Obama victory a sure thing, predicts expert
Mitt Romney is in the midst of a bruising, costly campaign to oust Barack but one expert has long said the Republican's efforts are for naught.
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Obama's budget pushes for heavy taxes on the rich
Barack Obama has proposed a $3.8-trillion budget brimming with populist tax hikes on the rich and jobs spending designed to outmanoeuvre Republicans.
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Romney to step up campaign after losses
Many US Republicans may have growing concerns about their presidential front-runner Mitt Romney but no one is pushing the panic button -- yet.
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Romney momentum builds in Florida, Gingrich defiant
Mitt Romney stormed towards a likely Tuesday victory in Florida that would make him strong favourite for the Republican presidential nomination.
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US lawmakers abandon efforts to rein in ballooning debt
US lawmakers have abandoned efforts to rein in debt in a sign that Washington will be unlikely to resolve the tax and spending dispute before 2013.
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Struggling Pawlenty exits White House race
Tim Pawlenty has dropped out of the 2012 US presidential race -- a day after a disappointing showing in an early test of strength among his party.
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Republicans perform about-turn on taxes
Having said no to taxes for months, Republicans now are saying maybe in the face of public disgust over a deadlock in the US Congress.
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The politics behind the US debt crisis
The US is about to bump against its borrowing limit. If the limit isn't raised the US will default on its debt or drastically reduce state spending.
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Obama looks to fast-track health-reform Bill
The scene is set for one of the biggest battles of recent US political history after Republicans rejected Barack Obama's revised health-reform Bill.
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Bumpy ride for Obama
Jonthan Freedland looks back over a year that began with Barack Obama's victory speech.
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