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US President-elect Donald Trump says the US Government should cancel its multibillion-dollar order for new Air Force One presidential planes.
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China calls on the United States not to let Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen transit there when she visits Guatemala next month, days after President-elect Donald Trump irked Beijing by speaking to Ms Tsai in a break with decades of precedent.
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China lodges a diplomatic protest after US President-elect Donald Trump's phone call with Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen, but blames the self-ruled island Beijing claims as its own for the "petty" move.
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US President-elect Donald Trump has spoken by phone with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen, a transition team spokeswoman says, the first such contact by a president-elect since 1979.
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Michigan's attorney-general files a lawsuit to halt the Green Party's requested recount of presidential votes in the state, adding to Republican efforts in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin to maintain Donald Trump's victory.
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President-elect Donald Trump hits the road for a series of post-election thank-you events. His journey will take him to the places where his Make America Great Again slogan and rejection of political correctness spoke to the country's working classes.
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US President-elect Donald Trump says he will nominate the retired Marine Corps General James "Mad Dog" Mattis to lead the Defence Department, raising questions about increased military influence in a job designed to ensure civilian control of the armed forces.
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US President-elect Donald Trump warns companies they will face "consequences" for outsourcing jobs abroad, as he announces a deal to keep about 1,000 jobs in the United States rather than move them to Mexico.
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President Vladimir Putin strikes an unusually conciliatory tone in his annual state of the nation address, saying Moscow wants to get on with the incoming US administration and is looking to make friends, not enemies.
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United States President-elect Donald Trump says he will be leaving his businesses "in total" to focus on running the country and will outline the plan in a December 15 news conference with his family.
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President-elect Donald Trump names a vociferous Obamacare critic and an Indiana policy consultant to help him overhaul the US healthcare system.
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President-elect Donald Trump steps up his search for a new US secretary of state, with the focus on David Petraeus, a former military commander in Iraq whose mishandling of classified information led to his resignation as CIA chief in 2012.
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US President-elect Donald Trump's midtown Manhattan building is briefly renamed to "Dump Tower" on Google Maps. The mapping service first noticed the name on Saturday after social media reports.
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US President-elect Donald Trump claims in a tweet that he won the popular vote in the November 8 election "if you deduct the millions of people who voted illegally".
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An internal dispute among Donald Trump's advisers breaks out with his campaign manager warning the President-elect could face an intense backlash from supporters if he chooses Mitt Romney to be his secretary of state.
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US President-elect Donald Trump condemns the growing push to force recounts in three states pivotal to his November 8 victory as "ridiculous", claiming Green candidate Jill Stein using the recount campaign to "fill her coffers".
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President-elect Donald Trump picks Washington insider Donald McGahn to be his White House counsel, giving him the job of untangling potential conflicts of interest that the New York businessman's presidency may present.
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The US Green Party presidential candidate files for a vote recount in Wisconsin, saying only a full review will give Americans confidence in the results, but the chances of a Hillary Clinton victory remain slim.
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The election of Donald Trump and Britain's exit from the European Union are the hallmarks of a tectonic shift in Western politics, fuelled by rural and regional revolt.
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The chief executive of online bulletin board Reddit admits to changing posts by supporters of US President-elect Donald Trump on the website.
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It's been a week of transitioning, tweeting and talking turkey in the US, where the whole country is about to take a much-needed holiday for Thanksgiving.
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US President-elect Donald Trump has been busy holding meetings with potential appointees to his administration. These are the people he's chosen so far.
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A campaign to crowdfund a US election recount in three battleground states has gone beyond its target and reached $US3.5 million.
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Defence Department Secretary Dennis Richardson says the election of Donald Trump has drawn into sharp focus the importance of the 65-year-old ANZUS alliance, which he warns should not be taken for granted.
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The New York Times releases a full transcript of US President-elect Donald Trump's wide-ranging interview with a group of Times reporters, editors and opinion columnists.
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US President-elect Donald Trump picks a South Carolina Governor who was critical of him during his election campaign and who has little foreign policy experience, to be US ambassador to the United Nations.
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Jordan's King Abdullah II talks to Lateline about what Donald Trump's presidency will mean for the Middle East and how Australia can help combat extremist groups including Islamic State.
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US President-elect Donald Trump has divided his supporters after backing away from a campaign promising to pursue charges against Democrat nominee Hillary Clinton.
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With optimistic investors pushing Wall Street to fresh record highs again overnight, the world's largest bond trader PIMCO warns President-elect Donald Trump's protectionist policies risk a recession.
