Crushed in polls by Hillary Clinton, Trump talks of 'rigged election'
Polls say that for each Democrat voter who shifts to Trump, two Republicans are getting behind Clinton, raising a real possibility of a wave of Clinton Republicans.
Paul McGeough is chief foreign correspondent for the Sydney Morning Herald.
Polls say that for each Democrat voter who shifts to Trump, two Republicans are getting behind Clinton, raising a real possibility of a wave of Clinton Republicans.
It was a sinister moment in a campaign already replete with ugliness. And it put the spotlight back on Donald Trump.
Trump's seemingly reckless words provoked this warning from a former CIA director.
Donald Trump reiterates his criticism of NAFTA and TPP trade deals and even says "we'll put our coal miners and our steel workers back to work".
The trade protectionism advocated by the US presidential candidates may have several dangerous ramifications.
Trump's appalling assault on the Khan family appears to have been a game-changer for Republicans, many of whom have been muted in their criticism - until now.
In other developed democracies, reform means getting more voters to the polls, but in the US it means suppression of voting by minorities.
Pundits have yet to come up with an explanation for this candidate's willingness to inflict wounds on himself.
Trump claims he is worth $US10 billion. But he refuses to release his tax returns and some estimates of his fortune put it as low as $US3 billion.
Demeaning a slain soldier's mother, getting flummoxed by the Kremlin's Crimean actions or claiming to be 'a great and very brave soldier' for avoiding sexually transmitted disease - there's never a dull moment on the Trump campaign trail.
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