Donald Trump is scrambling to rescue his campaign after the discovery that he may not have paid income taxes for 18 years.

Britain must look beyond Europe for economic success, PM has said as she suggested there would be no deal on immigration to keep the UK in single market.

Colombian voters rejected a peace deal with Farc rebels in a surprise outcome that risks prolonging a 52-year-old conflict.

If you ever wondered how Donald Trump managed to get as far as he did in the race to the White House, you can be assured you're not alone.

I've studied tax filings for decades. What I found most stunning about Trump's 1995 taxes isn't what everybody's talking about, writes Allan Sloan.

Donald Trump just had a week to forget, capped off by a bombshell report about his tax returns.

If Trump has as much acumen as he claims, how is it possible he lost over $900m during an economic upturn? Here's what regular voters think.

Alec Baldwin has made a mockery of Donald Trump on Saturday Night Live when he parodied the brash billionaire's debate with Hillary Clinton.

In the age of Donald Trump and online conspiracy theories, how one voter came to believe in what's being said in the dark corners of the Internet.

Trump plunged into a feud with Alicia Machado, a Miss Universe winner he mocked and humiliated for her weight gain two decades ago.

COMMENT: With the first Presidential Debate done for 2016, here's some independent advice for the major party candidates ahead of round two.

Donald Trump has shamed an ex-Miss Universe who he previously called "Miss Piggy" and encouraged Americans to check out what he called her "sex tape".

Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump looked to land damaging blows in the battle to become US president yesterday.

What exactly could Trump say on this subject that would not be worse for him than for Hillary Clinton?

COMMENT: As the US decides possibly to elect the worst human being, it felt pertinant to consider the worst fictional US presidents offered by Hollywood.

As Trump and his surrogates taunt her, Clinton finds herself in a familiar place.

During the presidential debate Donald Trump filled the role of loudmouth class clown and decided to wing it. Was that the best idea?

According to Rosie O'Donnell's Twitter feed, the comedian spent Tuesday night "not watching" the debates.

While a photo of the pair appears to show them in deep, intelligent conversation, social media had other ideas as to what they were talking about.

A round-up of 22 suspect and interesting claims in the first debate clash between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump - what checks out and what doesn't.

It was a question so big and bad that the Republic candidate was unable to recover from it.

If Hillary Clinton wins the US presidential election in six weeks' time, a great deal of the credit could go to her demeanour in last night's first debate.

Donald Trump supporters are up in arms at what they claim was favourable treatment of Hillary Clinton by the NBC anchor Lester Holt.

COMMENT: The first US presidential debate between reality-television star and wealthy builder Trump and former Secretary of State Clinton was mind-blowing.

Hillary Clinton won the debate inasmuch as she represented something that resembled common sense, writes Steve Braunias.

Today’s televised debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump will be like no other in the history of American politics. While no previous candidate has the temperament or unpredictability of Trump, here’s a look back at some of the other more memorable presidential debates.

The United States is very much at the centre of our political attention at the moment. For us we're watching the rise and fall of

As Clinton prepared to face the most unconventional candidate of her career, her aides engaged in a deep study of Trump's personality to glean insights.

A record audience is expected to tune in tomorrow, amid great uncertainty about what they'll see.