A US judge dismisses adult film actress Stormy Daniels's defamation lawsuit against President Donald Trump and orders her to pay his attorney's fees, saying a tweet the president had written referring to her was protected by free-speech laws.

US President Donald Trump said in an interview aired yesterday that Defense Secretary Jim Mattis "could be" leaving, referring to him as

The hunt for missing people in the aftermath of Hurricane Michael early yesterday is turning into a search for the dead, as hope of finding more people alive fades in the Florida Panhandle, US officials said.

The US Senate has confirmed the nomination of Earl Robert Miller as the new US ambassador to Bangladesh.

Melania Trump dismisses the widespread talk about her husband President Donald Trump's alleged affairs with a porn star and others, saying she has "more important things to think about."

An Airbus jetliner arrived in Newark yesterday after a nearly 18-hour trip from Singapore, completing the world's longest commercial flight.

Search and rescue teams comb through shattered US communities looking for victims of Hurricane Michael, a Category 4 monster storm which carved out a swathe of destruction in the Florida Panhandle, killing at least six in three states.

President Donald Trump on Wednesday said that India "will soon find out" about his decision on the punitive CAATSA sanctions after India signed a $5 billion deal to purchase the much-vaunted S-400 air defence system from Russia.

Michael weakened to a tropical storm yesterday after wreaking havoc along Florida's Gulf Coast, flooding homes and streets, ripping away roofs and snapping trees and power lines as it roared ashore as a raging Category 4 hurricane.

US First Lady Melania Trump has spoken out about the #MeToo movement, saying she supports women who have come forward with claims of sexual misconduct, but wants them to offer "hard evidence."

US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday his second summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un would be held after US congressional elections on November 6.

Ivanka Trump on Tuesday tamped down the suggestion her father could be poised to tap her as UN envoy, after President Donald Trump said she would make a "dynamite" replacement -- were it not for nepotism concerns.

Hurricane Michael howled closer to Florida's Gulf shore as a major Category 3 storm, as half a million coastal residents are urged to seek higher ground on the eve of a landfall forecast to bring towering waves and roof-shredding winds.

President Donald Trump said Monday he was apologising on behalf of the whole country to his new conservative Supreme Court justice after one of the most contentious confirmation processes in US history.

UN Ambassador Nikki Haley resigns, a personal familiar with the situation says, and the White House says she would appear with President Donald Trump at an event later.

Brett Kavanaugh is sworn as US Supreme Court justice following the closest Senate confirmation vote in more than a century, marking a major win for President Donald Trump's drive to move the country's political institutions to the right.

Former secretary of state John Kerry voiced fear Friday of conflict with Iran after the United States pulled out of a denuclearization

The US Senate is expected to confirm conservative judge Brett Kavanaugh as the next Supreme Court justice yesterday -- offering

In the buzzwords of George W Bush's administration, China needed to become a "responsible stakeholder." For Barack Obama, China

The US Senate yesterday narrowly approved moving to a final vote on President Donald Trump's embattled Supreme Court pick Brett Kavanaugh amid continuing controversy over sexual abuse allegations against him.