David Barstow and Susanne Craig explain how they cracked open the biggest story of the campaign, overcoming nagging doubts to nail down Donald Trump’s tax returns.
After praising Donald J. Trump during a debate in her Senate race, Ms. Ayotte tried to walk back her remarks, but it did not quiet critics on social media.
Tax forms and public records show how debt that Mr. Trump amassed fueled enormous losses.
More than 500,000 individual taxpayers took advantage of the same tax rule as Mr. Trump in 1995. Their average loss: just $97,600.
In Ohio, Mrs. Clinton said revelations that Mr. Trump could have avoided paying income taxes for up to 18 years showed he put “his own interests ahead of the country’s.”
Eric T. Schneiderman, the attorney general, said a charities bureau had determined that the Donald J. Trump Foundation was not registered to solicit donations under state law.
At the debate on Tuesday, the vice-presidential candidates will have to defend their running mates — an especially critical job this time around with such an intense focus on the top of the ticket.
The next president will test either Senator Mitch McConnell’s belief that bipartisanship can lead to significant progress, or Speaker Paul D. Ryan’s preference for single-party control.
Mr. Trump’s campaign lurched between refusing to acknowledge that released 1995 tax records were bona fide to insisting that his not having paid taxes was evidence of his unrivaled business prowess.
A manila envelope led to old-style investigative journalism involving a meeting in a bagel shop and an IBM typewriter.
Kate McKinnon returned as Hillary Clinton in the much-anticipated opening sketch, a parody of the first presidential debate.
Mr. Trump commented on Mrs. Clinton’s marriage during a rally in Pennsylvania, plunging the presidential race further into a personal battle.
Over the summer, Mrs. Clinton focused almost exclusively on discrediting Mr. Trump, but now she has tried to offer a more positive campaign message, even as she continues to denounce him.
Asian-Americans are identifying as Democrats at a quicker pace than any other racial group, and many Republicans worry this election is accelerating that trend.
Donald J. Trump and Hillary Clinton drew a record television audience for their first debate. By comparison, their running mates, Mike Pence and Tim Kaine, may be heavier on policy than on pizazz.
Unlike her prominent half siblings, Tiffany Trump has rarely been seen on the presidential campaign trail in 2016. But that may be about to change.
In an interview, Mr. Trump said he was reconsidering whether he would back Mrs. Clinton if she became president.
In the predawn hours on Friday, the Republican presidential nominee took to Twitter to continue his attacks on both Hillary Clinton and Alicia Machado.
The durability of her post-debate bump is another matter.
Yes, the Republican nominee wears Brioni — as well as suits by the Brooklyn tailor Martin Greenfield.
Hillary Clinton and the Democrats, helped by a 2014 Supreme Court decision, are extending their advantage over Republicans in campaign donations.