Donald Trump hovered behind Hillary Clinton for large stretches of the debate.
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In reducing his aggressive, sexist banter to ‘locker-room’ conversation, Donald Trump reveals a regressive and oafish masculinity.
Bill Shorten says Donald Trump is ‘entirely unsuitable to be leader of the free world’.
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On Tuesday, Bill Shorten is set to declare Donald Trump ‘entirely unsuitable to be leader of the free world’.
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Meant to be a relatively tame “town hall”-style encounter, the second-round debate was one of the grisliest moments of an already ugly campaign.
Trump speaks at the town-hall style debate.
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Scholars from the Washington University in St. Louis react to the second presidential debate.
Hillary Clinton is still widely favoured to become the next US president.
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Donald Trump landed some blows in the second debate, but not enough to change the momentum of the campaign, which is firmly favouring Hillary Clinton.
Tapes of Donald Trump making lewd remarks about women were an early focus in the debate.
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The Conversation’s experts respond to the second US presidential debate between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton.
In politics, as in life in general, there are many things we value more than truth.
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To decide between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, American voters will have to decide which narrative they prefer, leaving the truth to emerge later from the political rubble.
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PTSD isn’t all about bombs and bullets. The baggage soldiers and medics bring to war zones will help us better understand diverse responses.
Police prepare for protests over the police shooting of Keith Scott in Charlotte, North Carolina, Sept. 22, 2016.
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Will the candidates acknowledge the Black Lives Matter platform during the debate in St. Louis? Millennial voters will be listening.
Donald Trump in Virginia on Monday, where he spoke to a veterans’ group.
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The research is strong that the atrocities of war cause mental health issues. A clinical psychologist walks us through the research and tells of her personal experience treating those with PTSD.
The vice-presidential debate was much spicier than anticipated, but will it actually swing the election?
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This week on Race to the White House, Brendon O’Connor, Tom Switzer and Emma Lancaster look at the first and only 2016 vice-presidential debate.
Most serious foreign policy analysts hope Hillary Clinton wins the US presidential race.
Reuters
Despite growing concerns about possible declining American power and influence, the US still dominates the region upon which Australia has increasingly come to depend.
To understand the Trump Foundation, reporters are following the money.
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The Trump Foundation has received lots of scrutiny in recent months questioning how much the candidate gives, where the charity’s money comes from and how it’s used. Here’s what we know so far.
This guy?
EPA/Andrew Gombert
Donald Trump talks over women, refuses to listen, won’t take control of his bad habits – enough already.
Oprah’s endorsement of Barack Obama in the 2008 presidential race was arguably the most successful celebrity endorsement in history.
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Both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump have been endorsed by an army of celebrity supporters.
A view of Tijuana from San Isidro, California. Americans’ negative opinion of Mexico doesn’t always reflect reality.
Mike Blake/Reuters
The facts contradict Donald Trump’s anti-Mexican rhetoric, but US mischaracterisation of its southern neighbor isn’t new to this election season - nor will it end in November.
Those who are most likely to be interested in protectionism and curbing immigration are not necessarily the ones who are most vulnerable economically.
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How can we explain that wealth is associated with protectionism and support for populist leaders?
Hillary Clinton’s failure to win over religious voters has not been for lack of trying.
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The fact that so much of the religious vote will go to the obviously less religious candidate says a lot about the 2016 US presidential election.
There’s little left of the Trump legacy in Atlantic City.
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A study of the three casinos Donald Trump owned in Atlantic City shows they performed far worse than their rivals, losing more jobs and revenue.
Raul Castro: balancing act.
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Whoever wins the keys to the White House in November, it is far from guaranteed that Barack Obama’s detente with the Cubans will continue.