Most people didn’t think it was possible, but FBI director James Comey — as is now known by everyone who hasn’t been locked down in a Zen monastery for the past few days — has just increased the craziness of this already loony and deeply depressing presidential election campaign, writes Suzanne Garment    

NEXT week Americans vote in an election with by far the greatest global impact. In 2012, when Obama defeated Romney, 129.1m people voted — 53.6% of those entitled to. If that turnout is repeated, then, and if pre-election polls are of any value, more than 50m Americans will vote for Donald Trump. How many more choose to do so will decide the election and who becomes the world’s most powerful person.

The FBI's director has been warned he could have broken US law by announcing an investigation into emails potentially linked to Hillary Clinton.

Hillary Clinton enters the final full week of the US presidential race on the defence once again over her use of a private email system.

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They were good girls deeply involved in student government and in decorating the gym for high school dances. They did their homework on time and got good grades, and they all remember Hillary Rodham standing out as the most organised kid in homeroom, writes Nina Burleigh

Hilary Clinton, who will be the first female candidate for the White House, has been accused of being too ambitious in her lust for power. How else would she have got this far, asks Jocelyn Noveck

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.

Hillary Clinton and her aides at the US State Department were acutely aware of the need to protect sensitive information when discussing international affairs over email.

Donald Trump will decide soon whether to mount a third party bid if he loses the Republican nomination for president, the real estate mogul said.

Hillary Clinton will hold her first campaign event in Iowa today after she formally announced that she is seeking the Democratic nomination for president in 2016.

Ex-congressman and struggling mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner said a video showing him in a shouting match with a bakery customer is just an example of him putting a heckler in his place.

The chief spokeswoman for embattled mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner has apologised after she went on an expletive-laced tirade about a former campaign intern in an interview with a political news website.

Anthony Weiner’s rivals were split last night on whether the ex-lawmaker should drop his bid for mayor of New York after he admitted that he continued to send sexual messages to women he met online even after he was forced out of Congress over the issue.

Would-be New York mayor Anthony Weiner has said the revelation he sex texted a young woman months after resigning from Congress for similar behaviour would not force him to quit the electoral race.

Embattled US representative Anthony Weiner is resigning from Congress, saying he cannot continue in office amid the intense controversy surrounding sexually explicit messages he sent online to several women.

A former porn actress who exchanged emails and messages over Twitter with US Representative Anthony Weiner said he asked her to lie about their interactions, while a growing chorus of politicians pressed for his resignation as the scandal enveloping the congressman enters its third week.

SCANDAL-SCARRED Anthony Weiner is clinging to his perch in US Congress despite new efforts to pry him away and a pair of developments that might inspire others in his position to give up the fight: A newly released X-rated photo that Weiner purportedly took of himself has turned up on the internet, and his wife of less than a year, Huma Abedin, is pregnant.