Secretary of State John Kerry won't criticize Donald Trump's climate policies, but says the next US Govt "dare not avoid" the issue.

A two-party election system should be a fight for the political centre.

Everyone from pollsters to pundits got the result of the US presidential election wrong. But few can have made it in such an expensive manner.

COMMENT: The meeting between the two at the first family's home will be awkward with a capital A.

This election is one for the ages, an epic upset that 100 years from now we will all be discussing.

Trump's policies are typically lacking detail and often facing strong criticism from economists. Here are the key questions answered.

US President-elect Donald Trump has promised everything. But what does he stand for? These are his key policies.

The NZ Herald visited 10 counties in four key battleground states on an eight-day road trip to New York and the greatest election shock in modern American history.

COMMENT: A century ago it was predicted that a moron would one day live in the White House. That prediction has now come true.

COMMENT: I've covered the campaign for the last two years. I don't know for sure what Wednesday's results will bring.

If Donald J Trump wins the US election on Wednesday, your impulse may be to cry, scream or start building your bunker.

COMMENT: Chris Reed joins Donald Trump fans - and Democrat protesters - at one of the last Republican rallies ahead of the 2016 election.

A month after Hurricane Matthew blasted through southwestern Haiti, at least 800,000 people need food urgently.

It was cuteness overload at US president Barack Obama's last Halloween celebration at the White House this week.

What happens to the social media accounts fronted by outgoing US President Barack Obama after the election?

Thousands of US servicemen have been told to pay back enlistment bonuses, a decade after signing up for wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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

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

Eerie images show a series of disc-shaped holes appearing in the sky. What does it mean?

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

If you're expecting Donald Trump to be his usual controversial self in today's first presidential debate, prepare to be surprised.

COMMENT: The science is clear: we must rapidly transition from fossil fuel energy. But industry won't let this happen without a fight.

Hillary Clinton abruptly left a September 11 memorial service in New York after suffering a "medical episode".

George W Bush's reaction to the 9/11 attacks in America has been detailed in full for the first time by his press secretary.

Since 2012, Dotcom, who founded the file-sharing website Megaupload, has been fighting extradition from New Zealand to the United States on piracy charges.

Islamic State has suffered a blow after the leader of the group's Afghanistan and Pakistan branches was killed in a US drone strike, the Pentagon says.

Pete Souza has shot hundreds of thousands of photos of United States' president Barack Obama since Obama took office almost eight years ago.

First Lady Michelle Obama delivered a powerful speech on the first night of the 2016 Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia.

The popularity of the current first lady could help Clinton connect with female voters in swing-state suburbs as well as with minority voters in US cities.

In both theme and target audience, Trump offered a powerful echo of Richard Nixon almost 50 years ago.