POLITICS-US: Disabled Vets Face Red Tape in Voting

With the presidential polls just over a month away, tens of thousands of U.S. war veterans are still wondering whether or not they will be able to vote for the candidate of their choice.

ECONOMY-US: National Protests Erupt Over Bailout Plan

The George W. Bush administration's plan to spend hundreds of billions of dollars to rescue giant Wall Street firms from their current financial meltdown has unleashed a spontaneous wave of protests across the United States.

POLITICS-US: Swiftboating Obama on the Cheap

In 2004, the so-called Swiftboating of Sen. John Kerry's U.S. presidential campaign changed the course of history by helping defeat the Massachusetts senator, and the tactic appeared to become an instant blueprint for future political campaigns.

U.S.: Bipartisan Group Urges Deeper Diplomacy with Muslim World

In an implicit indictment of President George W. Bush's "global war on terror" and the hawkish pronouncements by Republican candidate John McCain, a bipartisan group of nearly three dozen U.S. leaders called here Wednesday for Bush's successor to place much greater emphasis on high-level diplomacy - including direct engagement with Iran and Syria - in dealing with the Middle East and the Muslim world.

POLITICS: Neo-cons, Ex-Israeli Diplomats Push Islamophobic Video

A group of hard-line U.S. neo-conservatives and former Israeli diplomats, among others, are behind the mass distribution, ahead of the November U.S. presidential election, of a controversial DVD that critics have denounced as Islamophobic.

POLITICS-US: Anti-Islam Film Targets “Swing State” Voters

Millions of voters in U.S. states crucial to this fall's presidential election received DVD copies of a controversial documentary film as advertising inserts in their morning newspapers over the past week, with more expected to be sent out over the upcoming weekend.

POLITICS-US: Labour Stakes Hopes on Obama Presidency

After losing over a million jobs in the manufacturing industry in the last eight years, U.S. labour leaders are saying no more to another Republican administration.

POLITICS-US: Arab Americans Favour Obama by Wide Margin

With less than two months before the November elections, Arab American voters in the United States are poised to vote heavily Democratic, according to a poll released here today by the Arab American Institute (AAI).

US/MIDEAST: Obama Advisor Stresses Carrots Over Sticks

Dr. Susan Rice, senior foreign policy advisor to Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama, says the U.S. would make every effort to avoid resorting to a military attack on Iran under an Obama administration.

POLITICS: Election Could Herald Changes in U.S. Cuba Policy

Cuba policy spokesmen for the two presidential candidates jousted and sniped at a colloquium in Washington last Friday, offering a choice between further hardening of current policies and some hope for a new vision for U.S. Cuba policy.

POLITICS: Obama Clear Winner in World Opinion

In a new international poll by the BBC World Service, all 22 countries surveyed would prefer that Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama wins the U.S. presidential election on Nov. 4.

RIGHTS-US: Abolitionists Hope for Swing to Democrats in States

The two U.S. presidential candidates have both expressed support for the death penalty, but abolitionist activists are hoping that pragmatism and a swing to the Democrats in the state elections in November will inevitably edge the country along the road to total abolition whoever wins the presidency.

POLITICS-US: Red, White and Blue… But Mostly White

Don't adjust your television set. There is no problem with your signal; it's just that all the colour was missing from the Republican National Convention, which concluded last night with Sen. John McCain's speech accepting the party nomination.

POLITICS-US: Aerospace Lobby Wages Its Own Election Campaign

"In about the time it takes you to drive into a gas station, insert your credit card in the pump, fill the tank, take your receipt, and get back on the road, a foreign power can use a missile to disable the U.S. communications satellite that made your transaction possible."

Q&A: "I Appreciate This Unique Moment"

Whether he wins or loses in the November election, Barack Obama will have made U.S. history as the first African American to lead a major political party.

POLITICS-US: Candidates Stay the Course on Latin America

With an election to replace an immensely unpopular president just weeks away, Republican nominee John McCain and Democratic candidate Barack Obama have both sought to distance themselves from the record of George W. Bush - but when it comes to Latin America, neither candidate promises a major break with the policies of the last eight years.

POLITICS-US: Christian Right Summit Still Wields Clout

If the Republican Party's vice presidential nominee, Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, survives the slings and arrows of intense media coverage, her next major appearance could be before an adoring crowd of conservatives and Christian evangelicals at the Sep. 12-14 Values Voter Summit in Washington.

POLITICS-US: McCain’s Palin Choice – Bold or Reckless?

Four days after picking a little known Alaskan governor as his vice presidential candidate, the big question in the minds of voters and media is whether Sen. John McCain is bold or reckless.

POLITICS-US: Canada’s Tar Sands Lobbyists Focus on Democrats

As the U.S. election campaign kicks into overdrive, Canadian politicians and oil executives are stepping up lobbying efforts to make sure whoever controls the White House keeps purchasing notoriously dirty oil from the Alberta tar sands.

Q&A: "The U.S. Election Is Going to Be Won at the Margins"

Michigan is a key state either presidential nominee needs to win the White House on Nov. 4. Unlike Democratic nominee Barack Obama, John McCain has carried Michigan before when he ran against President George Bush.

POLITICS-US: The Reinterpretation of Dreams

In 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King stood on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington and gave a speech that went down as one of the greatest in U.S. history.