Donald Trump taken aim at "Obamacare" as well as homing in on the FBI's renewed examination of rival Hillary Clinton's emails as the US election campaign enters its final week.

Here’s a briefing on some of the stories and issues highlighted on irishexaminer.com today

Melania Trump has dismissed her husband's sexually aggressive language as "boy talk", insisting his remarks do not reflect "the man I know" and saying she does not believe he has assaulted any women.

Here is an analysis of some of the claims made in the second presidential debate.

Donald Trump has declared "I was wrong and I apologise" after being caught on tape making vulgar and sexually charged comments about women.

The clock is ticking all to quickly towards polling day and the first presidential debate with Trump is on Monday, writes Alison O’Connor.

Hillary Clinton has told Democrats they have “just put the biggest crack in that glass ceiling” by nominating her for US president on a night awash with history.

Hillary Clinton has told Democrats they have "just put the biggest crack in that glass ceiling" by nominating her for US president on a night awash with history.

Hillary Clinton might be off the hook after the FBI email probe but Americans still distrust her as a result of her defensiveness and the lack of transparency around her, says Bette Browne

It’s show time again. The party machines have revved up. The soundbites have been polished off. The candidates are out on the road pressing the flesh, occasionally taking time out to gaze up admiringly at their images on their posters.

Democratic US presidential candidate Hillary Clinton admitted she and her family paid a State Department staffer with personal funds to maintain a private email server that she used for both personal and government matters while secretary of state.

BUTLERS, plumbers, doormen, florists, the executive pastry chef: these are just some of the hundreds of people that work at the White House for the President of the USA.

Hillary Clinton’s bid for the presidency has been overshadowed by an email row, but Irish America wants her to continue her husband’s legacy, writes Bette Browne.

For a female candidate, however strong, to garner enough votes to win the White House is going to be a challenge of historical proportions, reports Betty Browne

A group of American rocket enthusiasts may be potty but they ended up flushed with success after launching a portable toilet.

Chelsea Clinton has given birth to a daughter named Charlotte, the first grandchild of former US president Bill Clinton and former secretary of state Hillary Clinton.

EARLY CHRISTMAS

Hillary Clinton’s family was "dead broke" and saddled with legal bills when she and her husband left the White House, the former first lady said at the start of a high-profile book tour that could precede a 2016 presidential campaign.

Former US secretary of state Hillary Rodham Clinton said she feels “emboldened” to run for the presidency because of Republican criticism of her handling of the deadly 2012 terrorist attacks in Libya.

Author and poet Maya Angelou, who rose from poverty, segregation and violence to become a force on stage, screen and the printed page, has died. She was 86.

Monica Lewinsky says there’s no question her boss — Bill Clinton — "took advantage" of her when he was president.

Hillary Clinton has a big political decision to make, a choice that pits political allegiances against family loyalty, and Irish-Americans are in the middle of her dilemma, writes Bette Browne

As Bill Clinton leaves town, former Reuters Washington correspondent Bette Browne examines the odds of another Clinton making it to the White House.

Her physical presence transcends fashion and projects natural power. Her easy warmth and confidence seem unlimited, as is her ability to connect with ordinary people. As Michelle Obama turns 50, Suzanne Harrington pays tribute to the First Lady

Two television projects focused on Hillary Clinton got the axe after the programmes became embroiled in partisan wrangling, including threats by the Republican National Committee to boycott presidential debates sponsored by CNN and NBC.

The funeral mass for Seamus Heaney will take place on Monday at the Church of the Sacred Heart in Donnybrook, south Dublin followed by burial in his birthplace of Bellaghy, Co Derry.

LONG gone was the awkward curly-haired teenager with braces, fiercely protected from the media during her White House childhood. Gone too, the determinedly private young woman who spent much of her twenties in denial of her status as a public figure.

Former US president Bill Clinton’s speech to the Democratic National Convention on Wednesday night served as a high-energy validation of Barack Obama’s policies — and may also have started setting the stage for another White House bid by his wife, Hillary.

It was, in the words of a local sage, a day borrowed from the weather gods at the Old Head of Kinsale. The water sparkled, the sky stayed blue and the breeze was testing enough to brook no debate about who was boss.

Embattled UK retailer Clinton Cards is set to lose its fight for survival after its largest supplier said it will force it into administration later today.

TO WRITE about Harvey Weinstein is to face, first, the history of past brutalities.

David Hasslehoff would "love" to return to 'Britain's Got Talent'.

Tributes are pouring in for Elizabeth Taylor this morning, who passed away in Los Angeles yesterday at the age of 79.

IT WAS high society inside and high security outside as Chelsea Clinton wed her longtime boyfriend at an elegant estate in a Hudson River village where several prominent guests were spotted beforehand, but the husband-and-wife-to-be stayed out of sight.

Chelsea Clinton wed her longtime boyfriend at an elegant estate in a village where several prominent guests were spotted beforehand, but the husband-and-wife-to-be stayed out of sight.

Bill Clinton made a long-anticipated appearance in the upstate New York village where his daughter is getting married, drawing crowds of onlookers as preparations continued largely out of sight for the grand and secretive occasion.

IMAGINE spending €190,000 on flowers. Or €15,000 on a cake. Or how does up to €15,000 for toilets sound?