Mitt Romney

His supporters are furious: his rivals are gleeful. As President Obama struggles to recover from his lacklustre debate performance, has Mitt Romney changed the state of the race for good?

Wednesday evening’s US presidential debate between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney was a major event in the Twittersphere. Channel 4 News trawls through some of the best tweets.

The night, according to the instant reaction, belonged to Mitt Romney, after an assured performance in his first face off against Barack Obama. Has the president blown it?

They say they are just like everyone else: apart from the other wives. Channel 4 News has been to meet the Mormon families who are proud to be part of a multiple marriage.

Tonight Mitt Romney faces Barack Obama in the most important night of his political life. Felicity Spector has been talking to a top Republican debate coach who has helped him prepare.

It is the last chance to persuade voters to change their minds, as Obama and Romney face off in three televised encounters. But have these debates ever influenced an election result?

The candidates are taking time off from the campaign trail – but this is no holiday. Mitt Romney and Barack Obama are hunkered down with top aides, preparing for their first face to face encounter.

No need to wait till November. Almost half of Americans can already start voting in the presidential elections. And that could spell trouble for Mitt Romney – who’s fighting to make up lost ground.

It is one of the most politically important states whose votes are still up for grabs. That’s why Mitt Romney, Paul Ryan and President Obama are criss crossing Ohio this week, searching for support.

The Republican presidential candidate’s 2011 tax return shows that his trust invested in Cnooc, a Chinese national oil company with multi-billion dollar links to Iran.

They are one of the most crucial groups in November’s election, and both parties are desperate for their support. Now Mitt Romney has been wooing Hispanic voters – but are they buying his message?

It is not going well for Mitt Romney. His efforts to get his campaign back on course have been derailed by a leaked video piling scorn on Obama’s supporters for being too poor to pay tax.

They’re behind in the polls, beleaguered in the press, stumbling to present a coherent message. Now key insiders in Mitt Romney’s campaign are searching for someone to blame.