Helping you decide: Where Trump and Clinton stand on immigration issues

Immigration policy reforms in the U.S. have been on the country's back burner for years, but the issue has consistently demanded national attention throughout the presidential election as the two major candidates propose vastly different directions for the future. As part of our pre-election coverage, MLive is exploring the issues readers say are most important to them and letting you know where both major party candidates stand on those topics.

Teresa Giudice Defends Donald Trump, Slams Accusers

Was her bankruptcy fraud not enough? The whining about her life? The self-centered attitude? The lack of self-awareness? The mind-numbingly spoiled behavior she displays at every opportunity? This might be acceptable * if she was a fan of his economic policies ... or believed he could best defeat ISIS ... or simply thought Hillary Clinton was too corrupt to hold the highest office in the land. Asked about the multitude of women who have made these claims in recent weeks, Giudice said the following to the entertainment program: "I mean, I don't understand, why come out with it now? Why didn't they come out with it when it happened?" "I wouldn't wait till he was trying to be President and then come out with it.

More Republicans expect Clinton, rather than Trump, to win U.S. election

More Republicans now think Democrat Hillary Clinton, rather than Donald Trump, will win the presidency, as their party's candidate struggles with difficulties including allegations of sexual misconduct and his suggestion he may not honor the outcome of the election. A Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Wednesday and conducted from Oct. 20 to Oct. 24 found that 41 percent of Republicans expected Clinton to win the Nov. 8 election, versus 40 percent who picked Trump.

10 for Today: Thursday, Oct. 27

VOTE: In this Oct. 24 photo, an early voting sign is placed on the grass at an early voting celebration outside of Jackson Memorial Hospital, on the first day of early voting in Miami. The millions of votes that have been cast already in the U.S. presidential election point to an advantage for Hillary Clinton in critical battleground states, as well as signs of strength in traditionally Republican territory.

This Year’s Election Scrambles the Usual Foreign-Policy Stances

Liberals and Trump supporters in the GOP are united in their isolationism, leaving Hillary Clinton, the Democratic nominee, as the more interventionist candidate The 2016 presidential campaign has thoroughly scrambled traditional positions on foreign policy and international intervention, obliterating many of the usual partisan distinctions and presenting political challenges for whoever wins in November. Hillary Clinton, if elected president, would take a more aggressive posture than President Barack Obama on the international stage, according to her public statements and top aides.

Sources: Teen in Anthony Weiner sexting scandal believed to be from Gaston Co.

GASTON COUNTY, NC - The teen at the center of a sexting scandal involving former New York politician Anthony Weiner is believed to be from Gaston County, multiple sources told WBTV. According to the Associated Press, federal authorities in New York and North Carolina are investigating online communications between Weiner and a 15-year-old girl.

Ex-Pixar executive to head federal tech innovation service

A former Pixar executive who won the first ever Oscar for software is taking over a U.S. government agency responsible for improving federal digital technology. Rob Cook, whose credits include "Toy Story" and "Toy Story 2," will become commissioner of the Technology Transformation Service on Oct. 31. He will have top secret security clearance.

Trump digs deep to defy Clinton momentum

Donald Trump pledged to pour millions of his own dollars into his presidential bid, in defiance of the seemingly unstoppable momentum building behind Hillary Clinton. With less than two weeks before polling day, and with early voting under way in several states, the Democratic nominee remains comfortably on course to become America's first female president.

‘War on women’ flares within Republican Party

A growing number of prominent Republican women are worried that as members of their male-dominated party step up to defend Donald Trump against accusations of sexual assault, they are causing irreparable damage to the GOP's deteriorating relationship with female voters. Trump has faced questions throughout his campaign about his crass comments about women, but concern escalated this month following the release of a 2005 video in which Trump boasted that he had sexually assaulted women and subsequent allegations by 11 women that Trump had inappropriately touched or kissed them .

If Elected President, Hillary Clinton Could Make It Easy To Legally Switch Genders

Before Hillary Clinton spoke at a dinner hosted by left-wing LGBT activists last November, her staff wrestled over whether Clinton should use the opportunity to publicly declare her support for policies that would allow individuals to change their gender. In an email to fellow campaign staffers, Clinton campaign LGBT outreach director Dominic Lowell suggested Hillary "go big and say that we support trans people being able to change their name and gender markers on government documents without onerous burdens or proof of surgery."

How the Clinton Campaign Is Getting Voters to the Polls

With early voting now underway in many states, the Hillary Clinton campaign's biggest focus during these final days is getting voters out to the polls ahead of, and on, Election Day. The fear is that her supporters might see the recent polls showing the Democratic presidential nominee ahead of GOP rival Donald Trump and may decide they don't need to vote.

Barriers rise as Obama tries to pivot to Asia

Wednesday's announcement that Philippines President Duterte wants US troops out by 2018 - as well as Clinton's and Trump's opposition to the TPP trade deal - is undermining Obama's Asia policy. Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, in Tokyo for talks Oct. 26, 2016, said he would seek the departure of all US troops in his country within two years.