Rick Santorum

Republican Santorum drops out of White House race, endorses Rubio

Santorum, a 57-year-old former U.S. senator from Pennsylvania, won the Iowa caucuses four years ago, but managed only 1 percent of the vote in the Iowa contest on Monday.

Feb 04, 2016, 07:18 AM IST

Republican campaign for White House turns nastier as field narrows

Campaigning for the Republican nomination at November`s U.S. presidential election took a nasty turn on Wednesday with billionaire businessman Donald Trump accusing rival Ted Cruz of fraud as the field of candidates narrowed ahead of next week`s New Hampshire primary.

Feb 04, 2016, 02:23 AM IST

US will counter ISIS terror plotters in any country: Barack Obama

The US will continue to counter terror plotters of Islamic State militant group in any country where necessary, President Barack Obama has said while directing his national security team to intensify its ongoing counter-terrorism campaign to destroy the terror outfit. In a meeting with his National Security Council, Obama discussed intensification of US campaign to degrade and destroy Islamic State (ISIS).

Jan 29, 2016, 08:02 AM IST

Trump rips up rule book of US retail politics

U.S. Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump swung into New Hampshire for a few hours one evening earlier this month to pick up an endorsement from a small police union.

Dec 24, 2015, 09:38 AM IST