Us Presidential Election

Donald Trump's son-in-law informally approached a top media industry dealmaker about setting up a Trump TV network after the US presidential election, an insider says.

A State Department official offered a "quid pro quo" deal if the FBI would change the classification of a Hillary Clinton email, FBI documents indicate.

The first poll since Donald Trump's groping scandal shows the Republican presidential candidate retains 43 percent of the vote, while Democrat Hillary Clinton has 47 percent.

Opinion - The time bomb that is Donald Trump's candidacy has finally exploded but, Phil Smith writes, he might still have an endgame.

First lady Michelle Obama has scathingly condemned Donald Trump, calling his boasts about groping women 'shocking and demeaning'.

Two women have told the New York Times that Donald Trump touched them inappropriately, but the Trump campaign has dismissed the report.

Donald Trump's "deeply unsettling and disturbing" views make him a danger internationally, the UN's human rights chief says.

Hillary Clinton's campaign chairman says the FBI is investigating whether Russia was behind a hack on his private email.

White House candidate Donald Trump has stepped up his attacks against US House Speaker Paul Ryan, calling him a weak and ineffective leader.

While the second rhetoric clash between Clinton and Trump was not a game-changer, Wellington bar patrons were surprised by The Donald's performance.

Opinion - Donald Trump went into the second debate reeling from the worst October surprise in history. Phil Smith analyses his defensive manoeuvres.

US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and his team have come out fighting after a storm over vulgar comments he made about women.

US Presdiential candidate Donald Trump has vowed he will never drop out of the race after tapes of him making lewd comments emerged.

Senior Republicans have condemned obscene comments Donald Trump made about women in a 2005 videotape.

Opinion - The US Republican candidate retains a solid core of supporters regardless of what he says or does. Phil Smith looks at who these people are.

Democrat Tim Kaine tried to make the only vice-presidential debate all about Donald Trump on Tuesday, calling him a danger to US national security.

Opinion - The end of Obama is nigh. Toby Manhire and Toby Morris ponder his presidency before Hillary Clinton - or, oh boy, the other one - succeeds him.

Hillary Clinton has attacked Donald Trump as the symbol of a "rigged system" after it emerged that he may not have paid income tax for 18 years.

The New York attorney general has served the Trump Foundation with a cease and desist order that requires it to stop fundraising in New York