2012 Election

The first eye witness account by one of the US Navy SEALs in the unit that killed Osama bin Laden will be published later this year, less than two months before the US presidential election.

President Barack Obama leads his Republican rival Mitt Romney in the battleground of Ohio, but the race has tightened in two other key states ahead of the November 6 elections, according to a poll out Thursday.

White House hopeful Mitt Romney will unveil an energy plan Thursday that would empower US states to control drilling on federal lands he says could raise trillions of dollars in government revenue.

Republicans found themselves in a political quagmire, with President Barack Obama's allies casting them as out of step on women's rights over a congressman's comments about "legitimate rape."

Republicans found themselves in a political hornet's nest Wednesday, with President Barack Obama's allies casting them as out of step on women's rights over a congressman's comments about "legitimate rape."

President Barack Obama signaled no let up Wednesday in his re-election campaign, announcing a two-day tour through swing states next week while rival Republicans hold their national convention.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton are the world's most powerful women, according to Forbes magazine's annual survey.

Tropical Storm Isaac strengthened on Wednesday and looked set to become a hurricane as it churned through the Caribbean on a path that could have it hit Florida during next week's Republican convention.

A tropical storm swirling in the eastern Caribbean has raised the remote possibility that this year's Republican National Convention could be more blustery than usual.

US Senate candidate Todd Akin said on Wednesday that vice presidential hopeful Paul Ryan had asked him to step down over his remarks on rape and that he was "looking at this very seriously."

The US lawmaker whose controversial remarks about rape sparked a furor said he would not quit his race for a Senate seat, despite Republican White House hopeful Mitt Romney's demand to do so.

White House hopeful Mitt Romney raked in as much as $7 million in a single day of fundraising as the Republican padded his campaign war chest for the showdown with President Barack Obama.

A tropical storm swirling in the eastern Caribbean has raised the remote possibility that this year's Republican National Convention could be more blustery than usual.

Kris Kobach, an advisor to Mitt Romney on immigration, on Tuesday compared gay people to drug users and polygamists. Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach, an advisor to Mitt Romney on immigration policy, on Tuesday compared gay people to drug users and polygamists. Kobach, an RNC delegate, made his remarks during a debate on the 2012 Republican Platform in Tampa, Florida. In response to a Nevada delegate's proposal to add language in support of civil unions for gay and lesbian couples, Kobach said: ?I oppose this amendment, I think the wording is too broad. Especially the last sentence: 'As long as there are no infringements on the rights of others, It is not the role of government to judge.' Well, our government routinely judges situations where you might regard people completely affecting themselves like, for example, the use of controlled substances, like, for example, polygamy that is voluntarily entered into. We condemn those activities even though they're not hurting other people,

The US lawmaker who sparked a furor with controversial comments about rape defiantly said Tuesday he will stay in his Senate race, putting him on a collision course with fellow Republican Mitt Romney, who demanded he step aside.

A US Republican panel Tuesday approved a rigid anti-abortion amendment, without exclusions for cases of rape or incest, as part of the party's platform to be unveiled at next week's national convention.

A US lawmaker's fight for his political life after shock comments about "legitimate rape" put Republicans on the defensive Tuesday ahead of White House hopeful Mitt Romney's nomination.

White House rivals President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney condemned Monday a Republican lawmaker's shock claim that women can prevent pregnancy during rape, sparking an abortion debate likely to impact the election campaign.

US President Barack Obama said Monday that he was not bothered by an outspoken political attack made on him by a group of former CIA spies and US special forces troops.

White House rivals President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney on Monday both condemned a Republican lawmaker's controversial intervention in the debate about rape and abortion.