Keeping Donald Trump in check will be among the California Democrat’s top challenges as she presides over the House of Representatives

Barack Obama and Mitt Romney have spent the weekend hammering out their foreign policy battle lines ahead of their final debate on Monday.

Mitt Romney took his campaign into the weekend with a spring in his step, as Obama went behind closed doors to prepare for a crucial debate.

Paul Ryan will take his turn in the spotlight for the biggest speech of his political career at the Republican National Convention.

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.