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"Shambolic", "hostile", "messy" and "chaotic".

These are just some of the words used to describe the first US presidential debate in which Donald Trump and Joe Biden locked horns.

It's now led to… Audio

Democrat presidential candidate Joe Biden and Donald Trump, have squared off for their first leaders debate in the US. We speak to Feature Story's Simon Marks. Audio

The first of three debates between Donald Trump and Joe Biden is taking place in Ohio and will be moderated by Fox News' Chris Wallace - who has said he wants to remain as invisible a presence as… Audio

Donald Trump has asked aides to carry out unlawful acts, offering them a Presidential pardon as a “get out of jail” card, a former staffer says. Audio

Ron talks to Kathryn about the reaction to explosive revelations about Donald Trump's income tax payments, his nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to replace the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader… Audio

How often throughout the pandemic have you seen a man with a surgical masked pulled down so that it hugs his chin? Several surveys have shown that men are less likely to wear a mask to curb Covid-19… Audio

US correspondent Susan Davis looks at the reaction to the President's comment disparaging US war dead, Kamala Harris steps up her role on the campaign trail and attacks the president on race and… Audio

The President has visited the Wisconsin city of Kenosha after days of protests following the shooting of an unarmed African American man by a police officer.

The White House says the visit would be… Audio

Donald Trump's only niece Mary has written a book about the toxic family history that she believes shaped her uncle. She talks to Kathryn Ryan about the revelations contained in Too Much and Never… Audio

In her latest book, What We Talk About When We Talk About Books, Harvard Professor Leah Price dispels the myth of the end of the golden age of reading by suggesting that reading might not have been so… Audio

Former first lady Michelle Obama tweeted on Friday that she was 'exhausted and frustrated' by the state of the country in the wake of the shooting of Jacob Blake and two protesters. US correspondent… Audio

Donald Trump has secured the Republican party's renomination to be the presidential candidate, and counselor to the President Kellyanne Conway has announced she is leaving the White House to focus on… Audio

Our weekend panellists Jane Clifton and Richard Harman look at our Covid-19 situation, the number of Kiwis coming into isolation, the second bout of panic buying and Donald Trump's insistence that we… Audio

Joe Biden has accepted his big challenge to defeat Donald Trump in this year's presidential election and bring the United States out of the darkness and towards the light. US correspondent Karen… Audio

It has been revealed the maintenance worker at the Rydges Hotel isolation facility who contracted Covid 19 used a lift just minutes after a guest who later tested positive for the same strain.

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The Democrats are holding their national convention this week - but it's not a convention as you'd know it.

Gone are the balloons and the big crowds and hoopla of old.

Instead the convention is… Audio

Taiwan appears to be at risk of being caught up in the power struggle between China and the US. Richard McGregor is the author of Xi Jinping: The Backlash. He joins us to discuss Taiwan issue and the… Audio

Mediawatch's weekly catch-up with Lately. This week Hayden Donnell talks to Karyn Hay about an incredible interview with Donald Trump - and a sudden dearth of Mike's Minutes on the Herald website.

Technology correspondent Sarah Putt looks at the situation with TikTok and why pressure from the US President has forced it to be put up for sale. Have people given up when it comes to protecting… Audio

The Trump campaign now has less than 100 days before election day to change a narrative that has seen president Donald Trump fail the leadership test during the pandemic. US correspondent Karen Kasler… Audio