Donald Trump is quickly gaining ground on Hillary Clinton, a national tracking poll released on Saturday shows.

Team Clinton or Team Trump?

The Fact Checker has run 15 fact checks on the issue, mostly regarding dubious statements that Clinton had made to defend her actions.

Donald Trump gleeful as FBI announces it is relaunching investigation into Hillary Clinton's emails - less than two weeks out from the US presidential elections.

China's President Xi Jinping has won a key victory in his battle to consolidate power and clean up the Communist Party from within.

Trump's campaign is paying millions to develop a political weapon powerful enough to help him overcome his troubles and win the White House.

Donald Trump has decided the US election isn't actually necessary. His solution? Just award him the victory now.

Newt Gingrich has accused Megyn Kelly of bias against the Republican presidential nominee Trump as well as having a "fascination with sex".

The real-life George W. Bush has withheld his endorsement from Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump.

COMMENT: It is time to sober up. The superpowers are drunk on rhetoric, mistrust and posturing. They are dragging us all towards the brink.

Fundraisers supporting Trump's bid for the White House were in the process of finalising the details of a US$2 million donation from a Chinese benefactor.

For a businessman, Donald Trump displays a rare hostility toward economic freedom.

The relationship between Silicon Valley and liberal politicians is raising questions about partisanship in digital media.

A Ukip leadership candidate has apologised for earlier claims a "homosexual donkey" tried to rape his horse

Trump is giving Putin dangerous encouragement and the rest of the world can only hope it will end with the election.

COMMENT: When Donald Trump repeatedly claims the election is "rigged," it doesn't just undermine voter confidence at home.

Donald Trump didn't always think of Hillary Clinton as a "nasty woman". In fact, he used to be downright effusive in his praise of her.

Determined not to fall behind in the money race early in the campaign, Hillary Clinton ramped up her appeals to rich donors.

COMMENT: Are you delighted? Are you thrilled? Are you scared might happen if Donald Trump wins?

Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump probably thought candid remarks made to a priest in private would remain just that.

Michelle Obama may be the only US political figure to appear more likeable now than when she emerged on the scene.

COMMENT: Steve Braunias reveals why Donald Trump is obsessed with what day it is.

Just when it seems Donald Trump could not go lower in his quest for the US Presidency, he does.

Stephen Baldwin is not a fan of his brother, Alec's, impersonation of Donald Trump on Saturday Night Live, saying "I don't think it is very funny".

First Lady Michelle Obama just savaged Donald Trump in a speech so powerful it left many wondering why she isn't running for president herself

The Republican presidential candidate has said he will follow all laws and traditions, and the right to legally challenge the results.

When the final presidential debate started, it seemed as if it might be the best of the three and certainly Trump's best.

COMMENT: The campaign that has plumbed some unimaginable depths could yet get altogether nastier.

Russia has begun its biggest surface deployment since the end of the Cold War as it prepares to effectively end the war in Syria.

At the end of the third debate, it was clear that Ted Cruz had been correct, if for different reasons: Trump proved to be no match for Clinton.