US Election 2016 | Race to the White House

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Donald Trump in Florida earlier this year.

Donald Trump broke Cuban embargo, report says

President Clinton talks with first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton at the White House in 1999.

Hillary Clinton walks a fine line when it comes to Bill's conduct

Hala Gorani.

Donald Trump's sexist comments not helpful for diversity

Nassim Khadem

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump applauds as he is introduced by boxing promoter Don King.

Colour blind

Paul McGeough
1 min ago

Contradictions: Republican candidate Donald Trump on Wednesday.

Trump's Cuba revelations will hit him in Florida

ANALYSIS
Paul McGeough
14 mins ago

"This is a man who has called women pigs, slobs and dogs," Hillary Clinton said of her opponent Donald Trump in the ...

Trump's women problem is so bad that he is breaking up relationships

COMMENT
Anne Summers

Kim Beazley said it appeared Donald Trump did not prepare well for the debate.

Donald Trump becoming US president is 'terrifying': Beazley

Nick O'Malley

No immediate poll boost: Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.

Poll says Hillary Clinton won first debate but no boost to support

Chris Kahn

Details of Donald Trump's wealth are not publicly known because, bucking a decades-old tradition of US presidential ...

Trump's wealth shrunk by $1b last year: Forbes

Hillary Clinton's strategy won the debate for her.

How Clinton trumps Trump, hands down

COMMENT
Nick O'Malley

Lose-lose: The Amercian voters have an unenviable choice according to Chinese media.

US debate is 'lose-lose': Chinese state media

Bloomberg News

Hillary Clinton, the Democratic nominee for US president.

Clinton faces enduring fear of women in power

COMMENT
Catharine Lumby

Trump cardboard cutout

US driver fined $177 for cardboard cutout of Donald Trump

Dr Chalmers says the fall in wages and living standards has lead to the rise in politicians such as Donald Trump.

This is how much leading Republicans hate women

COMMENT
Alyssa Rosenberg

Face off: Clinton and Trump .

How the first presidential debate really played out

COMMENT
Alexandra Petri

Alicia Machado (centre) at the 1996 Miss Universe pageant, where she was crowned the winner.

New attacks by Donald Trump 'a bad dream' for Alicia Machado

Ed O'Keefe

FBI says some Democrats' phones were hacked by foreign agents.

FBI believes some Democrats' mobile phones targeted by hackers: sources

Mark Hosenball

No tax: Donald Trump.

When Trump gloated about not paying taxes, undecided voters gasped

Mary Jordan

No ailment: Donald Trump

Donald Trump sniffles at the debate but denies illness

Katie Rogers

Hillary Clinton's poise and debating experience shone through against the bombastic Republican political novice Donald Trump.

Trump-Clinton debate tracking towards TV ratings record

Michael Idato

Kim Beazley said it appeared Donald Trump did not prepare well for the debate.

Morning-after verdict: Clinton won the debate, Trump went from 'stupid' to 'very stupid'

ANALYSIS
Paul McGeough

Republican nominee Donald Trump claims his microphone didn't work during the presidential debate.

Trump says debate microphone was 'defective'

Kim Beazley said it appeared Donald Trump did not prepare well for the debate.

Trump vows to 'hit her harder' in next presidential debate

Steve Holland and John Whitesides

Alicia Machado, in May 2016, says Donald Trump bullied her about her weight.

Who is Donald Trump's 'Miss Piggy'?

Georgina Mitchell

There can only be one winner.

Winners and losers from the presidential debate

COMMENT
Chris Cillizza

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