EDITORIAL: Donald Trump is already a monster in the popular imagination - especially in this country.

The question has been asked so many times over the past 16 months of this presidential election: Has anyone ever seen anything quite like this?

COMMENT: Donald Trump won the second presidential debate, but only according to the terrible standards of this election.

It was the showdown the internet had been waiting for. And viewers of the second presidential debate didn't have to wait long to see why.

"We have to stop excusing the disgusting degradation of girls and women as 'locker room banter.'"

WATCH: Saturday Night Live writers had just one day to rewrite part of the show after audio of Donald Trump making vulgar comments back in 2005 surfaced.

In the wake of Donald Trump's biggest scandal yet, can the Republican Party dump him from its presidential ticket?

COMMENT: The clash today in St Louis promises to be more feisty than the first with half the questions coming from the audience.

When it comes to Donald Trump, Robert De Niro didn't mince words. While filming a political testimony video for a non-partisan group called #VoteYourFuture, the legendary actor was asked a question that all participants were asked: "What do you care about?" Source: Anonymous Content

Donald Trump bragged in vulgar terms about kissing, groping and trying to have sex with women during a 2005 conversation caught on a hot microphone.

Although Donald Trump may be smarting after being bested in the first presidential debate, settling scores is not the way to win the second on Monday.

There are a number of reasons Antonio Guterres may have been the popular choice.

This presidential election isn't just turning off adults. It seems the United States' youth has become disenchanted by politics too.

COMMENT: Helen Clark did not go to ground following her failure this week to secure the job of her dreams, the head of the UN.

Helen Clark is politically astute enough though to know that she was always going to be an outside choice for the top UN job.

Throughout his career Donald Trump has made significant donations to state officials while they were involved in decisions affecting his business.

Report shows children born in the 1980s only have half the wealth those born a decade earlier did at the same age - and they are unlikely to catch up.

Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton weren't on the stage at the vice-presidential debate yesterday, but it didn't really matter.

India has started constructing underground bunkers along its frontier with Pakistan in Kashmir amid fears they are preparing for a major escalation.

The best. Also, the worst.

More than 20 cast and crew from The Apprentice have lifted the lid on Donald Trump's behaviour behind the scenes.

Hillary Clinton looked to compound Trump's season of bad news, sharply criticising him for losing nearly a billion dollars and pocketing tax savings.

COMMENT: Rachel Stewart, winner of the 'Opinion Writer of the Year' award at 2016 Canon Media Awards, has joined the Herald. Here is her first column.

Donald Trump is scrambling to rescue his campaign after the discovery that he may not have paid income taxes for 18 years.

Britain must look beyond Europe for economic success, PM has said as she suggested there would be no deal on immigration to keep the UK in single market.

Colombian voters rejected a peace deal with Farc rebels in a surprise outcome that risks prolonging a 52-year-old conflict.

If you ever wondered how Donald Trump managed to get as far as he did in the race to the White House, you can be assured you're not alone.

I've studied tax filings for decades. What I found most stunning about Trump's 1995 taxes isn't what everybody's talking about, writes Allan Sloan.

Donald Trump just had a week to forget, capped off by a bombshell report about his tax returns.