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Trump and Sanders flying high after wins in Tuesday's primaries
It was a day of surprises in what's been dubbed Super Tuesday round two in the race to the White House. Audio
North Korea threatens US and South Korea
North Korea threatens "indiscriminate" nuclear strikes as the US and South Korea begin their largest ever joint military exercises.
The "strangest, least predicatable" US presidential campaign
Mitt Romney, the Republican Party's last Presidential Candidate, he lost to Obama in 2012, has launched an almost unprecedented attack on Donald Trump. Audio
Emails show ex-US ambassador worried about staff competence
Just released emails reveal the former United States ambassador to New Zealand, David Huebner, had serious worries about the competence and quality of senior staff at the American embassy. Audio
US election campaign kicks into high gear today
Today is crunch time in the race for the White House. Super Tuesday is a coast-to-coast battle for delegates across a dozen states for both Republican and Democratic presidential hopefuls. Audio
US election campaign kicks into high gear today
Super Tuesday is a coast-to-coast battle for delegates across a dozen states for both Republican and Democratic presidential hopefulls. Audio
New Zealand first to vote in Super Tuesday primaries
You would have heard the American ambassador earlier this morning speaking to us about Super Tuesday. Audio
American Ambassador explains Super Tuesday
Tomorrow is the biggest day of the 2016 American primary season with polling taking place in 13 states and one territory in what is known as Super Tuesday. Audio
Sanders looks ahead to Super Tuesday
Tomorrow, is Super Tuesday in the United States Audio
Feature Interview - Eleanor Clift
Eleanor Clift has covered every Presidential election since 1976 first for Newsweek magazine and now is a regular political commentator for The Daily Beast online. Eleanor joins us from Washington DC.
…US visit symbolises importance of Pacific: Top official
A top US government official says the week's visit to Samoa, Tonga and Palau was a demonstration of the US commitment to the region.
Order to hack iPhone 'software equivalent of cancer'
The FBI has conceded future judges will look at his battle with Apple as a precedent for the police to acccess locked or encrypted phone devices, its director today told a congressional panel. Audio
US shooting at lawn care products company
An employee has opened fire at a company in Kansas, killing at least four and wounded a dozen others. Reuters' Diane Hodges reports. Audio
Donald Trump, US president looking likelier
Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump adds another notch to his belt - Nevada. Audio
Johnson & Johnson to pay millions after US court case
Johnson & Johnson has been ordered to pay US$72 million in damages to the family of a woman whose death from cancer has been linked to talc-based Baby Powder. Audio
Hacking iPhone a dangerous precedent, says Apple CEO
Apple CEO Tim Cook has spoken out about breaking into an iPhone belonging to one of the San Bernardino gunman, in an exclusive interview with ABC America. Audio
Obama's plan to shut down Guantanamo Bay
American President Barack Obama has presented a plan to finally shut the detention centre at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba. Audio