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The polls missed Donald Trump. The polls missed Brexit. But Australian polls didn't miss Malcolm Turnbull. Are Australian pollsters really that much better than they overseas colleagues? Or are the just lucky?
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US President-elect Donald Trump says he no longer feels strongly about pursuing further investigations into Democratic rival Hillary Clinton's email practices, marking a turnaround from his campaign rallies where he roused supporters in chants of "lock her up".
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Britain dismisses US President-elect Donald Trump's unprecedented expression of support for Brexit campaigner Nigel Farage to be made British ambassador to Washington, saying pointedly that there is no vacancy for the job.
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With US President-elect Donald Trump's announcement that he intends to withdraw from the world's largest trade deal, experts are divided over whether it can survive at all.
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The leader of a white nationalist meeting is recorded on video shouting "Heil Trump" as some attendees lift their hands in a Nazi salute, causing alarm among protesters, the hosting restaurant, and the US Holocaust Memorial Museum.
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Bond markets are pricing in interest rate rises, a worry for heavily indebted borrowers, but the good news for those in debt is that the increase is likely to be slow.
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The Broadway actor whose pointed and rare appeal to Vice-President-elect Mike Pence sparked an angry response from Donald Trump defends the remarks, and says "there's nothing to apologise for".
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The Q&A panel wrestles with the issue of where Australia stands now that Donald Trump is President-elect of the United States.
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US Vice President-elect Mike Pence says he was not offended by rare and pointed comments made to him by a cast member of Hamilton after he attended the hit Broadway show.
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A leading budget watcher forecasts a Donald Trump presidency will not have a significant impact on Australia's federal budget, saying record-low wage growth is a bigger concern.
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It has only been 10 days since Parliament last sat, but it has been a packed week and a half. Here's what you need to know before the bells ring this morning.
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To suggest everyone who voted for Donald Trump nodded in furious agreement every time he made an insensitive or inflammatory comment misunderstands the depths of despair to which many voters have sunk.
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There's speculation that Donald Trump is considering Mitt Romney as a possible secretary of state. If it happened, it would quite the turnaround in their relationship.
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US President-elect Donald Trump demands an apology from the cast of the Broadway hit Hamilton for appealing from the stage to Vice President-elect Mike Pence to uphold American values as he sat in the theatre audience.
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Jeff Sessions has been named as America's next attorney-general. The firebrand senator from Alabama will be one of the most influential figures in the coming Trump administration.
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US President-elect Donald Trump agrees to a $34 million settlement to resolve three lawsuits over Trump University, his former school for real estate investors.
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US President-elect Donald Trump picks three conservative loyalists with hard-line views on immigration and counter-terrorism to lead his national security and law enforcement teams, including US Senator Jeff Sessions for attorney-general and Representative Mike Pompeo as CIA director.
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All eyes are on Trump Tower, which is now the centre of the known universe ahead of the presidential transition.
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President-elect Donald Trump begins building out his national security team, offering retired lieutenant general Michael Flynn the job of national security adviser.
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A pheasant becomes the star attraction at a Chinese safari park after visitors say its golden head feathers resemble US President-elect Donald Trump's famous blond quiff.
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Defeated Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton calls for a renewed fight for a more inclusive United States despite disappointment over an election loss that laid bare national divisions.
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Donald Trump's election victory has a Japanese factory manager smiling, as demand soars for rubber masks of the President-elect.
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He's become the face of countless memes with US President Barack Obama following last week's election. So why do does the public love Joe Biden so much?
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With such little time left in the White House, does President Barack Obama still have any power? And how will he spend his final days?
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Frantic efforts by the Australian Government on the night of the US election to secure a number for Donald Trump culminated in golfing great Greg Norman providing ambassador Joe Hockey with the President-elect's personal mobile number.
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Ever since she was a child, those around Melania Trump say she was ambitious and drawn to a world outside Slovenia. Then at 16, her life took a fortuitous turn when a fashion photographer spotted her outside a show.
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Critics lash Donald Trump for using Twitter to denounce reports he's having problems getting in touch with world leaders, but supporters of the US President-elect say he is under a lot of pressure and needs to blow off steam.
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US President-elect Donald Trump jettisons a respected national security expert from his transition team in a sign that he may be settling on loyalists to staff his administration.
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A West Virginia mayor resigns following a public backlash after she posted a response to a comment about US First Lady Michelle Obama on Facebook.
