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Hillary Clinton was making a point about Donald Trump and women at the first presidential debate when she brought up Alicia Machado, the former Miss Universe who says Donald Trump insulted her.

Trump sniffles, Hillary shimmies and the internet laughs. CNN's Jeanne Moos reports.

In August 2014, Iraqi forces and Kurdish Peshmerga fighters set out on a mission to help Yazidi people trapped on Mount Sinjar.

CNN's Miguel Marquez watched the first presidential debate with a body language expert who analyzed Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton.

Senate Democrats blocked Tuesday a Republican bill to fund the government and battle Zika because it did not include money for Flint, Michigan, to address the city's drinking water crisis.

Attention Facebook users: Brad Pitt isn't dead, and clicking on that post could give a hacker control of your account.

The FBI has asked to examine the cellphones of a small number Democratic Party staffers as it investigates a possible hack of cellphones, law enforcement and Democratic Party sources told CNN Tuesday.

President Barack Obama on Tuesday tapped the highest-ranking US diplomat in Cuba as the first ambassador to the island in more than 50 years. But deep opposition among some senators means it's nearly impossible he'll be confirmed before the President leaves office.

After 30 years in the spotlight, Hillary Clinton finally found the balance on gender that has bedeviled her throughout her career during the debate at Hofstra Monday night.

CNN commentators and guest analysts offer their take on Monday night's presidential candidate debate. The opinions expressed in these commentaries are solely those of the authors.

Tyson Foods is voluntarily recalling more than 130,000 pounds of cooked chicken nuggets because they may contain hard plastic, the US Department of Agriculture's Food Safety Inspection Service said Tuesday.

According to Google, searches for the phrase "registrarse para votar" have surged 2200% in the last week. For comparison sake, the English equivalent "register to vote" has gone up only 430% in the same timeframe. It's unclear how much these spikes compare to previous presidential elections.

When Donald Trump tried to score points by saying that Hillary Clinton had spent days off the campaign trail to prepare for Monday night's debate, Clinton -- having spent days off the trail to prepare -- had a ready reply.

On Monday night we witnessed the most hyped and highly anticipated American presidential debate in history. And it didn't fail to disappoint in demonstrating the stark contrasts between the candidates.

As demonstrators took to the streets of Charlotte, North Carolina, last week over the fatal police shooting of Keith Scott, residents of the northeast region of the state contended with troubles of their own that went largely unnoticed by the rest of the country.

Another longstanding Hollywood couple have taken fans by surprise with their breakup.

The first face-to-face confrontation between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump proceeded more or less as expected with the presidential candidates perspiring over their different views of the economy, taxation laws and foreign policy.

Sam Allardyce's reign as coach of England's soccer team has ended after just 67 days following an undercover sting by a British newspaper.

The first debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump had plenty of energy and substance when it came to issues of the economy and trade, but it did not have enough substance when it came to the key issue of how the president will act as commander in chief.

A Danish anti-immigration party faces an international backlash after handing out "Asyl-spray" with an aim of protecting citizens against migrant attacks.