United States congressman Todd Akin, under fire for controversial remarks on abortion and rape, insists he will not leave the Missouri Senate race.
When it came to the biggest decision of his run Romney defied his stereotype as cautious politician eager to please an audience he’s speaking to.
The US vice-presidential candidate has denied he profited from a 2008 meeting with the Federal Reserve chair Ben Bernanke.
The Romney campaign has confirmed that US presidential hopeful Mitt Romney has officially chosen Paul Ryan to be his running mate.
White House candidate Mitt Romney will announce Representative Paul Ryan as his running mate later on Saturday, US media has reported.
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has been lambasted for his embarrassing gaffes during his visit to the United Kingdom.
An aide to Mitt Romney says the US presidential candidate is wooing Israeli support by promising to back any attack on Iran by Israel.
Romney arrived in London pursued by calls to use this overseas tour to define a foreign policy that amounts to more than criticising the president.
Mitt Romney embodies a system dominated by financial engineering that uses companies as casino chips.
Mitt Romney, stung by persistent attacks on his record as a businessman, has mounted a blistering counterattack against President Barack Obama.
US President Barack Obama has refused to apologise for accusing Mitt Romney of outsourcing jobs while in charge of Bain Capital.
Republican Mitt Romney has called for the US president to apologise following Obama’s questioning of Romney’s time as a private equity executive.
Speaking to reporters, Obama admitted that while corporate profits were strong small businesses were having a tough time getting financing.
The suddenly dismal news on American jobs is a blow to President Barack Obama’s re-election argument that he has been a steward of recovery.
On the online political battlefield, US president Barack Obama beats his rival for the hands down, write Ed Pilkington & Amanda Michel.
The worst of the recession is over, unemployment is on the right path, decisive action has been taken on a foreign field but Obama is still lost.
In November Democrat Barack Obama or Republican Mitt Romney will lead the US and translating what they say on the campaign trail isn’t always easy.
Bill Clinton has appeared in an election campaign video in which he hails Barack Obama for ordering the operation that killed Osama bin Laden.
The United States’s Republicans are pitting women against one another in an attempt to distract from the real issues.
President Barack Obama’s camp has warned that Mitt Romney would turn America "Back to the Future" to crisis-causing economic policies.
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.
He has been mocked as rich and out of touch — but Mitt Romney still has a genuine shot to make Barack Obama a one-term president.
When President Barack Obama criticised Mitt Romney by name this week, he worded his attack carefully and with bite.
Mitt Romney’s decisive victories in three Republican presidential primaries have positioned him to try and knock Rick Santorum out of the contest.
US President Barack Obama has stepped up his re-election by accusing Republicans of pursuing an economic policy akin to ruthless "social Darwinism".
The two countries with the world’s largest economies must co-exist in a relationship and despite their frosty relationship, the future is promising.
Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum has said his latest victory on the campaign trail shows he can beat frontrunner Mitt Romney.
Rick Santorum won the Louisiana Republican presidential primary on Saturday, adding an 11th state to his total.
Republican Mitt Romney cruised to an easy victory over top rival Rick Santorum in Illinois.
Republican Rick Santorum has won two crucial Deep South primaries, taking control of the conservative wing and dealing a setback to Newt Gingrich.
US President Barack Obama’s approval rating has plunged to 41% in a new poll, underlining that his prospects for November’s election remain uncertain.
The brutal contest for the Republican nomination hints at deeper divisions among US conservatives.