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Thousands of people make donations to Planned Parenthood in the name of US Vice-President-elect Mike Pence, an abortion opponent, so he will receive official acknowledgements from the women's health care provider.
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Why, when so many white Christian evangelicals doubt Donald Trump's faith, did they vote for him? Mike Bird writes.
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After America delivered one of history's biggest electoral surprises, Donald Trump's supporters are watching closely for signs he will deliver what he promised.
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US President Barack Obama says world leaders need to pay attention to people's very real fears of economic dislocation and inequality in the midst of globalisation.
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Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson says he is entertaining the idea of jumping into the political ring and would be open to running for the White House run.
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Australian beef exporters and analysts are watching what US President-elect Donald Trump will do with Mexico and the North American Free Trade Agreement.
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Democrats — and even some Republicans — are angry that controversial figure Steve Bannon has been appointed as President-elect Donald Trump's chief strategist in the White House. So, who is Mr Bannon and why do some believe he is a cause for concern?
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Donald Trump appears to be a game-changer on global financial markets, flipping inflation expectations and sparking a big bond sell-off.
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Energy Minister Josh Frydenberg warns the policies of United States President-elect Donald Trump are causing "a great deal of uncertainty" at the United Nations climate change conference in Marrakesh.
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US President Barack Obama will reassure US allies during his trip overseas this week that Republican President-elect Donald Trump plans to maintain core US strategic relationships around the world, including with NATO.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President-elect Donald Trump have held their first talks since the election, agreeing to "combine efforts to tackle international terrorism and extremism".
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We need to give children the tools to understand complex news events like the United States election — they need facts, context and hope, writes Saffron Howden.
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An international expert in diplomacy labels Donald Trump "an appalling human being", but one of his backers says the President-elect is not sexist and has shattered the glass ceiling for women as much as Hillary Clinton.
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Experts dispute Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg's claim that less than 1 per cent of the social media network's content is fake, amid accusations hoaxes influenced the United States election outcome.
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Though daunting, the challenge of a Donald Trump presidency is pregnant with possibilities.
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The affable and slow-talking Reince Priebus has no governing experience in Washington. Yet his extraordinary ability to build and maintain relationships with the Republican Party's power brokers and grassroots sets him apart from other prospective chiefs of staff.
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After initial jitters, share investors are responding enthusiastically to Donald Trump's looming presidency, but are they seeing only the upside without the risks?
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One of the jobs for Donald Trump's White House transition team is to consider who will fill the key leadership roles in his administration — here are some of the contenders for the top positions.
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US President-elect Donald Trump chooses Republican National Committee chairman Reince Priebus as chief of staff, and appoints his campaign chairman Stephen Bannon as chief strategist.
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Certain areas of Donald Trump's promised border wall with Mexico, a key part of his White House campaign platform, could be a fence instead, the US President-elect says.
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A surge of migrants are crossing America's south-west border from Mexico amid fears around Donald Trump's controversial immigration plan, but morale is dropping among border patrol agents.
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Hillary Clinton has blamed FBI director James Comey for her stunning defeat in Tuesday's presidential election in a conference call with her top campaign funders, according to two participants involved in the phone hook-up.
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Donald Trump's victory has provoked fear and concern for some children as they try to understand what his presidency means for America. So Washington bureau chief Zoe Daniel asked her two children for their feelings on the US election.
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On the Israeli side of Jerusalem, many are welcoming Donald Trump's election, saying they feel the President-elect is firmly on "their side".
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One person is shot and police are forced to use pepper spray and flash-bang devices to quell violence at an anti-Trump demonstration in Portland, as another night of nationwide protests take place against the President-elect.
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US President Barack Obama's administration suspends its efforts to win congressional approval for the Trans-Pacific Partnership deal, saying its fate is now up to Donald Trump and Republican politicians.
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President-elect Donald Trump puts vice-presidential running mate Mike Pence in charge of a White House transition team that also includes three of his grown children as he begins the work of filling top administration jobs.
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Donald Trump's victory in the United States election was a salutary warning to political parties around the world to ignore the working class at your peril.
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Another night of nationwide protests against Donald Trump's election come to a head in Portland, with thousands marching and some smashing store windows, lighting firecrackers and sparking a dumpster blaze.
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Donald Trump's shocking victory on the heels of an equally surprising Brexit vote in the UK is rattling the major parties in Australia, and in the Queensland city of Ipswich people could not be happier.
