'He is totally nuts,' says Hollywood star.

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

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

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

Award-winning NZ Herald editorial cartoonist Rod Emmerson explains the thinking and process behind his Donald Trump illustration that appears in the world section of today’s paper.

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.

A Dublin pub has just made their trip to the bathroom a 'wee bit' more entertaining for its male customers.

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.

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

Hillary Clinton spoke directly to Trump's constituency of white, working-class voters - but delivered in a style sharply contrasting to the Republican convention.

Trump Jr says Obama plagiarised his quote, but not before he borrowed it from Obama and both president Bushes

Barack Obama has offered his support for Hillary Clinton at the DNC saying "there has never been anybody more qualified to serve as president".

Trump has a two-point lead in a poll for likely presidency for the first time since early May and other indicators have been in a downtrend for Clinton.

Comedian Sarah Silverman was left red-faced at the Democratic National Convention today as part of the crowd turned on her.

United States Vice President Joe Biden touched down in Auckland this evening for the next leg of a tour to reinforce the US presence in the Pacific.

COMMENT: Melania said the Trumps will bring kindness, love and compassion to the White House.

Rage? Rancor? Violence? That wasn't the situation when about 2000 Clevelanders joined hands at the Hope Memorial Bridge.

COMMENT: After the attack in Nice, Donald Trump was able to promote his idea of banning Muslims in the United States.

America's New Black Panther Party has upped tensions in the US race debate by vowing to openly carry guns at next week's Republican convention in Cleveland, Ohio.

Outspoken United States Supreme Court judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg's joke about moving to New Zealand if Donald Trump becomes president has embroiled her in controversy back home.

COMMENT: Muslims are finding themselves unwelcome in certain areas. Especially since Donald Trump began suggesting that America ban all Muslims.

For at least the fifth time, Trump's Twitter account had shared a meme from the racist "alt-right" and offered no explanation why.

Who's opposed to the Trans Pacific Partnership ? Right wing US Presidential candidate Donald Trump.

Hillary Clinton has secured an unlikely but powerful wingwoman. And she's just gone to town on Republican rival Donald Trump.

Donald Trump's campaign has just $US1.3 million in the bank, tens of millions of dollars less than rival Hillary Clinton. Source: CNN