Race to the White House 2016
Hillary Clinton has 12-percentage-point lead over Donald Trump in national poll
John McCormick 10:42 AM Democrat Hillary Clinton has opened up a double-digit lead nationally over Republican Donald Trump, whose negatives??remain unusually high for a presidential candidate amid early indications that the Orlando terrorist attack has had little direct impact on the 2016??race.
Barack Obama denounces Donald Trump for his 'dangerous' mind-set
Julie Hirschfeld Davis 10:12 AM President Barack Obama on Tuesday angrily denounced Donald Trump for his rhetoric following the shooting massacre in Orlando, Florida, saying the presumptive Republican presidential nominee was peddling a "dangerous" mind-set that recalls the darkest periods in American history.
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How Russia is supporting Donald Trump's campaign
Chris Zappone 5:21 AM On social media, white supremacists in the US and Russian ultra-nationalists have joined forces to give Donald Trump a boost.
Donald Trump says he will revoke Washington Post's credentials to cover campaign
Josephine Tovey Republican Donald Trump said on Monday he will no longer issue press credentials to the Washington Post, stopping the publication from gaining access to press areas at his presidential campaign events.
Donald Trump just faced his first big leadership test and failed - miserably
Greg Sargent Republican "party operatives had hoped Trump would remain silent on the attacks so as not to politicise the tragedy," but they were "likely disappointed."
Orlando shooting: Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump clash over massacre
Ginger Gibson and Steve Holland Hillary Clinton on Monday warned against demonising Muslim Americans, while Donald Trump again called for banning foreign-born Muslims from entering the country after the Orlando, Florida, nightclub massacre that was the deadliest mass shooting in US history.
Much at stake for Trump and Clinton in Orlando shooting aftermath
Paul McGeough In the wake of the Orlando slaughter, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump immediately dispensed with any urge to demonstrate that he could server as comforter-in-chief.
Ignoring party pleas, Bernie Sanders refuses to concede
Yamiche Alcindor Despite growing calls from Democrats that he drop out of the race, Sen. Bernie Sanders said Sunday that he would continue to fight for the Democratic presidential nomination, refusing to concede it to Hillary Clinton.
Reeva Steenkamp's father breaks silence over Oscar Pistorius
Aislinn Laing The father of Reeva Steenkamp, the model murdered by Oscar Pistorius, will give evidence for the first time next week to ask for the athlete to be given a lengthy prison sentence.
Libertarian 'spoiler' could hold key to White House
Nick Allen As America prepares to choose between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, two of the most unpopular presidential candidates in history, voters have yearned for a third choice.
HP CEO Meg Whitman compares Donald Trump to Hitler
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co chief executive and Republican donor Meg Whitman reiterated her opposition to Donald Trump as the party's presidential nominee and compared him to Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini.
Trump apologises for Pocahontas remark ... to Pocahontas
Laura Vozzella and Fenit Nirappil The presumptive Republican presidential nominee is back to his teleprompter-free ways.
The real Hillary: how she will win
Paul McGeough Can't deny it – I spent time alone in a New York hotel room with that woman. Her name was Hillary Clinton.
Obama endorses Clinton after Sanders meeting
"I'm with her, I'm fired up and I cannot wait to get out there and campaign with Hillary."
Trump is frightening the golden geese
Paul McGeough For a while it seemed that Republicans figured they had no choice but to fall in behind the presidential candidate who hijacked their party – that would be Donald Trump.
Bernie Sanders stubbornly Hillary Clinton's history making
Michael Barbaro and Yamiche Alcindor Revolutions rarely give way to gracious expressions of defeat and Bernie Sanders wasn't going to change that.
Clinton makes history, wins outright in three states
Paul McGeough Hillary Clinton has claimed the Democratic nomination, making her the first female candidate in US history to win the backing of a major political party in a run for president.
Hillary Clinton makes history, claims Democratic nomination
Josephine Tovey, Chris Zappone Hillary Clinton has strong night in US primaries. Democrats now seeking unity as party turns toward general election against Donald Trump.
Trump's attack on judge 'textbook definition of racism': Paul Ryan
Republicans are facing a predicament as their party's nominee repeatedly insults and offends broad swathes of the American public.
Hillary Clinton declares herself Democrat nominee
Hillary Clinton has declared herself as the Democratic Party nominee for US president, saying she has made history as the first woman to lead a major party in a race for the White House.