The standards chief of the US Congress says a senior Trump aide was "wrong, wrong, wrong" to promote Ivanka Trump products on live television. Jason Chaffetz, a Republican who heads the oversight...
A US appeals court has rejected President Donald Trump's attempt to reinstate his ban on visitors from seven mainly Muslim countries. The 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals said it would not block a...
US President Donald Trump has attacked the judge who blocked his travel ban, saying Americans should blame the courts “if something happens”. Mr Trump also said he had instructed border officials...
President Donald Trump says he has told US border officials to check people entering America "very carefully", as his travel ban remains suspended. He said the courts were "making the job very...
US President Donald Trump has infuriated environmentalists by signing executive orders that support two controversial oil pipelines. The new Republican president backed the Keystone XL and Dakota...
President Donald Trump has fulfilled a campaign pledge by signing an executive order to withdraw from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). The trade deal, a linchpin of ex-President Barack Obama’s...
It is a "fair assumption" that Russian President Vladimir Putin was behind US election hacks, secretary of state nominee Rex Tillerson has said. The former CEO of Exxon Mobil told his Senate...
President-elect Donald Trump has named his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, as one of his senior White House advisers. The 35-year-old played a key role in the presidential campaign and his new White House...
President-elect Donald Trump has criticised Republicans who have voted to gut the independent body that investigates congressional misconduct. Republicans voted in secret to close the Office of...
US President Barack Obama has vowed to take action against Russia for its alleged interference in the US presidential election campaign. "We need to take action and we will," he told US radio station...
The White House has suggested Russian President Vladimir Putin was directly involved in a hacking operation aimed at interfering with the US election. Ben Rhodes, adviser to President Barack Obama,...
Senior Republicans in Congress have said they will support further investigation of findings that Russian hackers meddled in the US election. House Speaker Paul Ryan and Senate Majority leader Mitch...
US President-elect Donald Trump has picked Tom Price, a strong critic of President Obama's healthcare reforms, as his future health secretary. The Georgia congressman and orthopaedic surgeon, 62,...
US President-elect Donald Trump has said in an interview he is open to leaving intact key parts of President Barack Obama's healthcare bill. Mr Trump, who has pledged repeatedly to repeal the 2010...
Donald Trump has accused the FBI of impropriety after it once again exonerated his rival Hillary Clinton of criminal conduct on her emails. The FBI director said a fresh inquiry into the Democratic...
Donald Trump has defended his obscene remarks about groping women by launching a blistering attack against Hillary Clinton and her husband. The Republican nominee denied ever sexually assaulting...
Hillary Clinton says presidential rival Donald Trump appears to have violated US laws, after a report said he broke a trade embargo with Cuba. Newsweek reports that Mr Trump's company secretly...
The Trump campaign has acknowledged in a statement that President Obama was born in the US. The Republican candidate had been a leader of the "birther" movement that questioned Hawaii-born Mr Obama's...
US Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton says she is "feeling great" hours after her early exit from a 9/11 ceremony raised health fears. Her campaign said earlier she had left the event...
Donald Trump has showered Vladimir Putin with praise as he and rival Hillary Clinton took pointed questions from military veterans. The Republican presidential nominee told the forum the Russian...
