COMMENT: From public spat with this writer to UN delusion, there's no end to hubris.

COMMENT: With so much drama on the international political stage this year, the New Zealand political scene has struggled for attention.

Eight years after Obama captivated them, young US voters are dispirited by the political options left on the table.

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.

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".

Crowds cheered Donald Trump for a $20 million gift to a children's home. But did he ever make the donation?

The two major-party presidential candidates are advertising duelling economic speeches this week - both set to be delivered from Detroit.

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.

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

Did David Bain do it? That's one question. The other one is this: did he get a fair trial? I was gonna write two versions of this.

COMMENT: The support for Trump, Sanders and Brexit is a sign that something is rotten in the state of our democracy.

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

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

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.