Donald Trump accepted the Republican nomination for president, declaring America in crisis and promising its people they will be safer and richer if he is elected in November.

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US presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton's campaign has confirmed that her former Democratic rival Bernie Sanders will join her at a New Hampshire event, where he plans to endorse her.

House Republicans are summoning FBI director James Comey to Capitol Hill to answer their questions after the agency recommended that Hillary Clinton should not face criminal charges over her emails.

The FBI will not recommend criminal charges against Hillary Clinton for her use of a private email server while US secretary of state, the agency’s director James Comey has said.

US House of Representatives speaker Paul Ryan has endorsed Donald Trump's bid to be US president.

Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump has made an embarrassing slip-up at his final rally before the big-prize primary contest in New York.

Democratic US presidential hopefuls fighting for African-American voters have been seeking an edge in South Carolina as Republicans criss-crossed the state for a path out of Donald Trump's long shadow.

The Democratic Party race for the US presidency has exploded in rancour as Hillary Clinton’s campaign accused rival Bernie Sanders of stealing information worth millions of dollars about potential voters.

Democrats believe Hillary Clinton is more likely to win the US presidency than her party rivals, a new poll has shown.

The narrowing of a vast field of Republican US presidential hopefuls begins in earnest with the first television debate of the 2016 campaign.

Jeb Bush have given a strong indication that he will join the Republican presidential campaign this month, tweeting that an announcement is coming on June 15.

America cannot afford the "kind of erratic and uncertain leadership" offered by John McCain, his Democratic rival Barack Obama said today.

Rock matriarch-turned-reality show queen Sharon Osbourne is urging Americans not to vote for US vice-president hopeful Sarah Palin - because the Republican nomination of the Alaskan Governor is just a desperate ploy to win women's votes.

A US TV news anchorwoman who bears a resemblance to the Republican vice presidential nominee says she has been getting "hate mail and nasty phone calls" from viewers who think she is trying to copy Sarah Palin's signature style.

A member of a prominent Chicago family faces a felony gun charge after being arrested when he approached security barriers outside Barack Obama's home.

The debate between Barack Obama and John McCain heated up today as the two US presidential candidates prepared for their first face-to-face clash later this week.

Barack Obama regained a slight lead over John McCain today as the battered US economy intruded on an American presidential election more than any since the Great Depression of the 1930s.

Viggo Mortensen is the latest star to weigh into the debate about who should be America’s next president.

Republican presidential candidate John McCain today called for a top-level inquiry into the economic crisis, claiming that a corrupt and excessive Wall Street had betrayed American workers.

The state police officer at the heart of a legislative investigation into whether Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin abused her power as governor of Alaska says he has not been contacted by the man overseeing the inquiry.

Republican presidential nominee John McCain and his running mate Sarah Palin are "lying about their records", their Democratic rival Barack Obama said.

The Washington Post is reporting that Republican vice US presidential nominee and Alaska Governor Sarah Palin has charged her state a daily allowance, normally used for official travel, for more than 300 nights spent at her home.

Hollywood star Susan Sarandon has launched a scathing attack on former presidential hopeful

Officials say the FBI is looking into reports in Denver media outlets that a man under investigation for drug and weapons violations may have made threats against Barack Obama.

Barack Obama's newly-minted vice presidential candidate turned his campaign debut into a scathing attack on Republicans seeking four more years in the White House.

Former US presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton has today congratulated Senator Joe Biden on his nomination to be Barack Obama's running mate.

Barack Obama has picked Senator Joe Biden of Delaware as his US vice presidential running mate, a Democratic party official said today.

A Fine Gael TD is set to attend the upcoming convention in the United States to nominate Barack Obama as the Democratic presidential candidate.

Speculation is increasing today that Barack Obama's choice for vice president would be foreign policy expert Joe Biden.

Barack Obama went back on the offensive with presidential opponent John McCain over his approach to the Iraq war today.

Singer-songwriter Jackson Browne sued Republican presidential nominee-in-waiting John McCain and the Ohio and national Republican committees in US District Court in Los Angeles, accusing them of using his song Running on Empty without his permission.

Hillary Clinton’s name will join Barack Obama’s on a list of candidates seeking the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination, a gesture of unity also aimed at mollifying her supporters, who Mr Obama needs as the race for the presidency tightens.

Senate candidate and former Virginia Governor Mark Warner is scheduled to deliver the Tuesday night keynote address at this year’s Democratic National Convention – the same role that launched Barack Obama to national prominence four years ago.

Hillary Rodham Clinton told an exuberant crowd she wanted Barack Obama to win the White House, saying that even though he dashed her presidential dream he is a better choice to lead America than Republican John McCain.

Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama turned his attention to the troubled US economy today after he surged to his largest ever lead over his Republican rival John McCain following his high-profile overseas tour.

Barack Obama says the next vice president should be independent and willing to say when the president is wrong.

US presidential candidate Barack Obama today reassured British Prime Minister Gordon Brown over his plummeting popularity today.

Rap superstar Jay-Z has urged his fellow American citizens to think carefully before voting in the November presidential elections, because Barack Obama should not be chosen just because he's black.

Barack Obama’s rousing speech before Berlin’s Victory Column to more than 200,000 cheering fans won the hearts of Germans, with newspapers today describing his appearance as a historic event.

Barack Obama gave a speech to rapturous applause in Berlin today where he told the gathered crowds that "now is our moment" as he touched on subjects such as nuclear weapons and climate change.

The world must prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon, Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama said today.

Presidential hopeful Barack Obama promised today he would preserve the close relationship between the US and Israel.