America’s first canine got star treatment and his first back-yard romp at the White House – and even presidential clearance to visit the Oval Office.

Barack Obama enjoyed a “relaxed and friendly” meeting with President George Bush as he visited the White House for the first time since becoming US president-elect.

Barack Obama spent two hours having private talks with President George Bush today as he visited the White House for the first time since becoming US president-elect.

Barack Obama will meet President George Bush for key talks at the White House for the first time since becoming the first black US president-elect in history today.

AMERICA has lost one of its most easily recognised brand names — for the moment at least.

Hillary Clinton pulled off the win she needed in Pennsylvania last night to stay in the race and keep her presidential aspirations alive.

IT IS becoming evermore difficult to reconcile the great prominence and lip service given to environmental matters — especially all of the worrying predictions surrounding global warming, peak oil and the diminishing quality of our water supplies — and the reality of our day-to-day lives.

US President George Bush is expected to visit storm-ravaged areas of the Gulf Coast later this week, but first he is returning to Washington to oversee the federal response to Hurricane Katrina.