CHICAGO (Reuters) - Newly-elected U.S. president​ Barack Obama will face a daunting array of foreign​ policy challenges, from wars in Afghanistan and​ Ir...

Early voting is changing campaign strategy and​ voter behavior like no other presidential race in​ history, experts say, as Sens. John McCain and​ Barack...

The country pays $1.5B into a fund to compensate​ families

More than a week after voters in California,​ Arizona and Florida passed ballot initiatives​ outlawing same-sex marriage, thousands of people​ across the...

On the day that President-elect Barack Obama is​ visiting the White House, a new national poll​ suggests that the current occupant at 1600​ Pennsylvania ...

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Barack Obama will meet with​ his economic team on Friday and hold his first​ news conference since becoming U.S.​ president-elect, ai...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrat Barack Obama put​ aside the victory celebrations on Wednesday and​ began crafting a White House team to help him lead​ a ...

PHOENIX (Reuters) - Republican John McCain​ congratulated Democrat Barack Obama for winning​ the U.S. presidency on Tuesday, saying "the​ American p...

Americans hit the polls Tuesday in numbers that​ officials across the country believed would​ shatter election turnout records.