Editorial: Barack Obama should quickly indicate when taxes will be increased and spending contained.

See how all the latest news from the US Presidential Election hit - as it happened.

We answer the big questions - serious and silly - during the race to the US presidency.

Two Republican Senate candidates who made public gaffes regarding rape and abortion are headed for defeat.

YouTube user and Pennsylvania voter centralpavote highlighted a problem with voting machines in this YouTube video, in which a touchscreen changed his choice from President Barack Obama to Republican Mitt Romney.

Legendary action man Chuck Norris has a message for American voters as they head to the polls. Video/MrNorrisVideos/YouTube

Today's United States election will be decided by 10 swing states, regions where polling shows little distance between President Obama and challenger Romney.

President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney have wrapped up more than a year of campaigning before the vote.

The US President must be allowed to build on his Administration's achievements, writes Reverend Jesse Jackson.

As the US election day draws closer, in a pro Obama advertisement.. Will Ferrell says he'll dance, he'll cook—Will Ferrell will do anything to get you to vote in this election. courtesy YouTube/BarackObamadotcom

Do you think Mitt Romney could do a better job as US President than Barack Obama. Have your say and vote on the US elections.

Barack Obama will return to the White House for a second term, saying the "best is yet to come". But does it make any difference to NZ who wins?

Abigael, a four-year-old from Colorado, is more than ready for the US election race to end, and is moved to tears by the blanket election coverage in this video posted to YouTube.

As the death toll rose and waters began to recede, Romney's campaign did try to "walk back" his old FEMA comments, writes Tracey Barnett. "Good luck with that."