order to avoid bitter in-fighting, the party’s national committee chairman said today.

America should not assume it can do whatever it wants and should instead live up to its duties as a world leader, Republican presidential candidate John McCain said today.

Hillary Clinton tried to deflect embarrassment over her exaggerated account of a trip to Bosnia by saying she would have left the church her rival attends because of critical remarks by his pastor.

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has declared she is “only human” and “misspoke” after she was accused of overstating her foreign policy experience on the campaign trail.

PRESIDENTIAL hopeful Barack Obama bluntly addressed anger between black and white people yesterday in the most racially pointed speech of his presidential campaign.

Presidential hopeful Barack Obama bluntly addressed anger between blacks and whites today in the most racially pointed speech yet of his presidential campaign.

Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama denounced inflammatory remarks from his pastor, who railed against the United States and accused the country of bringing on the September 11 attacks by spreading terrorism.