Boosted by rising US jobs figures, President Barack Obama's approval rating has hit the magical 50-per cent mark and he has opened up a double-digit lead over his likely Republican opponent in Novembe

Republican White House hopeful Mitt Romney romped to victory in the Nevada caucuses on Saturday, US media predicted, cementing him as frontrunner to take on President Barack Obama in November.

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After stumbling with remarks suggesting he was indifferent to America's poor, Republican White House hopeful Mitt Romney was endorsed on Thursday by one of the country's most famous wealthy businessme

Mitt Romney, the frontrunner in the race to bag the Republican presidential nomination, on Thursday made a gaffe by saying he does not care about the very poor and is concerned about the plight of

Mitt Romney trounced main rival Newt Gingrich in Florida's Republican primary on Tuesday, putting himself in a commanding position to win the nomination to take on President Barack Obama in November,

Under mounting pressure from rivals, US Republican White House candidate Mitt Romney released tax documents disclosing his multi-million-dollar income on Tuesday, according to the Washington Post.

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Newt Gingrich has scored a crushing double-digit victory over Mitt Romney in the South Carolina Republican Presidential primary, stripping him of his front-runner status and breaking wide open the rac

US needs to open up markets and also needs to crack down on China when it indulges in illegal practices, Mitt Romney, the leading Republican presidential candidate has said.

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Jon Huntsman, the former US ambassador to China, ended his struggling presidential bid on Monday and called on Republicans to unite in support of frontrunner Mitt Romney.

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Barack Obama's campaign has fired off a withering attack on Mitt Romney, branding the US president's likely election foe as a corporate raider who made money 'hand over fist' by destroying jobs.

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