Race to the White House 2016
Trump says US should consider racial profiling
Emily Stephenson 5:22 AM Republican Donald Trump said on Sunday the United States should consider more racial profiling in law enforcement, after urging harsher policies following last week's mass shooting in Orlando.
Vladimir Putin plays down support for Donald Trump
President Vladimir Putin said on Friday he accepted the United States was still the world's only superpower, saying he was ready to work with whoever won the White House.
Clinton romps to victory in last primary in Washington DC
John Whitesides Hillary Clinton formally concluded the US Democratic presidential race on Tuesday with a win in the District of Columbia primary, then turned her focus to uniting the party during a 90-minute private meeting with defeated rival Bernie Sanders.
Hillary Clinton has 12-percentage-point lead over Donald Trump in national poll
John McCormick 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 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 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.
