COMMENT: It gets to the point with Donald Trump where you think: why am I even shocked any more?

The journalistic lessons of this presidential campaign keep rolling in. Some of them are painfully obvious.

When it comes to Donald Trump, Robert De Niro didn't mince words. While filming a political testimony video for a non-partisan group called #VoteYourFuture, the legendary actor was asked a question that all participants were asked: "What do you care about?" Source: Anonymous Content

Donald Trump bragged in vulgar terms about kissing, groping and trying to have sex with women during a 2005 conversation caught on a hot microphone.

Although Donald Trump may be smarting after being bested in the first presidential debate, settling scores is not the way to win the second on Monday.

There are a number of reasons Antonio Guterres may have been the popular choice.

This presidential election isn't just turning off adults. It seems the United States' youth has become disenchanted by politics too.

COMMENT: Helen Clark did not go to ground following her failure this week to secure the job of her dreams, the head of the UN.

Helen Clark is politically astute enough though to know that she was always going to be an outside choice for the top UN job.

COMMENT: Political editor Audrey Young looks at why Helen Clark's bid to lead the United Nations has failed.

Victory for Donald Trump in the US election could spell disaster for the Anzus alliance and Australia's trust in America, warns a strategic analyst.

Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton weren't on the stage at the vice-presidential debate yesterday, but it didn't really matter.

India has started constructing underground bunkers along its frontier with Pakistan in Kashmir amid fears they are preparing for a major escalation.

The best. Also, the worst.

More than 20 cast and crew from The Apprentice have lifted the lid on Donald Trump's behaviour behind the scenes.

Hillary Clinton looked to compound Trump's season of bad news, sharply criticising him for losing nearly a billion dollars and pocketing tax savings.

COMMENT: Rachel Stewart, winner of the 'Opinion Writer of the Year' award at 2016 Canon Media Awards, has joined the Herald. Here is her first column.

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

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.

Big mouth strikes again. Donald Trump's latest attack on presidential rival Hillary Clinton included mocking her recent collapse due to ill health.

Theresa May will announce she will repeal the 1972 European Communities Act.

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.