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Senate Committee approves DeVos as education secretary

The US Senate committee for health, education, labor and pensions voted 12-11 to approve Betsy DeVos as education secretary, clearing the way for a full Senate vote on the nomination

January 31, 2017

Betsy DeVos arrives at the Senate Health, Education and Labor Committee confirmation hearing to be next Secretary of Education on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S. © Yuri Gripas / Reuters

The Latest: New acting attorney general Boente sworn in

January 30, 2017

U.S. Deputy Attorney General Sally Quillian Yates © Kevin Lamarque / Reuters / Reuters

Acting AG tells DOJ lawyers not to defend Trump travel ban order

January 30, 2017

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January 30, 2017

Trump orders two-for-one repeal for all new regulations

he signing of the regulatory order followed a meeting with small-business owners in the White House on Monday morning.

January 30, 2017

(Photo: Nicholas Kamm, AFP/Getty Images)

January 29, 2017

Trump executive order: White House stands firm over travel ban

The Trump administration is standing firm over its ban on immigration from seven countries despite court rulings and mass protests against it.

January 29, 2017

Lawyers gathered to represent those facing travel bans

January 28, 2017

Refugee Program Suspended

President Trump Friday signed an executive order suspending the State Department's Refugee Assistance Program and visa entry from Iraq, Syria and five other countries, saying they are "detrimental to the interests of the United States"

January 28, 2017

Trump executive order: Refugees detained at US airports

Rights groups have filed a lawsuit in a New York court to demand the release of refugees in transit who have been detained at John F Kennedy airport.

January 28, 2017

Refugees from Syria's civil war will not be granted entry to the US

January 27, 2017

Trump and British Prime Minister Theresa May discuss NATO, trade, Brexit

Trump and May are scheduled to conduct a joint news conference after their Oval Office meeting.

January 27, 2017

Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May speaks during the 2017 ''Congress of Tomorrow''

January 27, 2017

Donald Trump to Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto: ‘Pay up or don’t come’

PRESIDENT Donald Trump has declared the “whole world is angry right now”, as he outlined his plans to screen people coming in to the US, fight terrorism and build a wall on the US border with Mexico.

January 27, 2017

Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto and US President Donald Trump. Picture: AP; AFP

January 26, 2017

Trump brands Chelsea Manning an 'ungrateful traitor'

Chelsea Manning is an "ungrateful traitor" who "should never have been released from prison", President Donald Trump has said on Twitter.

January 26, 2017

FOX NEWS / Image caption US media have pointed out the Trump tweet came minutes after this segment on Fox News

January 19, 2017

Chelsea Manning thanks Obama for prison release

The US army private serving a 35-year prison sentence for leaking classified documents has thanked President Barack Obama for shortening her sentence.

January 19, 2017

January 17, 2017

Pulse nightclub shooting: Wife of gunman 'knew of attack'

The widow of the man who killed 49 people at a Florida gay nightclub knew of the attack before it happened, a court in California has heard.

January 17, 2017

REUTERS / Salman told investigators that her husband was radicalised in the year leading up to the attack

January 17, 2017

Obama commutes Chelsea Manning sentence

President Barack Obama has commuted Chelsea Manning's sentence for leaking documents to Wikileaks in 2010.

January 17, 2017

Manning declared her new identity the day after sentencing

January 15, 2017

Rep. John Lewis ‘Would Not Invite’ Donald Trump to Visit Selma

Rep. John Lewis said he would not invite President-elect Donald Trump on a visit to Selma, Alabama with him in an interview released after Trump attacked the congressman on Twitter. Lewis has frequently visited the city with politicians from both sides of the aisle over the years

January 15, 2017

January 12, 2017

US watchdog to probe FBI Clinton email actions

A US government watchdog has launched an investigation into actions taken by the FBI during the election campaign.

January 12, 2017

Comey's intervention late in the campaign sparked Democratic protests

January 12, 2017

Fed Under Investigation

The Justice Department inspector general says he will investigate the actions of the Justice Department and FBI in the months leading up to the 2016 election, including whether department policies were followed by FBI Director James Comey

January 12, 2017

January 12, 2017

Trump top nominees Pompeo and Mattis warn of Russia threat

President-elect Donald Trump's nominees for defence secretary and spy chief have been taking aim at Russia during their Senate confirmation hearings.

January 12, 2017

Mr Pompeo is expected to face scrutiny over Russia, hacking and cyber-warfare.

January 11, 2017

US President Barack Obama delivers his final speech

US PRESIDENT Barack Obama had to quell the boos of a raucous crowd when he made an oblique reference to incoming president Donald Trump during his final speech to the nation.

January 11, 2017

President Barack Obama waves as he arrives to speaks at McCormick Place in Chicago. Picture: AP/Charles Rex Arbogast

January 10, 2017

Obama Says Goodbye

Watch a live stream here of President Obama's farewell address to the nation as his time in office comes to a close. He has returned to Chicago, where he began his political career, to give the speech. "Chicago's where it all started," he said in a preview to his address

January 10, 2017

January 10, 2017

Jeff Sessions, US attorney general nominee, denies KKK sympathies

President-elect Donald Trump's pick to be the new attorney general has denied sympathising with the Ku Klux Klan, in a tough Senate confirmation hearing.

January 10, 2017