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One of the prime advocates of the Trans-Pacific Partnership believes the agreement still has a future, despite the antagonism shown by President-elect Donald Trump.
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Trump cakes, hats in glass cases and a cash bar have kicked-started a volatile four years in the US, ABC Washington bureau chief Zoe Daniel says.
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A woman "heartbroken" by the US election result runs into Hillary Clinton during a hike, the day after the Democrat conceded defeat to Donald Trump.
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Malcolm Turnbull is taking the approach – sound enough - of trying to get in early with the President-elect, while reassuring Australians the alliance with the United States remains safe.
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We might assume that in Australia, an idiosyncratic billionaire couldn't win office through bluster, chutzpah and well-targeted populism that struck a chord with discontented voters. And yet we've already had our very own Donald Trump.
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Some of the most controversial proposals Donald Trump made while running for US president briefly disappear from his campaign website, but a spokesman says it is due to a technical glitch, not a softening of his policies.
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Former prime minister Tony Abbott says politicians should not ignore the conservative vote following the victory of US President-elect Donald Trump.
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Donald Trump is planning to spend big to boost the US economy but, if his policies around trade and immigration backfire, analysts warn he may just lift prices while growth stalls, causing "stagflation".
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Three days after Donald Trump's shock victory in the US presidential election, Mexico and the USA will be hoping to put politics aside in their World Cup qualifier.
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Of all the dead-wrong predictions made about this election, nothing could be more off-beam than the expectation that it would provide a unifying moment for American women, writes Annabel Crabb.
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Thousands of people are marching on the streets in the US in protest at the result of the US election. That same anger has driven thousands more for over a year now — to Donald Trump rallies.
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President-elect Donald Trump has pitched his trade policies to bring manufacturing home, but critics say they will not work and risk sparking a trade war that will cause enormous damage to the United States and world economy.
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Iran wants all parties to stick to an international nuclear deal but has "options" if that does not happen, its Foreign Minister says after the US election victory of Donald Trump, who has vowed to pull out of the pact.
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US President-elect Donald Trump has met Barack Obama in the Oval Office to discuss the transition of power after the Republican's stunning election victory, in talks the White House says were "a little less awkward than some might have expected".
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Remember when rapper Kanye West announced he was going to run for president of the United States in 2020? Well, that could now be one step closer to reality.
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Donald Trump may have won the US presidential election, but is his victory really the rebuke of the establishment some pundits are hailing it to be?
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Australia should focus less on the alliance with the United States now that Donald Trump has been elected president, former prime minister Paul Keating says.
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Donald Trump's New York penthouse is all gold, marble and chandeliers, so is this the style we can expect for the White House or are there strict rules in place?
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With Canada groaning under the weight of people fleeing a Trump presidency, a Tasmanian makes the case for US citizens to consider Australia's Apple Isle instead.
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Incoming first lady of the United States Melania Trump is a Slovenian-born former model who took an unusually low key role during the election campaign, leaving many wondering what sort of FLOTUS she will be.
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A volatile West Australian electorate and disaffected voters worried about their jobs will throw up unpredictable results in next year's state election, Premier Colin Barnett believes.
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The US billionaire's surge to the White House has had time to sink in, and Australians have diverse opinions about how the President-elect will perform.
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NT Chief Minister Michael Gunner says the US President-elect would benefit from a trip to the Top End, to experience its "diverse, multi-faith" community and see the NT-American relationship in operation.
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Delegates at a summit finalising the details of the Paris Agreement on climate change in Morocco are hopeful Donald Trump's presidency will not derail progress.
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Throngs of demonstrators hold marches across the United States to protest Republican Donald Trump's surprise victory in the US presidential election, blasting his campaign rhetoric about immigrants, Muslims and other groups.
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An Australian academic says Donald Trump's win sends a message to Australian leaders not to neglect declining areas.
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Political columnists and analysts continue to come to grips with Donald Trump's extraordinary election victory — while some are dismayed, others have reacted with glee and believe the fortunes of the US will turn around under his leadership.
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The election of Donald Trump as the next president of the United States has sent shockwaves around the globe — see how several countries and their leaders have reacted to the news.
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Tasmanian state and federal politicians warn Donald Trump's election victory is a strong lesson to governments to listen to their voters more.
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It wasn't all about Donald Trump yesterday — Californian voters legalised recreational weed and America got its first Latina senator.
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The media as an institution in the United States is in a deplorable condition, and president-elect Donald Trump has been the beneficiary of its failings.
