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Mormons quit church in mass resignation ceremony
A group of about 150 Mormons quit their church in a mass resignation ceremony in Salt Lake City on Saturday in a rare display of defiance ending decades of disagreement for some over issues ranging from polygamy to gay marriage.
02 Jul 2012
US elections: candidate's family set for 'Romney Olympics'
Surrounded by his five sons, their wives and 18 grandchildren, the Republican presidential contender will this week preside over "the Romney Olympics" at his $8m New Hampshire estate.
01 Jul 2012
| CommentsRepublicans launch advertising blitz against Obama health reforms
Mitt Romney and his billionaire conservative backers on Friday mounted a new multi-million dollar fight back against Barack Obama's healthcare reform, after its approval by the US Supreme Court.
29 Jun 2012
| CommentsMitt Romney vows to repeal healthcare law
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney says that if elected president he will work to overturn Barack Obama's landmark healthcare law that was upheld as constitutional by the US Supreme Court.
28 Jun 2012
Eric Holder held in contempt by US Congress
Eric Holder has become the first US attorney general to be held in contempt of Congress, as Republicans sought to punish Barack Obama’s administration for a bungled gun-running sting operation.
28 Jun 2012
Obama: healthcare 'victory for Americans'
US President Barack Obama pledges to implement and improve his healthcare law after the Supreme Court decision upholds the legality of the reform.
28 Jun 2012
CNN and Fox News announce wrong 'Obamacare' verdict
With what seemed like all of America awaiting the outcome of the Supreme Court ruling on "Obamacare" it was inevitable that the television news channels, who thrive on being first with the news, would perhaps jump the gun.
28 Jun 2012
Obamacare: Supreme Court delivers victory for President
Barack Obama's controversial reform of America's healthcare system approved by US Supreme Court in historic ruling.
28 Jun 2012
| Comments'Obamacare': questions and answers
What does the Affordable Care Act or "Obamacare" do? Why is it so controversial? Here are a few answers to those questions
28 Jun 2012
'Obamacare': President's health care reform upheld
President Barack Obama's overhaul of US health care system designed to cover more than 30 million uninsured Americans upheld in Supreme Court ruling.
28 Jun 2012
| CommentsSupreme Court rules 'Obamacare' constitutional, in boost to President Barack Obama
The US Supreme Court upheld Barack Obama's signature healthcare reform act on Thursday morning, delivering a surprise boost to his re-election prospects and enraging his conservative opponents.
28 Jun 2012
Mitt Romney to attend fundraising dinner hosted by Barclays boss Bob Diamond
Mitt Romney, the Republican presidential candidate, will attend a fundraising dinner in London hosted by Bob Diamond, the Barclays boss whose bank was fined £290 million.
28 Jun 2012
| CommentsWhy healthcare reforms could determine future of US politics
Today the US Supreme Court debates whether the Obama administration's controversial healthcare reforms are legal under the US constitution. Here we give a quick guide to one of the most important and closely watched US legal cases in decades.
28 Jun 2012
Timeline: politics of US healthcare
Barack Obama's healthcare reforms were not the first - and may not be the last - attempt by an American president to extend medical coverage.
28 Jun 2012
White House awaits Supreme Court ruling on 'Obamacare'
Barack Obama will today learn the fate of his signature healthcare reforms as the Supreme Court rules whether to strike down the main political achievement of his first term.
28 Jun 2012
US attorney general set to be held in contempt of Congress
Barack Obama is poised to become the first US president to have his attorney general held in contempt of Congress on Thursday, as Republicans seek to tarnish him over a botched gun-running sting operation.
27 Jun 2012
US election 2012: Barack Obama receives timely poll boost
Barack Obama re-election campaign received a significant boost on Wednesday as two new polls showed him pulling ahead of Mitt Romney, his Republican challenger, in the key battleground states that will decide November's general election.
27 Jun 2012
| CommentsHispanics: the rising political power in the United States
Hispanic voters are a growing force in the US – are they strong enough to swing victory Obama’s way? Jon Swaine reports
26 Jun 2012
| CommentsObama welcomes ruling on Arizona immigration
Barack Obama's campaign to woo the Hispanic vote received a boost as his administration emerged largely victorious in its bid to get the Supreme Court to strike down an immigration law introduced by Arizona.
25 Jun 2012
| CommentsMitt Romney rewards supports with lavish Utah party
Mitt Romney's top fund-raisers were rewarded at a lavish private retreat last weekend, where they reportedly supped 80-year-old fine wines and watched displays of synchronised ski-jumping.
24 Jun 2012
| CommentsObama and Romney cannot afford to ignore Hispanic vote
Immigration policy is on the front burner of this year's US presidential election race, says John Avlon, as Barack Obama and Mitt Romney compete for the Hispanic vote.
23 Jun 2012
American Way: illegal immigrants highlight Hispanic challenge for Obama and Romney
America is a nation of immigrants with an illegal immigration problem - a dilemma for both Barack Obama and Mitt Romney in the White House race, says John Avlon.
23 Jun 2012
| CommentsBarack Obama must do more than manage America’s decline
In the face of Obama’s timid foreign policy towards Russia and the Arab world, Republican challenger Mitt Romney is offering real hope, argues Charles Moore.
22 Jun 2012
| CommentsUS commerce secretary announces resignation after car accidents
John Bryson announces his resignation, just weeks after he was involved in a sequence of car crashes in California that were blamed on a seizure.
22 Jun 2012
Mitt Romney 'pushed sons' faces into plates of butter'
Mitt Romney's sons have described their father's taste for aggressive horseplay, explaining how he enjoyed pushing their heads into plates of butter and wrestling them as children.
21 Jun 2012
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