The US Justice Department says it would probe a Federal Bureau of Investigation decision to announce an inquiry into Hillary Clinton's emails shortly before the November presidential election, a move she has blamed as a factor in her defeat.

Thousands of demonstrators are expected to turn out in Washington for protests aiming to "shut down" the inauguration of Donald Trump as the next US president, organisers say.

Retired UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon yesterday returned to South Korea as momentum builds around his

Donald Trump said Wednesday he had handed complete control of his business to his adult sons but stopped short

The Republican-led US Senate held a procedural vote early yesterday which set in motion the eventual rollback of

President-elect Donald Trump's pick to lead the Pentagon yesterday told Congress that the United States must be

Donald Trump's nominee for secretary of state signaled Wednesday he is prepared to diverge from the US president-

An explosive but unsubstantiated political research dossier on Donald Trump's links to Russia alleges that his

President-elect Donald Trump yesterday flatly denied "phony" explosive allegations about ties with Russia and lurid behavior on a trip to Moscow that have tainted his election victory and threatened to engulf his presidency.

Russia Tuesday criticised Washington's blacklisting of a high-ranking official and the suspects in the murder of ex-spy Alexander

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has threatened of stern actions if Muslims are attacked in hate crimes against them.

Three-time Oscar winner Meryl Streep berated President-elect Donald Trump for his divisive rhetoric as she received a lifetime

President-elect Donald Trump condemned Russia critics on Saturday, calling those who oppose better relations with Moscow "stupid"

US authorities have charged the Iraq war vet accused of shooting five people dead and wounding six at a Florida airport with federal

Some 300 US Marines will head to Helmand province in Afghanistan this spring to help a NATO-led mission to train Afghan forces, the

The US Congress certified Friday that Donald Trump won the November presidential election. Lawmakers held a ceremonial final count in

Michelle Obama urged young Americans not to fear the future but fight for it, delivering an emotive farewell speech Friday in which

The US ambassador to Canada announced his resignation Friday, becoming the first to yield to a demand by Donald Trump that

Federal investigators yesterday pursued all angles in determining the motives behind a mass shooting in which an attacker opened fire

Donald Trump asserts that hacking by foreign powers did not sway the US election, after being briefed on an intelligence report that blamed on Russia's Vladimir Putin for a cyber campaign to keep Hillary Clinton out of the White House.