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The message is simple: you can brag about sexually assaulting women and it will not affect your career. In fact, it could very well propel you into the presidency.
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Donald Trump's strained relationship with Republicans — many who disavowed him during the election campaign — may make forming a harmonious partnership between the Congress and the White House more difficult.
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America has become a nation in which its citizens have stopped listening to one another. In Trump, has one half of the nation finally been exposed to the sheer reality of the other?
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The Federal Government will ratify the Paris climate change agreement despite concerns US president-elect Donald Trump will withdraw support once in office.
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Anyone who thinks Donald Trump's conciliatory election night speech means he's no longer a threat to global stability is kidding themselves.
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Exit polls suggest white voters without a college degree were the most likely group to vote for Donald Trump to be US president, while black voters were the least likely.
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Australian conservatives are toasting Donald Trump's victory and what they believe it means for Australia — an "inevitable" rise of a more conservative brand of politics.
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Donald Trump has been elected as the next President of the United States — a reality The Simpsons predicted 16 years ago.
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Farmers welcome Donald Trump's plans to axe "onerous" regulations but fear what his trade policies will do for their exports.
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Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto phones US president-elect Donald Trump to congratulate him on his election win and organises a meeting before he takes office.
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US stocks stage a rally after president-elect Donald Trump delivers a "magnanimous" victory speech and on hopes of "pro-market plans".
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During the election campaign Donald Trump bashed China to win votes at home, but for now it's wait and see — and whatever relationship he strikes with the nation will be critical to global stability and growth, writes correspondent Matthew Carney.
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There are comparisons between Brexit and America's electoral earthquake — but those comparisons have always irked some of those behind Britain's EU referendum result, writes James Glenday.
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Donald Trump's win has been welcomed by Israel and Saudi Arabia but his statements on foreign policy in the Middle East have been at times contradictory — and many are uncertain about what his presidency will mean.
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US stocks rally overnight in a dramatic turnaround from losses fuelled by the upset victory of Republican Donald Trump as investors poured into sectors that appeared poised to benefit from the policies of a Trump presidency.
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Defence analysts warn Donald Trump's election and policies may lead to instability in the Asia-Pacific region and "radically reshape" Australia's strategic relationship with the United States.
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From a White House tour from the first lady to the transfer of Obama's Twitter account, here's what you need to know about what happens after the election dust has settled.
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Hillary Clinton concedes her election loss to Donald Trump, offering to work with the president-elect who she says she hopes will be a successful leader for all Americans.
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From Pennsylvania to California, Oregon and Washington hundreds protested Trump's victory over Clinton
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Fed up with Washington and feeling left behind, supporters of Republican Donald Trump upend the United States' presidential race, electing a political newcomer they say offers the country a shot at dramatic change.
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As Donald Trump and his supporters celebrated victory in the US presidential election, newspapers began rolling off the printing press.
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Thousands of people are on the streets in US cities protesting against the election of Donald Trump as the next American president. The billionaire mogul will get a tour of the White House tonight as he prepares to take over from Barack Obama.
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Polling is an enormous, lucrative and influential industry, but the US election outcome shows how unreliable polls can be at predicting our political futures.
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World leaders, including Russian President Vladimir Putin, are congratulating Donald Trump on his historic win, but one foreign minister admits it was not the result its citizens wanted.
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The Mexican peso collapses as Republican Donald Trump defies predictions and beats Democratic rival Hillary Clinton to take the US presidency in a maverick victory that wreaked havoc in global markets.
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How will president-elect Donald Trump's promise to Make America Great Again affect the world? ABC's correspondent Zoe Daniel takes a look at everything from immigration to foreign policy and trade.
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Leading Australian academics respond to Donald Trump's victory, and look ahead to what kind of president he might be.
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Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull seeks to reassure the nation that Australia's relationship with the United States will remain "strong and intimate" following the election of Donald Trump as president.
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The president-elect uses his speech to call for unity and reach out to the international community, saying he will put America first while seeking "partnership not conflict".
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Donald Trump's victory in the United States' presidential election likely to kill off the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
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Donald Trump's supporters celebrate as the election results come in, handing their candidate the presidency.
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It would have been one hell of glass-ceiling-smashing party but instead Hillary Clinton's supporters are "on the brink of weeping".
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As the US election results rolled in, eventually handing Donald Trump the presidency, there were tears among Hillary Clinton's supporters.
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Some might say that financial markets over-reacted to the Brexit vote and the market reaction to the US election is the same, but while Brexit won't happen until 2019, a Trump presidency is upon us.
