Election day turnout is high in several storm-ravaged areas in New York and New Jersey, with many voters expressing relief and even elation at being able to vote at all, considering the devastation.

On the day before the US presidential election, stock indexes managed slight gains in thin trading.

Bob Dylan has backed President Barack Obama, predicting a landslide election victory.

Two tiny villages in northern New Hampshire got the race for the White House under way today, casting America’s first election day votes.

Republican supporters in Alabama plan to hold their election night party at a firing range where they will be able to shoot a few rounds as returns come in.

A witch doctor in Barack Obama's ancestral village has predicted a win for the local boy.

US President Barack Obama has accused Mitt Romney of scaring voters with lies as Tuesday's US Presidential election draws ever nearer.

CIA security officers went to the aid of State Department staff less than 25 minutes after they got the first call for help during the attack on the US Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, intelligence officials have said.

A hunting store in Georgia is offering customers a chance to win a free gun for voting in the US presidential election.

The US presidential race's final full week has turned into a scheduling nightmare as Barack Obama and Mitt Romney grapple with how to push on with campaigning while Hurricane Sandy heads toward the East Coast.

Katy Perry made it very clear who gets her vote as she performed at a rally concert for US president Barack Obama.

US President Barack Obama seized on a Republican Senate candidate's controversial remark about rape and pregnancy in an attempt to shore up his support among women.

Republican challenger Mitt Romney has a two-point lead over President Barack Obama just 12 days before Election Day, a new Associated Press-GfK poll shows.

The son of Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has apologised to Barack Obama for saying in a radio interview that he was tempted to "take a swing" at the US president for criticising his father during a debate.

A spokeswoman for Mitt Romney said today the US presidential hopeful disagreed with comments made by Indiana Republican senate candidate Richard Mourdock about rape and pregnancy.

Republicans pressed the Obama administration over the deadly attack on US diplomats in Libya, hoping to weaken the president three days before a final debate with rival Mitt Romney that will focus on foreign policy.

An estimated 65.6 million people watched President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney face off in their contentious second presidential debate.

US President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney vied aggressively for the support of female voters, accusing each other of failing America’s women as they fought to keep up the momentum after their contentious, finger-pointing debate.

Barack Obama vows to put up a fight in his second debate with Republican challenger Mitt Romney, a promise the president will need to keep if he is to overcome his lacklustre, momentum-stalling performance in the candidates' first debate two weeks ago.

The mother of a former Navy SEAL killed in Libya has called on Mitt Romney to stop talking about her son during his presidential campaign.

US President Barack Obama planned to build on an impressive fundraising haul, launching a lucrative and celebrity studded trip to California.

US President Barack Obama celebrated some unexpected but much-needed good economic news as the unemployment rate dropped to its lowest level since he took office.

Republican presidential challenger Mitt Romney has finally addressed his secretly taped disparaging remarks about the 47% of Americans who do not pay federal income taxes, calling his words “just completely wrong”.

President Barack Obama tried to regain his footing after a disappointing debate performance in which Republican Mitt Romney aggressively challenged the president’s stewardship of the economy.

US President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney clashed over taxes, deficits and how to revive the US economy last night as they shared the stage for the first time in a high-stakes debate with the power to reshape the race for the White House.

With just five weeks to go to Election Day, US President Barack Obama is within reach of the 270 electoral votes needed to win a second term.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange accused US president Barack Obama of seeking to exploit the Arab uprisings for personal and political gain as he addressed a fringe meeting of the United Nations General Assembly via videolink from his embassy hideout.

President Barack Obama has challenged the international community to confront the causes of Middle East turmoil, saying the world faces “a choice between the forces that would drive us apart and the hopes we hold in common.”

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney released his long-promised 2011 tax return.

Fresh signs of a housing rebound in the US and growing support in public opinion polls boosted President Barack Obama’s bid for a new term in the White House as Republican rival Mitt Romney struggled to quell a video controversy.

Republican Mitt Romney's presidential campaign suffered a blow today after a video surfaced showing him telling wealthy donors that 47% of all Americans "believe they are victims" entitled to help from the government.

President Barack Obama lodged an unfair-trade complaint against China and immediately used it as a wedge against Republican challenger Mitt Romney, whose beleaguered campaign hit another pothole even it tried to regroup from a shaky few week

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is airing campaign advertisements in Wisconsin, making a play to win the state last carried by a Republican in 1984.

A 21-year-old man has been arrested by the US Secret Service for allegedly posting threats to kill President Barack Obama on Twitter.

Barack Obama urged wavering supporters not to give up on their dreams of change - or on him - as he accepted the Democratic Party's nomination for president in what promises to be a tough race against Republican Mitt Romney.

The US Democrat convention will get underway tonight with the aim of selling Barack Obama as the wise and humane alternative to Republican presidential challenger Mitt Romney.

Four years ago, she was the star of the Republican National Convention. Now Sarah Palin is upset after interviews with her were dropped from the television network where she is working.

Paul Ryan, a hero to conservatives and lightning rod for Democrats, accepted the Republican nomination as Mitt Romney's vice presidential running mate today, saying the moment for President Barack Obama's Democrats "came and went".

Republicans bestowed their presidential nomination on Mitt Romney, turning to the former Massachusetts governor and multi-millionaire businessman to drive Barack Obama from the White House and usher in a new era of small-government conservatism.

The would-be US Senator who caused a furore by claiming rape victims could automatically prevent themselves becoming pregnant has refused to abandon his election attempt.

The Republicans' newly-chosen vice presidential candidate wasted no time in attacking Barack Obama's economic stewardship in his first solo campaign event.

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has selected Paul Ryan, a US congressman from Wisconsin, as his vice presidential running mate.

Mitt Romney would respect an Israeli decision to make a unilateral military strike against Iran aimed at preventing Tehran from obtaining nuclear capability, a top foreign policy adviser said today.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny will meet US Presidential candidate Mitt Romney this Friday when both visit London for the Olympics opening ceremony.