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Donald Trump said he believes Barack Obama was born in the US

Trump acknowledges Obama was born in US

US Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, who has long questioned President Barack Obama's US citizenship, has said he believes the president was born in the United States.

News • 22 Sep 16

Hillary Clinton speaks to members of the travelling press aboard her campaign plane

Clinton resumes campaigning following pneumonia

Hillary Clinton has returned to the campaign trail after taking three days off for pneumonia.

News • 22 Sep 16

Hillary Clinton is recovering from pneumonia

Hillary Clinton doctor says she is 'fit to serve'

Hillary Clinton has released new information about her health as she recuperated from a diagnosis of "mild, non-contagious" pneumonia, with her doctor stressing she remains healthy overall and "fit to serve" as president.

News • 15 Sep 16

Barack Obama is trying to ensure Democrats retain control of the White House

Obama warns presidential race is not 'reality TV'

US President Barack Obama took up the Democrats' fight against Donald Trump, trying to quash the Republican presidential candidate's bid to appeal to working-class voters.

News • 22 Sep 16

RealClearPolitics' Carl Cannon on the US Election

Once upon a time in American politics, Labor Day signified the beginning of the general election campaign. Today’s election cycles never really end—the notion of the “permanent campaign” is quite real—but one thing remains the same...

Prime Time • 22 Sep 16

Hillary Clinton is expected back on the campaign trail this week

Clinton: 'Feeling fine' after taking ill

US Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton has said she was "feeling fine" a day after she was taken ill due to pneumonia, and that she was eager to jump back onto the campaign trail in her battle against Donald Trump.

News • 22 Sep 16

Barack Obama was speaking in Laos, while at a summit with South East Asia leaders

Trump not qualified to be US president - Obama

Barack Obama has said Republican nominee Donald Trump is unsuitable to be president of the United States.

News • 08 Sep 16

Hillary Clinton said in hindsight she regretted using private email system while secretary of state

FBI releases summary of Clinton emails interview

Hillary Clinton told the FBI she did not recall all the briefings she received on handling sensitive information as she made the transition from her post as US secretary of state, due to a concussion suffered in 2012, according to a report.

News • 22 Sep 16

Donald Trump said he would deport immigrants who overstayed their visas

Trump vows crackdown on illegal immigration

US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has said he would crack down on immigrants who overstay their visas.

News • 28 Aug 16

Hillary Clinton, a former secretary of state, has led real estate developer Donald Trump in the poll since Democrats and Republicans held their national conventions

Clinton leads Trump in latest opinion poll

Hillary Clinton leads her rival Donald Trump by five percentage points among likely voters, down from a peak this month of 12 points, according to the Reuters/Ipsos daily tracking poll released today.

News • 26 Aug 16

Nigel Farage said he would not vote for Hillary Clinton if she paid him

Farage tells rally Trump can beat Clinton

Nigel Farage, the divisive politician at the heart of Britain's vote to leave the European Union, has thrown his support behind Donald Trump's bid to become US president.

News • 25 Aug 16

Hillary Clinton must instead respond in writing within 30 days to questions submitted by Judicial Watch, a group that has long been critical of her conduct

Clinton need not give sworn testimony over emails

US Democratic Party presidential candidate Hillary Clinton does not need to give sworn testimony in a lawsuit over her use of an unauthorised private email system while she was US secretary of state, a judge has ruled.

News • 20 Aug 16

Paul Manafort formerly advised the pro-Kremlin former Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych

Embattled Trump campaign chairman Manafort resigns

Paul Manafort has resigned as chairman of Donald Trump's presidential campaign, under fire in connection with a Ukrainian corruption investigation and two days after being sidelined in a team reshuffle.

News • 19 Aug 16

Washington Post Tehran bureau chief Jason Rezaianwas one of those held in Iran

US sought 'leverage' with $400m payment to Iran

The United States has acknowledged that it waited for Iran to release US prisoners before delivering $400m in cash that it owed the country, but again insisted the payment was not ransom.

News • 19 Aug 16

Donald Trump attended the briefing in secure rooms of the FBI's New York office

Trump gets first classified intelligence briefing

US Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has received his first classified intelligence briefing, a privilege reserved for candidates from the two main political parties.

News • 18 Aug 16

Donald Trump has been vocal in support of law enforcement during a spate of protests across the country

Trump calls for more police on streets

US Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has called for more police on the streets and said Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton is "against the police" at a rally in Wisconsin.

News • 17 Aug 16

Donald Trump delivered his foreign policy speech at a campaign event in Ohio

Trump vows 'extreme vetting' of immigrants

Donald Trump has said that he would implement "extreme vetting" of immigrants and suspend immigration from certain countries to protect the United States.

News • 15 Aug 16

Donald Trump has suffered what critics insist is a long string of missteps

Trump accuses Obama of founding IS

US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has accused President Barack Obama of founding the so-called Islamic State group.

News • 22 Sep 16

Hillary Clinton speaking in Florida earlier this week

Clinton: Trump 'crossed the line' over gun remarks

Hillary Clinton has warned her Republican presidential rival Donald Trump about his "casual inciting" of violence, saying his remarks suggesting gun rights supporters could act against her "crossed the line."

News • 11 Aug 16

Donald Trump was speaking at a rally in Wilmington, North Carolina

Trump suggests gun owners could stop Clinton

US Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump has suggested that "Second Amendment people" - gun owners - could stop Hillary Clinton from winning the White House and picking new US Supreme Court justices.

News • 09 Aug 16

Donald Trump denied Paul Ryan and John McCain support in their re-election bids

Trump says campaign is unified, despite criticism

Republican Donald Trump has insisted that his White House campaign is unified, even as he faced a backlash from some in his party over his criticism of the family of a dead American soldier.

News • 03 Aug 16

Barack Obama was speaking at a White House news conference

Obama: Trump 'unfit' to serve as president

US President Barack Obama has said that Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is "woefully unprepared" and "unfit" to serve as president.

News • 03 Aug 16

John McCain was a prisoner of war for five years during the Vietnam War

McCain denounces Trump over Khan comments

War veteran and US Senator John McCain denounced Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump for his attack on the parents of a Muslim US army officer killed in the Iraq war.

News • 02 Aug 16

Khizr Khan, pictured with his wife Ghazala, spoke out about Donald Trump at the Democratic National Convention

Muslim mother of slain soldier hits back at Trump

The mother of a American Muslim soldier who was killed in Iraq criticised Republican Donald Trump as ignorant of Islam and of sacrifice after he questioned her silence during her husband's speech at the Democratic National Convention.

News • 02 Aug 16

Donald Trump wrapped up a five-day, seven-state campaign swing in Colorado yesterday

Trump says gloves are off in White House campaign

Donald Trump has said he was taking the gloves off in his battle against Hillary Clinton in the race for the White House.

News • 22 Sep 16