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We all know about the wall, but what has Donald Trump promised to do about ISIS, trade, abortion, the economy and nuclear weapons? Here are some of the key platforms he has mentioned during the campaign.
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Republican Donald Trump stuns the world by defeating Hillary Clinton in the race for the White House, ending eight years of Democratic rule and sending the United States on a new, uncertain path.
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As the results of the US presidential election come in, some American expats living in Australia feel uneasy, with the results closer than predicted.
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Republicans retain control of both houses of Congress in another stinging blow to Democrats.
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Canada's main immigration website appears to repeatedly crash as United States Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump wins the race for the White House.
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Social media goes into overdrive after a giant Donald Trump cake is wheeled into his election party, with its creator saying the piece took 50 hours to make.
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See which US states the two presidential candidates have won, according to ABC election analyst Antony Green.
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Hillary Clinton has won Virginia, a result that was closer than analysts had expected.
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Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump wins the key state of Florida by a narrow margin, giving his White House hopes a big boost.
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Hillary Clinton has won Colorado.
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US media outlets call Ohio in favour of Donald Trump as counting continues in a tight US election.
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Donald Trump takes a swipe at George W Bush, saying "it's sad" the former Republican president has reportedly opted not to vote for a presidential candidate, but adds the move will have "no impact".
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A share market, futures and Australian dollar rout intensifies as Donald Trump is elected the next US president.
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ABC election analyst Antony Green is watching the US presidential vote. But has he called the result?
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The phenomenon of #DogsAtPollingStations becomes an election day tradition with both the Brexit vote and the Australian election inspiring a flurry of photos online. The USA is no exception.
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Former Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio is re-elected to the US Senate in Florida.
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Thousands of US voters visit the grave of suffragette Susan B Anthony to place flowers and "I voted" stickers, on the day the country could elect its first female president.
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The differences between the two US presidential candidates on key policies are stark, and the result will have major implications around the world, writes Kumuda Simpson.
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See all the colour, drama and quirkiness as Americans head to the polls and await the results of the presidential election.
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Millions of Americans have cast their ballots in the presidential election, voting for either Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump. We speak to voters, to see who they voted for — and why.
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Republican candidate Donald Trump scores a series of shocking wins in battleground states including Florida and Ohio, opening a path to the White House for the political outsider and rattling world markets counting on a win by Hillary Clinton.
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Donald Trump again refuses to say if he will accept the results of the US election as a Nevada judge rejects his team's request for records from a Las Vegas polling place.
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Americans who had cast their votes for the next president early on Tuesday appeared to be worried about the direction of the country, and were looking for a "strong leader who can take the country back from the rich and powerful," according to an early reading from the Reuters/Ipsos national Election Day poll.
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Hillary Clinton has served as secretary of state, senator and First Lady, and is one step away from snaring her dream job — US president. Here we look back at her extraordinary political experience.
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Donald Trump epitomises the image of New York's super-rich, and now he has reached the Oval Office by convincing people who feel downtrodden and disenfranchised he is their saviour.
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US stocks and the Mexican peso rise as investors bet on a Clinton victory over Trump in the US presidential race.
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Australians may not get a chance to vote in today's US presidential elections, but it hasn't stopped our politicians from voicing an opinion about Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump over the past year.
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Millions of Americans are voting in the US, where key states including Florida and North Carolina will decide who is the next person to call the White House home.
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The US election has provided 18 months worth of gags for comedians and some could not resist one last laugh before the "nightmare" comes to an end.
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Donald Trump claims victory before a crowd of cheering supporters at his New York headquarters, calling on Americans to "come together as one united people" and congratulating Hillary Clinton on a hard-fought battle.
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Global financial markets hold onto strong gains on the eve of the US election on expectations of a win for Hillary Clinton.
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Thousands of disenchanted Americans are taking part in what is known as vote trading, where voters legally swap their votes with others in different states, as part of a tactical effort to keep Donald Trump out of the White House.
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Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump's rancorous 19-month fight for the presidency was one in which threats of jail, Twitter spats and an FBI investigation overshadowed their competing visions for future. Look back at key moments in one of the most divisive election campaign's in US history.
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Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump will both be in New York on election night — the first time two US presidential candidates have both been in the city in 70 years — and no matter who wins, history will be made.
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If the art and music produced during a campaign says a lot about the electorate's mood, then 2016 has been notable for its negative spirit.
