US Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama will halt his campaign for a day this week to visit his ailing 86-year-old grandmother in Hawaii, sources said. Senior advisor Robert Gibbs announced the change in schedule during a campaign swing in Florida.
In another embarrassment for Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama's White House campaign, the person heading the team looking for his running mate has abruptly resigned following outcry over his personal loan dealings. James A Johnson, a Washington insider for about three decades, stepped down Wednesday as questions were raised over the terms on which he borrowed loans from a company involved in the US housing crisis.
A CNN/Opinion Research Corporation poll on Wednesday, indicated that the American public considers McCain better than Obama on terrorism and Iraq. The poll also suggests that McCain is a stronger leader who would have better judgment in an international crisis.
The documents obtained from the cyberattack on Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee was released by a hacker known as Guccifer 2.0.
During a rare press conference, Clinton said that it is incumbent on the FBI to clarify the issue.
Obama's tough words to Islamabad must be seen in the context of an image that his opponents in the 2008 race
Driving home the point that he is for creating jobs in the US, Democratic Presidential nominee Barack Obama has favoured streamlining the process for the high-skilled H2B visas for Indians and other foreigners to make sure that employers were not "gaming" the system.
The latest Wall Street/NBC poll finds that 45 per cent of voters surveyed favour Obama while 42 per cent have inclination towards McCain -- the three point lead is down from six points a month ago. The poll points to a big challenge for Obama as his party gathers in Denver next week for its convention.
US Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has said the elusive Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden should be executed if captured alive. "If he was captured alive, then we would make a decision to bring the full weight of not only US justice, but world justice down on him," 47-year-old Obama said in an interview to CNN, excerpts of which were released by the network on Friday.
A CII delegation, led by Confederation of Indian Industry president and Bharti Enterprises CEO Sunil Bharti Mittal, called on US Democratic presidential candidate Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton at the Capitol Hill in Washington, DC on Wednesday.
The Democratic Senator with Afghan President Hamid Karzai.
US Democrat presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton is leading her party rival Barack Obama by only 5 percentage points in Pennsylvania, a new survey shows, indicating that she might not be headed for a convincing victory that she needs to jumpstart her stuttering campaign. With margin of error at plus-minus 4 per cent, the new poll shows statistical dead heat between two rivals.
Democrat presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton vowed that if she comes to power she will fight for every single job that is being shipped out of the US. She promised her government would create millions of employment opportunities "that can't be outsourced". She blamed President George W Bush for standing by & watching as "we have lost three million manufacturing jobs since he became president". She said loopholes in the US' tax code should be plugged to stop job outsourcing.
"It is my hope that, coupled with international pressure, the language in H.R.1 will convince President Musharraf to take immediate action against the Taliban militants in his country," the senior lawmaker in the House of Representatives said.
Despite an over 50 per cent drop in the number of H1-B visas issued to some Indian IT firms in 2007 against 2006, US Democrat senators Richard J Durbin and Charles E Grassley have written to nine Indian companies that figure among the top 25 recipients of approved H-1B visa petitions in 2007 seeking detailed information on how they use the visa programme.
A top US Democratic lawmaker, known for his pro-immigration credentials, has cast serious doubts on the ability of the Congress to finalise a bipartisan comprehensive immigration reform law.
The ties between the two countries has reached its worst levels since the Cold War.
Her comments came days before the 15th anniversary of the twin towers attack in New York that killed more than 3,000 people.
Officially kicking off her 2016 presidential campaign, Hillary Clinton on Saturday gave a rallying call to build "real and lasting prosperity" that "should be shared by all" and not just by CEOs and billionaires.
Clinton slammed Trump for his alleged rhetoric on nuclear weapons.
Clinton fell ill on Sunday during a 9/11 memorial ceremony in New York where she was seen stumbling limp-legged into her vehicle. She was later detected with pneumonia.
Media reports said North Korea has successfully miniaturised a nuclear warhead that can fit inside its missiles.
It is time for the Congress and the Bush administration to recognise the importance India plays in the region and the world, the Democratic Congressman said.
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The Department of Homeland Security and the Federal Bureau of Investigation are closely monitoring the events in Paris.
The former secretary of state has been experiencing a cough related to allergies.
Clinton called on Americans to reject the "dark and divisive" vision Trump laid out for America's future.
Clinton avoided giving a direct answer to the question, while Sanders responded by saying that the American people will never elect a president who insults Mexicans, Muslims, women and blacks.
Khizr Khan, 66, father of Army Captain Humayun Khan, hit the campaign trail for the first time along with Hillary Clinton to make an emotional endorsement of the Democratic nominee.
The United States intelligence community in a new declassified file has accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of ordering an "influence campaign" to help Donald Trump win the White House and denigrate his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton in a bid to undermine public faith in the American democratic process.
The US president said new sanctions would be imposed, adding 'America will not be held hostage to nuclear blackmail'.
Hillary Clinton's campaign has pushed back against rumours circulating that her health is failing and slammed Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump for pushing "deranged conspiracy theories."
Obama praised his former secretary of state for embracing America's diversity as a strength, recognising that progress requires compromise, and promoting dignity, courtesy, and respect for all Americans.
Clinton's defeat in Michigan is an indication of the challenges she might face in the rest of her presidential campaign.
Here's a glimpse of all that happened around the world last week, in 14 images.
We bring you a collection of some of the best photographs taken in the week gone by.
Photographs from moments that shaped the world last week.
Here's a glimpse of all that happened around the world last week, in 13 images.
All this caucus talk and the US elections itself has left you confused, don't worry, we're here to help.
'She will recognise the talent of the Indian-American community.'
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