USA

How does your handshake measure up to Trump's 'clasp and grab'?

US President Donald Trump uses the 'clasp and grab': What does your handshake say about you?

18 February 2017

USA

Climate change sceptic to head up US Environmental Protection Agency

Scott Pruitt has been confirmed at the head of the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) – a body he sued more than a dozen times during his tenure as Oklahoma attorney…

18 February 2017

USA

Despite cabinet confirmation delays, Trump pushes ahead with employment pledge

The confirmation of his cabinet choices may be moving at a slower pace than he’d like, but US President Donald Trump is forging ahead with his election pledge to ‘buy and hire…

18 February 2017

USA

Trump wants swift Republican legislation as Philadelphia protests

Trump urges action, not talk as thousands protest in Philly

27 January 2017

USA

Trump stands by US election voter fraud claim

Donald Trump has stood by his belief that millions of people voted illegally in the US election.

24 January 2017

USA

Donald Trump, a man of many promises

After a hard fought battle to win November's US presidential election, could the promises made by Trump on the campaign trail come back to haunt him?

20 January 2017

USA

Donald Trump lands in Washington for Friday's inauguration

Donald Trump has arrived in Washington with his wife Melania ahead of Friday’s inauguration ceremony which will see the property tycoon become the 45th president of the United…

19 January 2017

Russia

Russians try to decipher Trump's policy towards Moscow

Two days before Donald Trump’s inauguration as US president, and like the rest of the world, Muscovites are waiting to see how Russian-US relations will change once he takes…

18 January 2017

USA

Trump's approval ratings 'worst in decades'

On the eve of his inauguration, opinion polls have shown the president-elect to be lagging a long way behind his predecessors in terms of public approval.

18 January 2017

USA

Mexico to keep an open mind in talks with Trump but won't pay for any wall

Mexico is willing to throw its relationship with the US wide open when it sits down to talks but it still won’t pay for any wall.

12 January 2017

USA

Saving Obamacare: the US president pleads for his legacy

Republicans have launched their long-desired bid to scrap the system in what Vice President-elect Mike Pence has called "the first order of business" of Donald Trump's administration.

4 January 2017

USA

Bernie Sanders piles pressure on Trump over jobs at Washington rally of blue-collar workers

Just up the block from Trump’s new Washington hotel, low-wage federal contract workers who were on a one-day strike, and Bernie Sanders was there to lead the calls for action on jobs and wages.

8 December 2016

USA

Trump calls for Air Force One order to be scrapped

Donald Trump has said he wants to scrap an order to revamp Air Force One, branding the project ‘‘ridiculous’‘ The President-elect said the cost of replacing and fitting the two 747 jumbo jets had top

6 December 2016

USA

Texas 'elector' quits in Trump protest

One of the Electoral College electors, a Texas Republican, quits in protest over the election of Donald Trump

29 November 2016

USA

Donald Trump gives plum UN role to vocal critic

The US president-elect has picked South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley to be the US ambassador to the United Nations.

23 November 2016

USA

Trump insists White House transition on track amid reports of disarray

Donald Trump has defended the selection of his transition team amid claims it is in disarray.

16 November 2016

USA

Paul Ryan re-elected House speaker as Donald Trump struggles to form team

House speaker Paul Ryan wins re-election but Donald Trump loses key member of inner circle.

15 November 2016

USA

Truths and tall tales about Trump

President-Elect Trump, has made some mind-boggling blunders and cringe-worthy citations but which ones are true and what did he actually say?

11 November 2016

USA

Who'll be in Trump's Cabinet?

After the win comes the work.

11 November 2016

USA

'I had to take the chance': voters say only Trump understood

As Republican celebrations continue in the US, analysts are attempting to understand how the electoral landscape has changed.

10 November 2016