Hillary Clinton and her husband had US$10.75 million ($14.94m) in income in 2015 and paid an effective federal tax rate of 34.2 per cent.

Presidential hopeful Donald Trump repeatedly suggested that there were links between President Barack Obama and the organisation Isis (Islamic State).

Drumpf jokingly suggests that Clinton should be shot.

COMMENT: Down here at the southern end of the Earth, human rights abuses very often seem like the stuff of faraway lands.

The home is 1,800 square feet - hardly a mansion.

The American presidential election has been dominated over recent days by speculation about the mental fitness of the two main candidates.

Republican presidential contender Donald Trump is good at lighting headline fires that keep the TV lenses on him and the office talk about him.

Kiwis don't have a vote in the US election but that doesn't stop them having an opinion about what the result should be.

A group of former national security officials have signed an open letter warning that, if Donald Trump elected, "he would be the most reckless president".

COMMENT: As the world tunes into Rio Olympics, politicians in Canberra have turned their attention to another favourite sport of Australians: bank bashing.

Historians may conclude that the 2016 US election was decided in early August when Trump suffered one of the most politically calamitous weeks ever.

It's indisputable that Donald Trump's presidential campaign has reached its lowest ebb.

Democrats rally behind their candidate while Republicans are slower to back Donald Trump.

Several Republicans are among a group of former cabinet officers, senior officials and career military officers who denounced Donald Trump yesterday.

Nude photos reveal inconsistencies in Melania's story about her early days in the United States.

The United Nations Security Council will hold its second secret ballot in its selection process for a new Secretary General to replace Ban Ki Moon.

Kevin Rudd says Australia Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull's rejection of Rudd's bid to be UN Secretary General was a breach of faith and would damage Turnbull internationally.

Donald Trump insisted there was "great unity in my campaign" yesterday despite signs the Republican Party is turning against its nominee.

COMMENT: Women and their supporters have the opportunity to change the dynamics of local government this year.

Donald Trump is facing mounting criticism from leaders of his own party, as a confrontation between the Republican nominee and the Muslim American parents.

Donald Trump will remain impetuous, Clinton will remain cautious and the tenor will remain nasty.

Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump today enter the final 100 days of an extraordinary presidential campaign.

Watch NZH Focus: Donald Trump lashes out at two Muslim American parents who lost their son while he served in Iraq and who appeared at the Democratic Convention.

Australia won't be nominating Rudd for secretary-general of the UN even though he claims Turnbull had told him Australia would be "mad" not to support him.

The rise of Putin and Trump combined with the Brexit fall out are all signs another great war is looming, a British academic has warned.

COMMENT: Was America listening? There's madness around. Some of it may be anger and fear but mostly it looks like fun. Mindless, reckless, foolish fun.

There's nothing like the wacky hoopla of American politics, although no one's ever seen anything quite like the battle going on there at the moment.

COMMENT: Hillary Clinton is a perfect picture of pragmatism and power. That is the contrast.

An offer of amnesty by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has been met with scepticism by rebel fighters and residents.

Michelle Obama made clear this week that she is all-in for Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign.