US presidential elections 2016

'Those stories have been largely debunked. Those people, I don’t know those people. I have a feeling how they came.'

Trump says Clinton is behind female accusers of sexual assault

Says accusations are lies and fiction

Stories of women who have accused him of inappropriate sexual assault have been largely debunked

A claim from the final presidential debate and how it stacks up with the facts:

Donald Trump: "Hillary Clinton wanted the (border) wall. Hillary Clinton fought for the wall in 2006 or thereabouts. Now, she never gets anything done, so naturally it wasn't built."

The facts: Almost, but not quite. As a senator from New York, Clinton did support the 2006 Secure Fence Act, which authorized the construction of hundreds of miles of fencing along the US-Mexico border.

But it was built. Nearly 700 miles of fencing was put in place during President George W Bush's second term and the beginning of President Barack Obama's first term.

The fencing is placed largely in urban areas along the nearly 2,000-mile frontier. It is not the type of solid wall that Trump has pledged to construct at Mexico's expense. The fence has miles-long gaps and gates built in to allow landowners access to their property on the south side of the fencing. Immigrants have been known to go over and around the fence.

.@HillaryClinton on jobs for Americans

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— Times of India (@timesofindia) October 20, 2016

CLINTON: Would tax the top income brackets because that's where there have been the most gains in recent years.

TRUMP:Clinton's plan would raise and double taxes in America. There will be more free trade under a trump administration, deals will be renegotiated. Will cut taxes massively.

Trump says Japan, Germany, South Korea, Saudi Arabia are rich countries, why aren't they paying for US protection?

US has to tell these countries "you have to help us out", he says

There will be more free trade under a Trump administration, deals will be renegotiated

Says if he can't renegotiate nafta, it will be terminated

Clinton says she has multi-part plan to improve the economy, including rewriting the tax code and giving women equal pay

Wants to expand access to apprenticeships

Says would tax the top income brackets because that's where there have been the most gains in recent years

She went on to say Russian president Vladimir Putin would rather have a puppet as president of the US, referring to Trump. The Republican candidate has received help from Putin throughout the elections. Trump rebuts the allegations by saying, "I don't know Putin, we're not best buddies... but if we got along well that would be good."

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— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 20, 2016

.@HillaryClinton on immigration

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— Times of India (@timesofindia) October 20, 2016

.@realDonaldTrump on abortion

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— Times of India (@timesofindia) October 20, 2016

The prime battleground over abortion is the Supreme Court, which regularly confronts legal challenges on the issue. The next president has one vacancy to fill on the high court and could have more.

A Clinton victory could strengthen the court's current 5-3 majority that supports abortion rights. A Trump win could lead to a reconfigured court that would uphold tough state laws restricting abortion and possibly consider overturning Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision that established a nationwide right to abortion.

Advocates on both sides have singled out the presidential election as the key to where the issue goes next.

Trump doesn't know what he's talking about when it comes to women's health. He shouldn't be making the decisions. #DebateNight

— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) October 20, 2016

.@realDonaldTrump on abortion

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— Times of India (@timesofindia) October 20, 2016

I will be handing over my Twitter account to my team of deplorables for tonight's #debate#MakeAmericaGreatAgain

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 20, 2016

.@HillaryClinton lists litany of ways she plans to restrict gun rights. 2A will not survive a Hillary presidency. #Debate #BigLeagueTruth

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 20, 2016

.@HillaryClinton on ownership of guns & #SecondAmendment

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— Times of India (@timesofindia) October 20, 2016

* Clinton wants the US Senate to confirm the candidate put forward by President Obama, Merrick Garland.

* Trump rejects Garland as a viable successor and has put forward his own list of names.

.@HillaryClinton on ownership of guns & #SecondAmendment

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.@HillaryClinton on #SCOTUS

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— Times of India (@timesofindia) October 20, 2016

Trump: We need a Supreme Court that needs to uphold the Second Amendment. I have 20 Justices that I will appoint. They are pro-life, and of a conservative bent, who will interpret the constitution how the founders wanted it to be.

Donald Trump's guest list for the third and final debate now includes Alaska governor Sarah Palin and a woman who has accused former President Bill Clinton of sexual harassment.

The GOP nominee's campaign confirms that the former vice presidential candidate will be in the audience. Also in attendance will be Leslie Millwee, a former Arkansas local reporter who claimed in an interview this week with Breitbart News that she was sexually assaulted by Bill Clinton three times in the 1980s.

Also attending is the mother of a man who was killed in the attack on the U.S. compound in Benghazi and President Barack Obama's half-brother.

No handshake between @realDonaldTrump and @HillaryClinton. Again.

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&bull; National debt<br /> &bull; Immigration<br /> &bull; The Supreme Court<br /> &bull; Terrorism<br /> &bull; Sexual scandals<br /> &bull; Fitness for the job

The dollar was steady in early trading on Thursday, as investors awaited the final debate before next month's US presidential election as well as a European Central Bank meeting later in the day.

"I'm not expecting the debate to be a major factor, unless there is a big surprise and Clinton performs poorly," said Mitsuo Imaizumi, chief currency strategist at Daiwa Securities in Tokyo.

"But if it's a fifty/fifty outcome, and neither candidate makes any new impression, then we won't see much reaction in markets," he said.

Both candidates are likely to attack each other's character, as they have during a long and often nasty campaign.

Trump's White House bid has been marked by personal squabbles and controversial comments about immigration and minorities. Most recently, he has urged supporters to patrol polling places in inner cities to prevent voter fraud, and tried to fight off several allegations that he groped women.

Clinton has struggled to get past concerns about transparency raised over her handling of emails while she was secretary of state from 2009 to 2013.