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President Donald Trump is planning to name Jerome Powell as his choice to lead the US central bank, according to US media reports.

Sayfullo Saipov has been charged with providing material support and resources to the Islamic State terrorist group, in connection with the truck attack in Manhattan that killed eight people. A second Uzbek man is being questioned in relation to the attack.

Republican critic Jeff Flake says Trump has facts wrong, while others point out Las Vegas contrast

General Dahl, whose investigation formed the basis of the military’s case against Sergeant Bergdahl, later testified that jailing him would be “inappropriate,” suggesting that the sergeant had been delusional and that he had never intended to desert.

The wildfires raging across northern California are already the most fatal in the state's history; at least 40 people are dead and thousands of homes have been razed.

Cost-sharing payments that help lower-income consumers afford health plans will end, said two people briefed on the matter. The move could prompt insurers to withdraw from the marketplaces created by the Affordable Care Act. Earlier, the president signed an executive order that makes it easier to buy a long-disputed type of health insurance with fewer benefits and weaker government protections.

US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order allowing the purchase of health insurance across state lines, aimed at creating more choice on the marketplace and reining in the rising insurance premiums.

“If the president was serious about protecting the Dreamers, his staff has not made a good-faith effort to do so,” they added

MORE details have emerged about the lengths Las Vegas killer Stephen Paddock went to as police described 12 minutes of hell.

Is it time to say "arrivederci" to Christopher Columbus?

Strong gusts. heavy rain still expected in Florida Panhandle, parts of Alabama and Georgia

WAS mass murderer Stephen Paddock a chip off the old block? Some experts in criminal behaviour believe genetics play a role.

Hurricane Nate has made landfall near the mouth of the Mississippi River in Louisiana, the US National Hurricane Center (NHC) says.

HE WAS a hero who saved 30 people, now he’s worried about making ends meet, as Las Vegas survivors face mounting bills.

The United States lost 33,000 jobs in September as the economy took a hit from Hurricanes Harvey and Irma. It was the first monthly decline in jobs in seven years.

Congress' most powerful Republican says lawmakers should examine "bump-stocks", a rapid-fire accessory used by the gunman in Sunday's Las Vegas massacre.

The girlfriend of the Las Vegas gunman says she had no inkling of the massacre he was plotting when he sent her on a trip abroad to see her family.

Paddock and his girlfriend maintained a low profile – until Sunday night

The girlfriend of Las Vegas gunman Stephen Paddock has arrived in the United States, where she is due to be questioned by police.

Court also hearing arguments about wait time for immigration hearings for detainees