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Donald Trump sees Russian President Vladimir Putin as his role model, says Barack Obama
Donald Trump sees Russian President Vladimir Putin as his role model, US President Barack Obama has alleged, saying this makes Republican presidential candidate not fit for the White House.
Melania Trump releases letter from immigration attorney to confirm legality of her arrival in US
Melania Trump has released a letter from her immigration attorney aimed at settling questions about whether she properly followed immigration law when she came to the US in 1996.
Donald Trump's campaign has left the Hindu-American community divided
On Election Day, 8 November, Trump will have overachieved if he captures a quarter of the community’s votes. He is not quite its idol.
Donald Trump promoting Islamic State's 'us versus them' ideology: Joe Biden
Biden said that IS wants to manufacture a clash of civilisations between "us versus them" and that Trump is trying to give them exactly that
Fracturing of America: Yearning for unity, enduring divisiveness
Though they live about 1,730 miles apart, though they've never met, though they are of different races and backgrounds, Lauren Boebert and Dorothy Johnson-Speight speak almost in unison when they lament the fracturing of America.
Barack Obama takes a dig at Donald Trump on Jimmy Kimmel Live
President Barack Obama entertained Jimmy Kimmel's audience with some of the mean tweets sent his way, beginning with one sent by Donald Trump
Donald Trump urges Muslims to help root out terrorism, or risk being blamed
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has sought the help of Muslims to help root out terrorism, saying the community will be blamed if it does not assist in combating the menace
Naked Donald Trump statues leave America reeling with laughter
A naked statue of Donald Trump, complete with bulging belly and elaborate yellow hair, caused laughter and merriment in New York on Thursday until it was ripped up by park wardens.
Donald Trump asks African-American community to join him for a 'better future'
Latest polls suggests that Clinton has support of over 90 percent of African-Americans, while Trump has little or negligible support in the large community where unemployment rate is very high and so is poverty.
Why Donald Trump hired his biggest cheerleader Stephen Bannon as campaign CEO
On 17 August, amid sinking poll numbers Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump announced a shake-up in his senior campaign staff and appointed right-wing news executive Stephen Bannon as campaign CEO and promoted pollster Kellyanne Conway to campaign manager.
Was being 'sarcastic' over Russia hacking Hillary Clinton's emails, says Donald Trump
Republican Party's presidential nominee Donald Trump has said that he was "being sarcastic" when he suggested that Russia should find Democratic presumptive nominee Hillary Clinton's missing emails.
New emails show how top Clinton foundation officials sought access to state department
A new set of 44 emails released by a conservative watch dog have thrown light on how top officials from the Clinton Foundation sought access to the State Department when Hillary Clinton served as the Secretary of State in the first term of the Obama Administration.
Emails reveal majority of donors to Clinton Foundation got access to Hillary, state department
Donors who were granted time with Clinton included an internationally-known economist who asked for her help as the Bangladesh government pressured him to resign from a nonprofit bank he ran
Julian Assange says WikiLeaks to release 'significant' Clinton campaign data
WikiLeaks founder and editor-in-chief Julian Assange said on Wednesday his organisation planned to release "significant" information linked to the campaign of Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton before the 8 November election.
Clinton leaks coming out 'reasonably soon', teasers out by next week: Assange
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said leaks on Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and other American politicians were coming "reasonably soon" and that information "teases" could drop as early as next week.
Hillary Clinton returns to campaign trail as race against Donald Trump tightens
Hillary Clinton returned to the campaign fray in a tightening race against Republican Donald Trump, who released new details of his physical fitness in response to the health scare that sidelined his rival
Your guide to Clinton vs Trump presidential debate on Sep 26
Recent polls show Clinton has an edge in Michigan, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Virginia and New Hampshire but those are not enough to win.
Hillary Clinton tops 50 percent support from US voters in latest poll
More than half of respondents in a new poll said they plan to vote for Hillary Clinton — the first time the Democratic presidential candidate has breached that all-important 50 percent threshold.
The trajectory of Indo-US realtionship is unlikely to change irrespective of President: US official
The changing demographics of the US does not support the views of the Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump, a former senior US official said on Thursday even as he termed "restraint" as the leitmotif of President's Obama policy.
Hillary Clinton hits Donald Trump by recalling her father's business
Hillary Clinton has landed on a very personal counterpunch to what she says is Donald Trump's checkered business past: her dad.
US Senators John McCain, Marco Rubio win their Republican primaries
Rubio, 45, was a rising Republican star whose presidential bid fizzled in March when Trump, a brash billionaire real estate mogul, thrashed him in the Florida primary.
Mexico will not pay for a border wall, Pena Nieto tells Donald Trump
Mexico will not pay for any border wall built by the United States, President Enrique Pena Nieto told visiting US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Wednesday.
Donald Trump on immigration: Entering US illegally will not guarantee legal status
Trump summed up a nearly hour-long talk without effectively changing his overall position, the crux of his campaign for more than a year.
Hillary Clinton raised record $143 million in August for Democratic presidential campaign
Democrat Hillary Clinton raised an impressive $143 million for her presidential bid and the Democratic Party in August, the best fundraising month for her campaign so far, her team has announced.
Donald Trump launches nightly Facebook show to skirt 'media filter'
Donald Trump's campaign has launched a nightly show on Facebook Live aiming to bypass "the media filter", as White House hopefuls sprint the final leg of a caustic race.
Clinton email investigation: FBI notes include details on how private server was set up
Clinton also told the FBI she never deleted emails, nor instructed anyone else to do so, to avoid their potential release under the Freedom of Information Act.
Ahead of US election, race between Clinton and Trump narrows with focus on 'swing states'
Clinton, in the national eye for three decades, shrugged off the intense nature of the Republican attacks against her, including a call for a fresh congressional investigation of the Clinton Foundation following reports that donors gained inappropriate access to her while she was secretary of state.
Email scandal disqualifies Hillary Clinton from seeking presidency, says Donald Trump
The billionaire from New York alleged that Clinton failed to turn over thousands of documents, then tried to shield her criminal conduct by having her chief-of-staff declare herself to be Hillary Clinton's private attorney.
Donald Trump promises huge boost in defence spending, 'leaner' government
Republican Donald Trump vowed Wednesday to boost defence spending and deploy more active troops, fighter planes, navy ships and submarines as he works to convince skeptics in both parties that he's ready to lead the world's most powerful military
