'What is Aleppo?' presidential candidate Gary Johnson asks
The man hoping to attract the votes of Republicans disgruntled with Donald Trump revealed a stunning lack of foreign policy knowledge in a now-viral interview.
Islamic State backs Trump as a president to 'inspire jihad', says Clinton
Hillary Clinton said on Thursday that Islamic State leaders were praying for Donald Trump to win the US election.
'I can be perceived as aloof or cold': Hillary Clinton explains how she learnt to show less emotion
She has been criticised for being cold, unemotional and not relatable enough to regular folk, now Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton has explained why.
Obama says Trump's 'wacky ideas' show he's not qualified for job
Obama said Trump isn't fit to serve as president after his performance at a national security forum.
Ferguson activist found dead in burnt car
Black protester Darren Seals was found with a gunshot wound in a burnt car in St Louis, Missouri.
Reversals and memory lapses as candidates appear back-to-back
Donald Trump burst back into the limelight, with so many back-to-back reverse ferrets that a lesser presidential candidate might have blushed.
US Defence secretary warns Russia: stay out of US elections
Defence Secretary Ash Carter used language that evoked a time before the fall of the Berlin Wall.
Trump wants more military tools, troops and a plan to defeat ISIS
Republican candidate wants to deploy more active troops, fighter planes, ships and submarines as he works to convince sceptics he's ready to be CiC.
Are we witnessing the goring of Hillary Clinton?
One candidate, George W. Bush, was dishonest in a way that was unprecedented in US politics. The other, Al Gore, was portrayed as slippery and dishonest. Guess who won?
Trump fans prejudice, UN human rights boss
The UN's human rights chief accuses Donald Trump of spreading "humiliating racial and religious prejudice".
US probing potential covert Russian plan to disrupt November elections
After Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid ended a secure, 30-minute phone briefing by a top intelligence official, he was "deeply shaken".
Donald Trump: I would have left G20 summit in China over Obama staircase flap
'It's a sign of such disrespect,' the Republican candidate tells a crowd in Ohio.
What we know heading into the final months of the presidential race
Given that the race is just starting for lots and lots of people, it's worth revisiting what we know about the contours of the contest.
Donald Trump closing gap on Hillary Clinton as election run-in begins
Donald Trump was fighting back in polls and set to spend millions on TV advertisements as the US presidential election unofficially kicked off in force on Monday.
Putin remarks show aim to disrupt election, says Clinton camp
Experts have concluded Russia was behind the hacking of Democratic National Committee e-mails that were released by WikiLeaks just before Clinton was to formally accept the party's nomination
FBI releases Hillary Clinton email files
The FBI has released its interview with Hillary Clinton, along with a memorandum summarising the investigation into her use of a private email server that contained classified information.
'Guccifer', hacker who exposed Hillary Clinton emails, jailed
A Romanian hacker nicknamed "Guccifer" who helped expose the existence of Hillary Clinton's private email server has been jailed.
Melania Trump sues over 'tremendously damaging' escort reports
Melania Trump is suing the Daily Mail Online and a blogger over stories about her past.
The Duplicity of Donald Trump
When he's securely removed from the objects of his scorn, he's tough as nails; when he's in their presence, he quivers like a bowl of jelly.
Donald Trump: From sinner to saint
Remarkable as it might seem, in the face of unabashed unChristian conduct by Trump, evangelical leaders up and down the US are falling in behind him.
Donald Trump 'used us as props', say conservative Hispanics
"That was not a Republican speech, that was populist propaganda," said one Hispanic Republican.
Donald Trump in a Jekyll-and-Hyde performance on immigration
Earlier he wanted to work cooperatively with Mexico. In the evening, the usual yelling Trump was back.
After subdued trip to Mexico, Trump talks tough on immigration in Phoenix
Donald Trump, who has made maligning illegal immigrants from Mexico a cornerstone of his presidential campaign, met with Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto on Wednesday - striking a remarkably subdued and cooperative tone as he faced a world leader forcefully opposed to his signature proposals.
'Everything but Hillary Clinton,' France's Marine Le Pen says, backing Donald Trump
France's far-right National Front party leader, Marine Le Pen, says Hillary Clinton would bring war and hardship to the world.
Could hackers tip an American election? You bet
One expert estimated that more than 75 per cent of US voters cast ballots on machines that create a reliable paper trail.
'Mexico will not pay for the wall': Pena Nieto tells Trump
Within hours of Trump's visit to Mexico, a dispute arose over the most contentious part of the billionaire's plans to secure the US southern border.
Donald Trump goes to Mexico, the land of 'rapists and criminals'
The politically risky trip 10 weeks before Election Day put Trump in a country where he's widely despised alongside a foreign leader who has compared him to Adolf Hitler.
Donald Trump to visit Mexico ahead of immigration speech
US Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is heading to a hastily arranged meeting with the Mexican president before a crucial speech on Wednesday.
Clinton calls in experts in plan to destroy Trump in debates
The Trump team casts his prep-sessions as chats over hotdogs and burgers at his golf club in New Jersey. Clinton's planning is quite a bit different.
FBI detects breaches against two US state voter systems
The Senate minority leader, Harry Reid of Nevada, has asked the FBI to investigate.