Putting aside partisan differences, President Barack Obama
and Republican Governor Chris Christie have toured
storm-stricken parts of New Jersey together, taking in scenes
of flooded roads and burning homes in the aftermath of
superstorm Sandy.
US Republican Mitt Romney has closed the gap with President
Barack Obama and the two candidates are now tied in the
November 6 presidential race, according to a Reuters/Ipsos
daily tracking poll.
US President Barack Obama bounced off a strong debate
performance to target women voters with a dig at Republican
Mitt Romney's comment that he received "binders full of
women" for cabinet jobs when he was governor of
Massachusetts.
Republican Mitt Romney has erased US President Barack Obama's
advantage in the race for the White House and the two
candidates are now tied among likely voters, according to a
Reuters/Ipsos tracking poll.
US President Barack Obama has come out swinging against
Republican rival Mitt Romney after a lacklustre performance
in their first debate forced the Democrat's aides to talk of
"adjustments" to his campaign.
US President Barack Obama has blocked a privately owned
Chinese company from building wind turbines close to a Navy
military site in Oregon due to national security concerns.
President Barack Obama has vowed to bring to justice the
killers of the US ambassador and three other diplomats in
Libya as he sought to avoid election-year fallout from an
attack that cast a spotlight on his administration's handling
of "Arab Spring" unrest.
US President Barack Obama has a growing lead in polls and an
easier path to the White House than challenger Mitt Romney,
but the Republican is still within striking distance with
eight weeks to go before the election.
Former US president Bill Clinton has given a rousing defence
of President Barack Obama's handling of the weak US economy
and issued a detailed attack on Republican Mitt Romney in a
speech that electrified the Democratic National Convention.
