Simon Marks

With just two days until the US Presidential election day Barack Obama and Mitt Romney are running neck-and-neck, each with 48 percent in the national polls. Audio

While the two contenders appear neck and neck overall, in some of the crucial battleground states where the election could be won or lost, President Obama appears to have an edge. Audio

A look at events across the north eastern states. Our correspondent in Washington DC is Simon Marks. Audio

At least 13 people have been killed in the United States and Canada as the superstorm Sandy roars its way through the eastern seaboard. Audio

The President, Barack Obama cancelled a campaign event in Florida to head back to Washington. Audio

The Northeast of the United States is effectively shut-down, as communities up-and-down the Atlantic coast brace themselves for the arrival of Hurricane Sandy. Audio

With the US presidential debates now over, the race for the White House is neck-and-neck and could boil down to the effort to get out the vote in just a clutch of swing states. Audio

Barack Obama has used the third and final presidential debate to belittle his rival Mitt Romney's credentials to be commander in chief , during a clash that was supposed to be all about foreign… Audio

As the race for the US Presidency goes into its final two weeks, the latest opinion polls show Barack Obama and Mitt Romney in a dead heat. Audio

Listening to the debate in Long Island was our correspondent Simon Marks who says Barack Obama certainly did better second time around. Audio

Twenty-four hours out from the second debate between American presidential contenders Barack Obama and Mitt Romney, the latest poll has them virtually tied. Audio

Joe Biden has gone on the attack, trying to make up lost ground in the first and only debate of the campaign between the US vice presidential candidates. Audio

To the US now, where the former Pennsylvania State University football coach, Jerry Sandusky, will likely spend the rest of his life behind bars for sexually abusing at-risk boys. Audio

The United States Presidential hopefuls Barack Obama and Mitt Romney have faced off for their first debate of this year's election campaign. Audio

Washington correspondent Simon Marks gives us a heads up on the reaction from the White House and those on Capitol Hill. Audio

President Obama has used primetime TV to have a go at Mitt Romney's latest gaffe, with the Republican challenger's campaign reeling from another video leak. Audio

The United States president, Barack Obama, has lodged a complaint against China with the World Trade Organisation, accusing it of illegally subsidising car exports. Audio

Demonstrations against an anti-Islamic film that mocks the prophet Mohammed have spread throughout the Middle East. Audio

In an unusually harsh exchange so soon after a national tragedy, President Obama has ridiculed his campaign rival Mitt Romney for having a tendency to "shoot first and aim later" - after the… Audio

Christopher Stevens, and three other Embassy staff, died when the US consulate in Benghazi came under rocket attack. Audio