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Along with casting their ballots for president, congressional, senate and local representatives, voters in 26 states will also have a series of state-based ballot initiatives or referendum questions to consider.
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Researchers have found bots are responsible for a fifth of all tweets about the US election.
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Australians want to know whether Donald Trump is a Republican and what would happen if Hillary Clinton had to quit the game, according to Google search data.
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No matter what you're doing as the final hours of the nail-biting US election unfold, or what device you have at your disposal, ABC has you covered across all platforms.
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On the day before the US goes to the polls, voters in New York's Times Square give their verdicts on the election race — and who should be the country's next president.
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A photo of a shirt emblazoned with the words "Rope. Tree. Journalist. Some Assembly Required" worn by a man at a Donald Trump rally over the weekend goes viral.
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In the USA's Deep South, one man's death becomes a symbol for his family of all that is wrong with the American Dream — and why Donald Trump appeals to the working poor.
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So who is going to win? It is the question on everyone's lips as this volatile presidential election campaign comes to a close. There's no clear answer, but Zoe Daniel breaks down what we know.
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Here are the key times you need to know and the states you need to watch when US election results come in.
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The US presidential candidates undertake on a swing-state blitz, making their final pitch to voters before tomorrow's election.
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After an epic 18 months of debates, campaigning and controversy between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, the US election finally looms. Catch up on all the key issues and moments in our speed read wrap.
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Americans must squeeze in time for voting on a day when most are already busy with work or study — but the Tuesday election evolved in a time when most people worked as farmers and had to travel to the polls in a horse and cart.
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As Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton complete a final, frenzied burst of campaigning, the Republican says he is the "last chance" to fix a broken country while his Democratic rival says a "moment of reckoning" has arrived.
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Donald Trump is the apprentice politician who became a cultural phenomenon, and brought showmanship and chutzpah to the business of US politics. But what is his appeal, and will he triumph after an ugly and spiteful campaign?
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Donald Trump's claims of a rigged election speak to the core grievance of America's poor, that the game of life is fixed to benefit the rich and the working man is being screwed. But does he have the answers to solve their grievances.
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Iconic moments, appropriate GIF reactions and some classic roasting between candidates — take a look at some of the social media accounts worth watching in the lead-up and on the day.
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US sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live has poked fun at presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump one last time before the US election is called.
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Most pundits are tipping gold price to rise irrespective of who becomes the next US president thanks to continued uncertainty on global markets.
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This week America will elect its 45th president. Before it does, test your knowledge of those who came before either president Trump or president Clinton.
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See how the Australian election would play out under US rules — it might help you understand the system that will deliver president Clinton or Trump.
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Iowa's bizarre weather seems to underline the surreal climate on the political stage, writes Mary Gearin.
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FBI director James Comey says a recent review of newly discovered emails has not changed the agency's conclusion reached in July that no charges are warranted in the case of Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server.
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Bruce Wolpe predicts a Hillary Clinton victory in this week's US presidential election, and explains how it will most likely play out.
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The FBI says it has ended its investigation into the emails which threw Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign into turmoil, and has concluded that no charges are warranted. Look back at our live coverage from the campaign trail.
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Donald Trump is hustled off stage by security agents at a rally in Reno, Nevada, after someone in the crowd shouted "gun" during a scuffle with a man who held up a "Republicans against Trump" sign.
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Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has smashed through America's glass ceiling. But how well do you know the pioneering female leaders who came before her?
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Hillary Clinton is one of the most qualified — and unpopular — people to ever run for the highest office in America. ABC North America correspondent Stephanie March looks at what a Hillary Clinton presidency might look like.
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Hillary Clinton's strengths and experience may be the reason she becomes the first woman to lose a presidential election as a major party candidate, writes John Barron.
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Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton trade barbs as they enter the last three days of campaigning in the United States presidential election with competing events in Florida.
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US presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump have battled over the strength of the economy in the final stretch of their race for the White House.
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US federal authorities have warned three states about possible Al Qaeda plans for attacks around election day, putting law enforcement on alert ahead of the vote.
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Grass roots campaigning tends to win elections in states like North Carolina, but those kinds of campaigns rely on volunteers giving as much of their time as possible.
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Gun background checks surge by 18 per cent and manufacturers report strong sales growth in the United States in the year leading up to the November 8 presidential election, amid Republican candidate Donald Trump's warnings Democratic rival Hillary Clinton wants to abolish the country's Second Amendment.
