President Trump blasted the latest comments by Democratic debate participants during a meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Japan.

While popular premier far-left Die Linke party easily retained the top spot with about 30 per cent, the Alternative for Germany scored at least 23 percent - more than doubling its result in 2014.

'Right now I'm not worried about the Russians. The biggest threat to America I see right now is Donald Trump's candidacy and what that will do to our country,' Corey Booker morning on Today.

Delegates shouted 'Bernie, Bernie' and booed every mention of Hillary Clinton in the opening session of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia. Even the gavelling was a fiasco.

The former vice president, who refused to back Clinton during the recent Democratic primary, announced today he will vote for Clinton in the November race against Donald Trump.

Democrats managed to find some flags for the main stage at the Democratic convention after the lack of an old fashioned Stars and Stripes was noticeably absent from the stage.

Jerry Emmett, 102, was given the honor of reading out Arizona's votes for Hillary Clinton at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia.

'I was elected as an independent. I’ll stay two years more as an independent,' Bernie Sanders said after losing the race for the Democratic nomination to Hillary Clinton.

The 31-year-old pop singer belted out her hits Roar and Rise to a packed audience including her 39-year-old hunky Lord of the Rings star at the Democratic National Convention on Thursday

Hillary Clinton made history last night standing next to her husband 8,778 days after fresh-faced Bill received the Democratic nomination at the party's 1992 convention in New York.

Trump himself has turned name-calling into a high art form, deploying derogatory nicknames for his opponents including 'Lyin' Ted' Cruz, 'Liddle Marco' Rubio and 'Crooked Hillary' Clinton.

The Bureau has been accused of preventing the DNC from reducing the number of emails and documents released by Wikileaks - prompting the resignation of Debbie Wasserman Schultz.

Trump tweeted Monday: 'The Democrats made up and pushed the Russian story as an excuse for running a terrible campaign. Big advantage in Electoral College & lost!'

Seventeen Democratic presidential contenders have qualified for the first primary debate, which take place over two nights in June and may see more candidates join the crowded stage.

Buttigieg (pictured), the Democratic mayor of South Bend, Indiana, initially said there could be 'personal or religious exemptions' allowing people to opt out of the injections.

O'Rourke, the former Texas congressman who nearly won a U.S. Senate seat last year, has lost support from young voters and minorities, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos national poll.

The first ten of 20 Democratic presidential contenders who qualified for the party's first debate will take the stage in Miami on Wednesday evening for two hours of sparring moderated by NBC News' top talent.

Appearing to send the tweets while aboard Air Force One, Trump demanded to know why Democrats are not calling the likes of James Comey or John Clapper to testify.

The feeling was mutual. Candidates barely mentioned the sitting president. Democrats Jay Inslee and Amy Klobuchar launched the most direct attacks on him.

As Chuck Todd and Rachel Maddow began moderating the second hour of the Democratic debate, audio of the first three moderators was clearly heard over the speakers in the hall.

Surprisingly, nearly 40 per cent of those who took the Drudge Report survey chose House Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, the 38-year-old congresswoman from Hawaii, as the debate's runaway winner.

Ten presidential hopefuls desperate to stand out in a crowded Democratic 2020 field took the stage for the party's first debate Wednesday night - and pundits say the winners and losers were very clear.

Kamala Harris left Joe Biden's candidacy in doubt when she attacked his record on race. In an emotional moment, she spoke of being bused in grade school which Biden campaigned against.

In a memorable moment, Williamson declared that her first act as president would be to call the Prime Minister of New Zealand and declare the United States a better country to raise children.

The former vice president appeared surprised when he noticed Bernie's hand near his face as the Vermont senator over-extended into Biden's personal space.

Joe Biden is still holding his lead over the rest of the Democratic field as 20 presidential candidates gather in Detroit this week for their second round of primaries debates.

Democrats debating in Detroit attacked their rivals more than the president, with moderates accusing ultra-liberals of making impossible promises and left-wingers calling for more radical plans.

Self-help guru Marianne Williamson warned at Tuesday's Democratic debate that 'Republicans will win' if the party strays too far left on health care - in a voice compared online to yodeling.

Democratic presidential candidates broke with one another at the second presidential debate over decriminalizing illegal border crossings, effectively leading to an open border.

Democrats bickered about race in second debate with Beto O'Rourke vowing to call out Trump's statements and Marianne Williamson defended her pledge to give $500 billion to descendants of slaves.

Self-help author Marianne Williamson and nine other presidential hopefuls fought to stand out over the course of the three-hour showdown on Tuesday night in Detroit, Michigan.

The second night of the second Democratic debate kicked off at 8pm Wednesday in Detroit, Michigan, featuring front-runners Kamala Harris and Joe Biden at center stage.

Protesters were removed after they demanded Bill de Blasio fire Daniel Pantaleo, who put Eric Garner in a deadly chokehold, while another hit Joe Biden on immigration.

Kamala Harris' record as California's top prosecutor became a battering ram for debate opponents on Wednesday night as 2020 Democrats turned her demand for racial equality on its head.

Kirsten Gillibrand said Wednesday night that her first business as president would be to clean the Oval Office after Donald Trump had spent four years in the White House.

The deadline to qualify for the third Democratic primary debates in September is approaching on August 28, and only nine candidates have met the standards to participate so far.

Tulsi Gabbard, who serves in Hawaii's National Guard, is taking two weeks off the campaign trail to participate in a training exercise as her presidential bid struggles to gain momentum. 

Donald Trump on Friday blamed Congressman Seth Moulton's exit from the Democratic presidential race for the drop in the Dow that occurred after his morning Twitter blitz against China. 

California senator Harris traded Twitter blows with the president hours after dropping out. She will be a juror if a Senate impeachment trial goes ahead as is widely expected.

While Elizabeth Warren has eschewed taking money from wealthy donors, President Obama is networking behind-the-scenes with the party's moneyed, vouching for the 2020 hopeful.

Democratic strategists have been reassessing the chances of Bernie Sanders winning the nomination and concede he could be the person who takes on Donald Trump in 2020.

Bernie Sanders is remaining in the race - at least through Sunday's presidential debate - he said, noting he's winning the battle for ideas and the support of young voters.

Joe Biden is likely to take Florida in their primary elections next week as polls released Thursday show him in a massive lead against rival Bernie Sanders.

Joe Biden suggested he was done debating Bernie Sanders during a virtual press conference with reporters Wednesday.

Mr Trump mocked all of the Democratic candidates in a speech in which he also laid into the 2020 Academy Awards at the Broadmoor World Arena, which has a capacity of more than 8,000.

Bernie Sanders is gaining ground among black voters, almost matching the support Joe Biden received from that demographic, according to a poll published Friday.

'The Democrats would be working very hard to find someone who is as divisive as Trump. But with Bernie they would have succeeded,' said Blankfein, a registered Democrat, on Friday.

The former presidential candidate announced her support at Sander's, left, rally on Sunday. 'It's time for us to take a stand with Bernie. It's our turn now', Williamson, right, told the crowds.

President Donald Trump predicted the Democrats' presidential nominating contest could go all the way to party's convention and argued Bernie Sanders would be the toughest candidate to beat

The Democratic frontrunner defended the Communist regime as 'not all bad', telling Anderson Cooper 'it's unfair to simply say everything is bad'. He spoke out in an interview which aired Sunday.