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Mitt Romney isn't the only former critic of President-elect Donald Trump that may become a key member of the Trump administration.

Experts say president-elect does not understand the law and must sell businesses to avoid electoral college disaster. He seems loath to do so

A top lawyer for Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign has come out in support of Dr. Jill Stein’s recount efforts in Wisconsin, in order to ensure that the initiative, which Donald Trump has labeled “ridiculous” and a “scam,” is “fair to all sides.”

President-elect Donald Trump says the US will quit the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal on his first day in the White House.

DONALD Trump is holding court from his perch high above Manhattan, receiving a line of former rivals, long-time allies and TV executives while overseeing a presidential transition that at times resembles a reality show like the one he once hosted.

US president-elect Donald Trump’s recently-appointed national security adviser was investigated for inappropriately sharing highly-classified intelligence with Australian forces.

If President-elect Donald Trump and the Republican controlled Congress follow through on "proposals to cut spending in the state-federal insurance program" federal aid for the Medicaid program will be slashed for the poor. USA TODAY

President-elect Donald Trump has named longtime ally US Senator Jeff Sessions to become his attorney general.

Here are six things to know about Sessions:

YOUNG immigrants have been warned not to handover new information to the US government amid uncertainty over their future under a Trump administration, amid reports of a spike in stress, fear and even suicide in the community.

IT COULD be a hybrid of concrete wall, triple-fencing and piles of earth, manned by drones, topped with barbed wire and employing invisible technology to keep people out.

Rightwing, anti-immigration senator is reportedly Trump’s pick for AG, while congressman Mike Pompeo is said to have been offered the job of CIA chief

US Director of National Intelligence James Clapper has submitted his letter of resignation, he has told a congressional panel.

A Minnesota County Attorney announced Wednesday that a St. Anthony police officer has been charged with second degree manslaughter in the death of Philando Castile. The aftermath was broadcast live on Facebook in July. AP

Barack Obama has warned of a "rise in a crude sort of nationalism" following the Brexit and US presidential votes.

President-elect Donald Trump’s choice of Steve Bannon 

President Obama tried to assuage fears about a Donald Trump presidency in his first press conference since the election. "Regardless of what experience or assumptions he brought to the office, this office has a way of waking you up," Obama said

Gwen Ifill, the veteran journalist and newscaster who co-anchored "PBS NewsHour," has died, PBS said Monday.

Combined, the first 44 presidents had around $2.99 billion in assets