Republican leader John McCain made an unscheduled visit to India on Tuesday and asked Pakistan to offer cooperation “as quickly and efficiently as possible” over the Mumbai terrorist massacre.
US President-elect Barack Obama and his defeated Republican rival John McCain on Monday pledged a "new era of reform" to solve the US economic crisis, transform energy policy and safeguard national security.
Intense speculation flared over reports that US president-elect Barack Obama is weighing former Democratic primary rival Hillary Clinton to be a heavy-hitting secretary of state.
Barack Obama attracted great support from Jewish voters in his run for the US presidency despite the controversy surrounding the Democrat's alleged links with Islam, according to political analysts.
Republican White House nominee John McCain today conceded defeat and congratulated his Democratic rival Barack Obama for his "historic victory" in the hard-fought US Presidential polls.- Barack Obama has accepted John McCain's concession and has asked his Republican rival for help in leading the country.
A triumphant Barack Obama vowed to be a president for all America, even those who voted against him, and asked for patience to address America's problems of war and finance, which the called the greatest challenges of a lifetime.
McCain stepped out of a sport-utility vehicle on Tuesday morning with wife Cindy as a small crowd cheered "Go, John, go!" and "We love you!" One person carried a sign that read, "Use your brain, vote McCain!"
Obama arrived at his precinct in Chicago shortly after 7:30 CST on Tuesday. His wife, Michelle, and their young daughters accompanied him as he received a ballot and went to a polling station.
Americans opened the voting in their historic election on Tuesday, with front-running Democrat Barack Obama seeking to become the first black president and his Republican rival John McCain hoping for a poll-defying comeback.- Every presidential election is for the history books. This one is for the ages. On the Democratic side, the first black nominee of either major party is bidding to become the first black president.
It's a nightmare scenario for Democrats - their nominee Barack Obama winning the popular vote while Republican John McCain ekes out an Electoral College victory. But anything can happen in America.
Democrat Barack Obama's bid to become the first black president faced the final test of his remarkable two-year journey on Tuesday, while Republican John McCain pressed for an Election Day upset.
Front-runner Barack Obama and his comeback-seeking White House rival John McCain on Monday dashed through critical states in a frenetic final day blitz on the eve of the historic US elections.
White House rivals Barack Obama and John McCain on Sunday hurled themselves into a Herculean final 48 hours of campaigning before their date with destiny in the historic US election.
Warring White House rivals Barack Obama and John McCain hurled themselves into a Herculean last 48 hours of campaigning before their date with destiny in Tuesday's election.
Counting down to Election Day, Barack Obama appears within reach of becoming the nation's first black president as the epic campaign draws to a close against a backdrop of economic crisis and lingering war. John McCain, the battle-scarred warrior, holds out hope for a Truman-beats-Dewey-style upset.
Arnold Schwarzenegger, muscleman-turned-actor-turned-politician, called on Barack Obama to beef up his his policies - and his body - at a high-voltage campaign rally for Republican John McCain.
Despite John McCain's prediction of an upset, Barack Obama reached for a landslide on Friday, invading his rival's home state with TV ads and building a lead in early voting in key battlegrounds as the presidential race headed into a hectic final weekend.
Republican John McCain sought to revive his White House campaign in the symbolically named Ohio town of Defiance as grim new figures suggesting the US economy was sliding into recession boosted his Democratic rival Barack Obama.
Fading in the polls, John McCain fought Barack Obama for support in economically hard-hit Ohio on Monday, each man pledging to right the economy and turn the page on the Bush era in a state with an impressive record for picking presidents.
US Democrats won't be frightened this Halloween -- not with "Barack-o'-lanterns" burning, as youthful Democrats are replacing the pumpkin's traditionally triangular eyes and crooked mouth with the likeness of Obama.
White House front-runner Barack Obama traded barbs with John McCain over their plans for the stricken US economy as the presidential campaign entered its final full week.- Democrat Presidential hopeful Barack Obama has opened up an eight-point lead over his rival John McCain in the traditional Republican stronghold of Virginia.
Republican John McCain declared "I'm going to win it," dismissing polls showing him behind with little more than a week to go in the presidential race, while a confident Barack Obama drew a jaw-dropping 100,000 people to a single rally.
