White House Elections 2012

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  Some Americans Look To Canada, New Zealand As Donald Trump Lead Grows

  Canada's main immigration website appeared to crash and New Zealand reported increased traffic from U.S. nationals as Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump inched closer to the White House on Wednesday.

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  Judge Orders Search Of New Hillary Clinton Emails For Release By September 13

  A US judge ordered the State Department on Thursday to release by Sept. 13 any emails it finds between Hillary Clinton and the White House from the week of the 2012 attack in Benghazi, Libya, among the thousands of additional emails uncovered by federal investigators.

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  Hillary Clinton Aide Testifies as Democrats Slam Benghazi Panel

  Hillary Clinton's long-time confidante testified Friday before US lawmakers investigating the deadly 2012 attacks in Libya, as Democrats slammed the Republican-led actions as efforts to "derail" the ex-secretary of state's White House bid.

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  US Senator Rand Paul's Ally Indicted in Major Payoff Controversy

  US officials announced charges today against the head of a political group supporting Senator Rand Paul's presidential run, saying he secretly paid an Iowa legislator to switch political allegiances during the 2012 Republican primaries.

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  Emails Offer Rare Glimpse Into Hillary Clinton's Personal Life

  Only hours before Hillary Clinton was to face her biggest challenge and tragedy as US secretary of state, she asked an aide to get her a French documentary about Libya.

• White House says Barack Obama did not consider dropping Joe Biden from 2012 ticket

  US President Barack Obama never considered the idea of dropping Vice President Joe Biden from his 2012 re-election team and replacing him with Hillary Clinton, the White House said on Friday.

• Barack Obama's income fell in election year, paid 18.4 per cent tax rate

  President Barack Obama paid an effective federal tax rate of 18.4 per cent in 2012 and saw income from his best-selling books drop as he ran for re-election, according to his tax returns released by the White House on Friday.

• Obama image machine whirs as press access narrows

  A photo of the Obamas hugging that was released on Election Day 2012 has become the world's most popular tweet on Twitter. A dressed-up version of Barack Obama's State of the Union speech, packed with charts and graphs, is huge on YouTube. A playful picture of the president cavorting with a 3-year-old in a Spiderman costume is a favorite online.

• Tiny northeast town casts first White House votes

  The first ballots of the 2012 White House race were cast in the tiny New Hampshire town of Dixville Notch on Tuesday, with Barack Obama and Mitt Romney each receiving five votes.

• New poll shows Obama, Romney neck and neck in White House race

  Republican challenger Mitt Romney has closed the gap with US President Barack Obama and the two are now neck and neck in the White House race, a poll released on Wednesday shows.

• Gingrich promises to build American base on Moon

  Unveiling an election agenda that is literally out of this world, a leading Republican White House hopeful has promised to build a permanent American base on the Moon, an idea termed by his rivals as a wild dream and unaffordable for a country experiencing one of its worst economic crisis. Newt Gingrich, the former Speaker of US House of Represent...

• Selena Gomez Eager To Vote For First Time

  Teen pop star and actress Selena Gomez is looking forward to vote for the very first time in the 2012 US presidential election.