Sanders calls for US to be harder on Saudi Arabia

Jesse Hamilton   The US has to take a harder stance against Saudi Arabia and its support of the kind of fundamentalist ideology that drives Islamic State and al-Qaida, Bernie Sanders said Sunday.

'We won't let Donald Trump bully us over border wall': Mexico

David Biller and Eric Martin   Mexico's finance minister Luis Vinegary has called Donald Trump's proposal to force the country to pay for a wall along the US border a kind of diplomatic harassment that's doomed to fail.

What if alternative to Donald Trump is worse than Donald Trump?

Paul McGeough   New Yorkers – Republicans and Democrats – don't get to vote for their preferred presidential candidates till Tuesday [local time], but Ted Cruz has already voted with his feet– He's taken his campaign off to other states, where he figures he'll have a better chance of scoring votes and winning delegates.

Candidates recognise 'it's up to you, New York, New York'

Paul McGeough   The race for New York is personal for three of the four frontrunners in the American presidential primaries.

Gap between rich and poor worse than ever: Sanders

Philip Pullella   US presidential candidate Bernie Sanders has told a Vatican conference that the "immoral" gap between the haves and have nots is worse than more than a century ago.

GOP delegates in Pennsylvania primary often are pledged only to themselves

Maria Recio   Because of the unique way Pennsylvania selects its delegates, the state primary offers Donald Trump's rivals a big opening.

Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders spar in uproarious debate

Luciana Lopez and Jonathan Allen   Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton and rival Bernie Sanders assailed each other over their judgment and experience before a rowdy crowd in a high-volume debate five days before a crucial New York nominating contest for the US presidential election.

Megyn Kelly is winning the 2016 election - here's why

Callum Borchers   Kelly stands up to the billionaire without resorting to his crass tactics. In other words, she does what Trump's GOP opponents can't.

Republican candidate Ted Cruz once defended a ban on sex toys

Josephine Tovey   Revelations that the presidential hopeful once backed a ban on the sale of dildos have gone viral in the US.

Understanding Donald Trump's appeal to New Yorkers

Philip Rucker   Many New Yorkers said they will vote for the billionaire, the front-runner in next week's statewide primary, because they see him as the embodiment of their city's spirit and ambition — big, brash and unafraid.

Judge rejects Cruz citizenship challenge

Maddie Hanna   New Jersey judge rules Canadian-born Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz is a "natural-born citizen" and may run in the state's primary elections in June.

ANALYSIS

US Speaker Paul Ryan insists he won't run

Paul McGeough   If Republican bomb-throwers have the nerve to stage a coup at the party convention in Cleveland in July, the infrastructure is in place to draft Speaker Paul Ryan as the party's presidential nominee.

Paul Ryan rules out 2016 presidential run

Steve Holland and Susan Cornwell   "I will not be nominated. I will not allow my name to be placed in nomination," House of Representatives Speaker says.

Donald Trump's children didn't register in time to vote for him

Jenna Johnson   "They were, you know, unaware of the rules, and they didn't register in time, so they feel very, very guilty - they feel very guilty," Trump said.

Donald Trump hits back at Boston Globe over satirical front page

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has derided The Boston Globe as "stupid" and "worthless" in response to a satirical front page printed by the newspaper that lampoons a potential Trump presidency.

Clinton's judgment 'clearly lacking': Sanders

Yamiche Alcindor   Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont continued his squabble with Hillary Clinton over her qualifications to be president Sunday, saying "something is clearly lacking" in her judgment.

Donald Trump should be a dead man walking

Paul McGeough   Donald Trump's Republican and Democrat opponents dare not assume the New York mogul is down to firing blanks.