John McCain has won a “sweet” victory over his main rival Mitt Romney after a close contest in Florida’s Republican primary election.

Hillary Clinton will win the popular vote in Florida’s Democratic primary election, but the state has been stripped of its delegates at the party’s national convention for breaking the rules.

Moves to open up the Alaska wildlife refuge to oil drilling could begin early next year, it emerged today.

A WOMAN who said she saw her son interviewed on Iraqi television as one of the US soldiers taken prisoner has begged US President George W Bush: "Please do something for my son".