US election: Trump v Clinton

The race to succeed US President Barack Obama pits Democratic Party nominee Hillary Clinton against Republican Party nominee Donald Trump. Election day is November 8, 2016.

US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin shake hands as they hold a joint news conference after their meeting in Helsinki, Finland, on July 16. US Special Counsel Robert Mueller is investigating allegations of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. Photo: Reuters

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4 Aug 2018 - 9:55pm 1

US Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen addresses a convention of state secretaries of state. Photo: AP

US official: Russia using social media to divide Americans

15 Jul 2018 - 7:30pm 4

President Donald Trump made his policy intentions clear in his 2016 election campaign. It seems the left hates that he is implementing his stated policies. Photo: Bloomberg

If Trump is guilty of bias, so are his critics

11 Jul 2018 - 9:00pm 3

US President Donald Trump speaking in the Rose Garden of the White House in April, 2018. Photo: Bloomberg

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15 Jun 2018 - 10:35pm

Cambridge Analytica and WikiLeaks are already subjects of investigation, but the revelations open up fresh questions about the precise nature of the organisations’ relationship

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7 Jun 2018 - 3:52am

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12 Apr 2018 - 8:45am 11

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Jim Carrey is deleting his Facebook page over election meddling

7 Feb 2018 - 11:32am 1

CIA Director Mike Pompeo has warned that Russia may meddle in the US midterm elections later this year. Photo: Reuters

Will Russia meddle with US midterm elections? CIA chief says ‘of course’

6 Jun 2018 - 10:47pm 5

FILE - In this Nov. 8, 2016, file photo, then-Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, and her husband former President Bill Clinton, greet supporters after voting in Chappaqua, N.Y. The FBI is investigating allegations of corruption connected to the Clinton Foundation while Hillary Clinton was secretary of state. That’s according to a person familiar with the investigation who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss it. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

The FBI is investigating donations to the Clinton Foundation - but will charges follow?

6 Jan 2018 - 5:31am

Robert Delaney says Donald Trump has consistently delivered policy gifts to his electoral base, fired up by anti-Muslim bigotry and white supremacy. And the closer the Russia investigation gets, the more generous Trump is going to be

Jerusalem move shows Donald Trump is neither stupid nor mad

12 Dec 2017 - 1:27am 49

Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping arrive for a meeting on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Hamburg on July 8. Photo: AP

Why Donald Trump looks at Xi Jinping with stars in his eyes

30 Oct 2017 - 7:18pm 3

Facebook CEO and co-founder Mark Zuckerberg speaks at the Harvard University graduation ceremony in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on May 25. Photo: AP

What Facebook, Twitter and Trump tell us about a polarised world

2 Oct 2017 - 7:27pm 1

Twitter has revealed that nearly 2,000 ads were placed on the messaging service in 2016 by a Russian media group suspected of trying to interfere with the US presidential election. Photo: Reuters

Twitter reveals thousands of Russia-backed ads ahead of US election

29 Sep 2017 - 7:50pm

From ‘big shot’ Donald Trump’s gaudy wedding to hopes for a universal income scheme, the defeated Democratic presidential candidate reveals what was on her mind before, during and after her punishing White House campaign

Ten things we learned from Hillary Clinton’s book What Happened

15 Sep 2017 - 8:33am

Hillary Clinton signs copies of her new book. Photo: AFP

Amazon removes thousands of reviews of Clinton’s memoir

14 Sep 2017 - 8:58pm 3

Hillary Clinton attends a signing of her new book. Photo: Reuters

‘I would’ve won’: Clinton says Comey’s intervention was why she lost

13 Sep 2017 - 10:17pm 2

Hillary Clinton lost last year’s election to Donald Trump. Photo: AP

Clinton’s book revisits election loss, blaming friends and foe alike

9 Sep 2017 - 10:35pm 2

US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin meet on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Hamburg, on July 7. Alleged Russian interference in the 2016 US presidential election is just one of the controversies to have rocked the Trump administration. Photo: EPA

Each time Trump tramples on ethics, he does Beijing a favour

4 Aug 2017 - 6:28pm 3

US first daughter Ivanka Trump takes her place among elected world leaders, including her father Donald Trump, and World Bank President Jim Yong Kim (front row, left), at the Women’s Entrepreneurship Finance event during the G20 leaders’ summit in Hamburg, on July 8. Photo: Reuters

Will American democracy survive the nepotism of the Trump era?

19 Jul 2017 - 8:23pm 3

FBI Director James Comey testifies before a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing where he said he felt nauseous that he may have tipped the 2016 election to Donald Trump. Photo: Reuters

FBI chief Comey ‘nauseous’ he may have tipped election to Trump

4 May 2017 - 12:57am 2

Hillary Clinton takes part in the Women for Women International Luncheon in New York City, discussing the reasons behind her loss to Donald Trump in the US presidential elections. Photo: Reuters

‘Misogyny’, Russian hacking and FBI to blame for my loss to Trump, says Hillary Clinton

3 May 2017 - 6:01am 1

US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, on April 7. Photo: AP

Trump says China may have hacked Clinton emails

1 May 2017 - 10:39am 1

US Justice Department watchdog investigating FBI decisions in Clinton email probe

US Justice Department watchdog investigating FBI decisions in Clinton email probe

13 Jan 2017 - 3:39am 2

Graffiti artwork depicts Russian President Vladimir Putin and then Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump outside a bar in the old town in Vilnius, Lithuania, on October 30. Photo: AP

‘Russian hack’ is just long-time US foreign policy coming home to roost

6 Jan 2017 - 10:33am

Photo: Jonathan Drake/Reuters

Why politicians don’t get sued for lies and other falsehoods

29 Nov 2016 - 1:44pm

US president Bill Clinton and his wife Hillary pose for a photo with King Bhumibol and other members of the Thai royal family at the Grand Palace in Bangkok, on a visit to Thailand in 1996. Photo: AFP

US-Thailand friendship turns cold, further weakening America’s influence in Asia

27 Nov 2016 - 7:01pm 17

Hillary Clinton speaks to the Children's Defense Fund in Washington, US. Photo: Reuters

Clinton campaign to take part in state election recounts: lawyer

27 Nov 2016 - 2:42am 6

Hillary Clinton, former 2016 Democratic presidential nominee, pauses while speaking at the New Yorker Hotel in New York. Photo: Bloomberg

Hillary Clinton urged to call for election vote recount in battleground states

23 Nov 2016 - 11:03pm 2

Hillary Clinton speaks to the Children’s Defense Fund in Washington on Wednesday night. Photo: Reuters

‘Don’t give up’: Clinton breaks her silence, describing deep emotional impact of election defeat

17 Nov 2016 - 10:07pm 3

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