He spent a decade undercover for the CIA. Now this member of the "Mormon mafia" could throw the entire US election into doubt.

A Donald Trump win in next week's US presidential election would be bad news for the New Zealand economy, say ASB economists.

FBI Director James Comey's decision to notify Congress about renewing the investigation into Hillary Clinton's private email server went against protocol.

Hillary Clinton is ignoring the FBI's decision to examine more emails in the controversy over her private email server. At an Iowa rally, she hammered Donald Trump, saying he's trying to depress the vote in the upcoming election.

Donald Trump has decided the US election isn't actually necessary. His solution? Just award him the victory now.

Donald Trump didn't always think of Hillary Clinton as a "nasty woman". In fact, he used to be downright effusive in his praise of her.

THE BIG READ: What is the long-term effect of Donald Trump?

Donald Trump demonstrated his thin grasp of the facts, while Hillary Clinton was, once again, more factually accurate.

Australia's Next Top Model host Jennifer Hawkins is cancelling a slate of interviews so she won't have to talk about Trump.

COMMENT: After meeting a few Americans in a bar, I found all were frustrated with lack of policy and how the candidates' scandal have taken centre stage instead.

It seems entirely appropriate that the final American presidential debate is held in Las Vegas.

Hillary Clinton ran her first presidential campaign at the age of 16 ... when no girl had held the job before.

Republican states - notably Arizona, Georgia and Utah - could now be the target for presidential hopeful as Hillary Clinton tries to slam dunk Donald Trump.

Trump is not really running a campaign for president anymore, instead he is is simply following the politics of grievance to its natural, unseemly end.

Donald Trump has been caught in the act yet again as more questionable footage of the presidential candidate continues to come to light.

WikiLeaks released another batch of hacked emails from inside Hillary Clinton's campaign and with them came another round of embarrassing headlines.

The first lady seems to be taking this election personally - and it comes across on the campaign trail in support of Hillary Clinton.

A lot of celebs are fleeing the sinking Trump ship after that recording, but some are still #withhim

Top Republican all but concedes Hillary Clinton will win the presidential campaign.

EDITORIAL: Donald Trump is already a monster in the popular imagination - especially in this country.

The question has been asked so many times over the past 16 months of this presidential election: Has anyone ever seen anything quite like this?

COMMENT: Donald Trump won the second presidential debate, but only according to the terrible standards of this election.

COMMENT: Donald Trump was so bad that his rival Hillary Clinton was largely ignored, which is a great pity.

Trump's campaign looks set to go from bad to worse with latest revelation.

The star who live-tweeted her way to the Rio Olympics is taking on the presidential debate - "can't wait to see this one".

"That part of my body, which [Trump] described as something he'd like to grab a woman by, was bruised ... for at least the next week."

In light of recent allegations, could this be Trump's last presidential debate? Join Tristram Clayton as he gets insight from political reporter Barry Soper on what todays presidential debate may be like.

COMMENT: The clash today in St Louis promises to be more feisty than the first with half the questions coming from the audience.