Race to the White House 2016
How Trump Uni signs up 'buyers'
Yancey Roy 10:10 AM Play "For the Love of Money" by the O'Jays. Keep the room temperature cool. And if an attorney-general shows up, contact a senior staffer immediately.
Ex-Trump University workers call school a ‘lie’ and a ‘scheme’
Michael Barbaro and Steve Eder 7:35 AM Former managers of Trump University, the for-profit school started by Donald Trump, portray it as an unscrupulous business that relied on high-pressure sales tactics and exploited vulnerable students.
Stephen Hawking may be a genius, but he can't explain 'demagogue' Donald Trump
Rachel Feltman Sometimes, really brilliant folks with a reputation for being brilliant start to comment on subjects outside their area of expertise, as if their level of genius so transcends the intelligence of the unwashed masses that they can be called on as an authority in literally any subject.
Donald Trump gives a preview of the petulant president, lashing out at the media
Paul McGeough Trump scheduled a press conference and proceeded to use the assembled hacks as a punching bag, mewling and puking at the news media's temerity to ask questions.
Donald Trump praised by North Korean state media as 'wise politician'
Adam Taylor "There are many positive aspects to Trump's 'inflammatory policies," an editorial in North Korean state media said.
Libertarians name their US presidential candidate
Terry Spencer The Libertarian Party again nominated former New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson as its presidential candidate Sunday, believing he can challenge Donald Trump and Hillary clinton.
Rise of Donald Trump tracks growing debate over global fascism
Peter Baker The comparison was inflammatory, to say the least. Former governor William Weld of Massachusetts equated Donald Trump's immigration plan with Kristallnacht, the night of horror in 1938 when rampaging Nazis smashed Jewish homes and businesses in Germany and killed scores of Jews.
Getting photo ID so you can vote in the US is easy. Unless you're elderly, poor, black, or Latino
Sari Horwitz Election experts say that the process for obtaining a photo ID can be far more difficult than it looks for hundreds of thousands of people across the country who do not have the required photo identification cards, including the elderly, African-Americans, Hispanics and low-income residents.
ANALYSIS
Does Hillary Clinton stand a chance?
Paul McGeough The Clinton surname may be Hillary's greatest weakness.
Trump clinches US Republican nomination
Donald Trump has reached the number of delegates needed to clinch the Republican nomination for US president, completing an unlikely rise that has upended the political landscape and set the stage for a bitter campaign.
Australian family faces deportation from Scotland
Elisabeth O'Leary An Australian family who arrived in Scotland four years ago during a drive to attract people to live in rural areas, is now battling deportation under British immigration rules which changed after they arrived.
Trump's funding deal with Republican Party already under fire
Paul McGeough So much for The Art of the Deal. The agreement by which the Republican Party will raise more than $US1 billion to fund Donald Trump's presidential campaign was hardly done before the candidate's surrogates were complaining that the party would undercut the New York mogul.
'We hope that he will not chicken out' Trump, Sanders mull debate
Emily Stephenson Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Bernie Sanders on Thursday explored staging an unconventional US presidential debate in California that would sideline Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton.
ANALYSIS
Hillary Clinton's use of private emails violated rules: report
Paul McGeough Hillary Clinton and her aides have played down the inquiries, saying that she would cooperate with investigators to put the email issue behind her.
Protesters turn violent at Trump rally in Albuquerque
Protesters threw rocks at police horses, burnt flags and Trump merchandise in the latest disturbance to the Republican candidate's campaign..
Donald Trump cheered housing crisis: Hillary Clinton
Democrat Hillary Clinton, seeking to dampen Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's growing appeal with working-class voters, has accused him of having cheered on the 2008 housing market crash.
US Democrats give Bernie Sanders say in party platform
Jonathan Allen The Democratic Party said on Monday it would give U.S. presidential contender Bernie Sanders a prominent say in writing its platform this year, a gesture that could ease tensions between Sanders' camp and party leaders, whom Sanders has accused of favoring rival Hillary Clinton.
Trump and Clinton neck and neck in new poll
Paul McGeough That's quite an achievement. In July last year, Hillary Clinton luxuriated in a 20-point lead over her likely Republican opponent Donald Trump. Fast-forward to this weekend, and Trump has closed the gap to zero.
Hillary Clinton: Don't think Donald Trump has a 'normal candidacy'
Amy Chozick Even as Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton contends with Bernie Sanders' unflagging critique from the left, she said it was vital for her to pivot to confront Donald Trump now, lest he successfully repackage himself for wider consumption rather than appealing to the Republican primary electorate alone.
