One of the wildest ideas to hit the US Presidential campaign trail might become a reality sooner than you would think.

Barack Obama has chosen to break an unwritten rule by talking about Donald Trump while on foreign soil, writes Juliet Eilperin.

Today: Donald Trump reaches the number of delegates he needed to secure the party's presidential nomination for the White House and a 31-year-old man has been charged with the murder of Christchurch sex worker Renee Duckmanton. And US President Barack Obama meets with his G7 counterparts in Japan and pushes to finish negotiations on Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership before the end of the year.

Hillary Clinton says Donald Trump's gun policies are "not just way out there" but "dangerous" and would make America less safe.

Hispanics seem to care less than anyone in the US. Even though they make up 17 per cent of the population.

COMMENT: According to the person who may well be the next leader of the free world, the only things that would survive nuclear war are cockroaches and Helen Clark.

What is it going to take for Sanders to convert his impressive but losing campaign into a positive force for his ideas in the future.

COMMENT: Although these three races are captivating, the most important is for the presidency of the most powerful country on Earth, writes Alexander Gillespie.

The constant spotlight fixed on Donald Trump for the last year would have overwhelmed any other candidate, particularly one so evasive. But not him.

COMMENT: 20th century totalitarian ideologies of left and right were quasi-religious movements that replaced an absentee God with flesh and blood messiahs.

COMMENT: Trump may be a sinister clown, but he has unleashed a potent strain of resentment among millions of voters who feel cheated by political elites.

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Donald Trump yesterday said he was open to raising taxes on the rich, backing off his prior proposal to reduce taxes on all Americans.

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The Rolling Stones don't want Donald Trump playing their songs. Travis M. Andrews looks at similar cases and what the law says.

When it comes to electing a president, Americans should be spoilt for choice. Instead they will have to choose between two supremely flawed human beings.

Twitter and Instagram users lampooned Ted Cruz today for accidentally elbowing his wife Heidi in the face, moments after dropping out of the presidential race.

Donald Trump has essentially clinched the Republican nomination with his main rival Ted Cruz pulling out of the race.

Ted Cruz, the insurgent Texan whose presidential campaign was fueled by disdain for Washington, dropped out of the 2016 race, removing the last major hurdle in Donald Trump's quest to become the Republican nominee for president.

Faced with the prospect of Trump versus Clinton, many Republicans will come around to supporting him

"You mean, I can win and the guy that comes in third place or fourth place ends up getting more delegates than me?"

Hillary Clinton took her general-election playbook against Republican hopeful Donald Trump for a test drive with one of her core constituencies: black voters.

COMMENT: As you read this, I am embarking on a great adventure: hunting down and understanding the kinds of Americans who support Donald Trump.

COMMENT: Each President and his or her family members are issued a codename, used by the Secret Service when discussing a high-value political mark.

Who is he going to pick as his vice-presidential nominee? The short answer: No one knows. But here's a look at five people most likely to wind up second-in-command.

Congressional Republicans are beginning to accept, and even embrace, an outcome that was once unthinkable: Donald Trump as the GOP presidential nominee.

COMMENT: Did it begin at a dinner where Trump was the butt of jokes by President Barack Obama and comedian Seth Meyers?