Departing president passes the baton to Hillary Clinton in emotional Democratic convention speech that cast Donald Trump as a threat to American values
The pragmatic progressive: what sets Obama apart from Bernie Sanders
With his efforts to overhaul healthcare and crack down on Wall Street, President Obama has demonstrated the benefits of practicality and compromise
Paul Ryan declines to support Donald Trump as Republican standard-bearer
House speaker Paul Ryan, the highest-ranking elected Republican official in the US, has said he does not yet support Donald Trump for GOP nominee.
South Carolina primary: Trump wins big while Jeb Bush drops out – live
Round three of the 2016 election begins with Clinton beating Sanders in Nevada while Republicans try to overtake Donald Trump in South Carolina.