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America had never seen a first lady like Michelle Obama. As she enters her final day in the post, look back on some of her impressive achievements.
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It's fitting that after a campaign that's been topsy-turvy in so many ways, we enter the straight with almost unreadable polls and an election that looks like being a photo finish between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, writes the ABC's Zoe Daniel.
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There has been much analysis on the rise of Donald Trump as the result of widespread social and economic unrest, but a look at the primaries shows it to be more of a quirk of the system.
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In a blow to Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, a US judge upholds a Pennsylvania state law that could make it difficult for his supporters to monitor election day activity in Democratic-leaning areas.
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Republican and Democratic farmers are united in need for US immigration reforms to ensure their properties can secure a reliable workforce.
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Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump head to North Carolina in a final effort to shore up support in the swing state as polls show Mrs Clinton maintains her lead nationally just days ahead of the US presidential election.
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In the early 1920s, the largest labour uprising in US history took place in Logan County, in West Virginia's rich coal country. Today, writes Chris Uhlmann, US Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is at the centre of a new rebellion as the region struggles to cope with the industry's downturn.
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A new conservative movement in American politics that has grown in strength and prominence as Donald Trump became the Republican Party's standard-bearer vow to challenge the status quo no matter who wins the White House.
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Republican stalwart Richard Armitage, who served under US presidents George W Bush and Ronald Reagan, delivers a blistering critique of his party's presidential nominee.
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The Mayor of the biggest city in the election battleground state of North Carolina believes the US presidential election is about gender.
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Hillary Clinton leads Republican Donald Trump by 6 percentage points among likely voters, according to a new poll, the same advantage the Democratic presidential nominee held before an FBI announcement that reignited the controversy about her email practices.
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The US Federal Reserve leaves interest rates on hold, but the prospect of a rate increase in December and a narrowing in the gap between presidential candidates, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump weighs on investor sentiment.
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It turns out Americans do elections very differently to how we do them in Australia. And it's not just calling a democracy sausage a hotdog. Got questions? We've got answers.
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A black church in Mississippi is burned and spray-painted with "Vote Trump" one week out from the US presidential election, as a Ku Klux Klan newspaper declares its support for Donald Trump's Republican run.
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Jitters about a potential Trump presidency send share markets across the Asia-Pacific hurtling lower as latest polling indicates the November 8 election will be tight.
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There is a possibility that neither candidates in the US presidential election could end up as president, says an expert, pointing to a scenario that could lead to "genuine chaos".
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Former prime minister John Howard criticises both US presidential candidates for turning their backs on free trade deals, and launches a defence of Bill Leak's cartoon of Indigenous Australians.
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Latest national polling shows US presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are neck-and-neck, with Mr Trump leading by just one point — well within the margin of error.
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A Hillary Clinton presidency would be bogged down in "scandal baggage", leading Republican Paul Ryan says, referring to the FBI's recent reopening of Mrs Clinton's email investigation.
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Electing Hillary Clinton amid the FBI's renewed investigation into her email set-up could throw the country into crisis, Donald Trump says, as the White House steers clear of accusations FBI director James Comey is secretly trying to influence the election outcome.
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Democratic Party officials sue Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump in an attempt to shut down a poll-watching effort they said was designed to harass minority voters in the election.
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The US presidential race has dominated news and social media in the lead-up to the November 8 election, and is now spilling over into the country's much-loved holiday — Halloween.
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What the October Surprise has done is remove any and all sense of complacency from the Clinton campaign. It is not coasting on autopilot any more.
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Hillary Clinton vows she will not be "knocked off course" in the election's final days, as she seeks to push past a new FBI email inquiry that has delivered a late jolt to her race against Donald Trump.
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Anthony Weiner, the disgraced former US congressman who uses the alias Carlos Danger when sexting women, has emerged as an unexpected figure in the FBI's inquiry into Hillary Clinton's handling of classified government information.
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Just how big of a deal is the FBI's probe into Hillary Clinton's emails? And what impact is it going to have on the final days before the election?
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What happens when Republicans and Democrats share a meal together? Zoe Daniel visits a family in Ohio, a state known for correctly choosing the president, to find out how Americans are voting this election.
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Hillary Clinton hits out at FBI director James Comey for releasing a letter advising that the bureau is investigating more emails so close to the election, describing it as "deeply troubling" and "pretty strange".
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The FBI is investigating whether emails uncovered during the sexting investigation of disgraced former congressman Anthony Weiner have links to Hillary Clinton's probe.
