As Democratic and Republican candidates race back and forth across the nation to compete in primary elections for the presidential nominations of their respective parties, political observers are also closely watching the movements of New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg. From VOA's New York Bureau, correspondent Barbara Schoetzau reports on the growing speculation that the billionaire mayor Michael Bloomberg may finance his own non-partisan bid for the White House.

This evening, the Louisiana Republican Party held caucuses at 11 sites across the state to select delegates to a state convention at which Louisiana's GOP convention delegates will be determined. The Louisiana caucuses could potentially benefit one of the Republicans running for President, but this one really takes the cake--it's so complicated that no one is reporting on it.

Hillary Clinton has won the Nevada Democratic Party caucuses, after a hard-fought campaign against Senator Barack Obama and former Senator John Edwards. Mike O'Sullivan reports from Las Vegas, Mitt Romney easily won the Republican race in the state.

Today is a big day for the voters and presidential candidates in South Carolina and Nevada as the primary results in these two states are key for winning the Republican and Democratic presidential nominations.

In a country where people want massive amounts of choice and freedom to make such choices, Ron Paul fights for our rights. A former medical doctor who hails from Texas, Ron Paul is fighting for the right to choose the healthcare methods that you desire as well as the ability to choose to take health supplements such as vitamins at your own free will.

Here is my best educated guess of how things will pan out at the end of the night in anticipation of Iowa Caucus Results. This is just order of finish, not percentages. On that end, I think we’ll see some pretty tight numbers between 3rd through 5th place on the Republican side and among the top three on the Democratic side.

Donald Rumsfeld, architect of the unpopular Iraq war, resigned as defense secretary before last year's November election but his decision was not announced until after the voting, according to his resignation letter obtained by the news agency.

U.S. Republican Party candidates seeking to replace George W. Bush as U.S. president have held their first televised debate. The debate among the 10 candidates took place on the evening of May 3 at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum in southern California.