America’s choice for the next president

Donald Trump tried to put the Republican National Convention back on track following a rank-and-file revolt

A gunman inside a gun shop near Atlanta begins shooting at police officers, who returned fire after responding to reports of a break-in at the business shortly before dawn Tuesday, Marietta police say.

A gunman fatally shot an elderly patient and a hospital employee in an apparently random attack inside a Florida hospital early yesterday,

The White House has said previously classified papers concerning the 9/11 attacks released on Friday show there

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich has suggested testing all US Muslims to see if they believe in Sharia law, and deporting those who

Republican Donald Trump yesterday told Republican officials he has picked Indiana Governor Mike Pence as his vice presidential running mate, a Republican source said, choosing a conservative with the potential to unify divided Republicans.

The United States is using quiet diplomacy to persuade the Philippines, Indonesia, Vietnam and other Asian nations

President Barack Obama on Wednesday said more must be done to build trust that police violence against blacks and

Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are in a dead heat as the Republicans head into their presidential nominating

Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is expected to announce his choice for running mate at a

President Barack Obama has urged the US to "reject despair" as he paid tribute to five police officers killed during a deadly sniper attack in Dallas.

Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton has received an endorsement from her former rival Bernie Sanders.

After months of bitter campaigning, Bernie Sanders yesterday offered his long-awaited endorsement for Democratic

The gunman who killed five police officers in Dallas, "changed" by his experience in the US military, his mother says.

Two bailiffs are shot dead during a scuffle with a prisoner turned gunman inside a Michigan courthouse that left two people wounded before police officers killed the shooter, a county sheriff says.

Protests have continued in the United States, after violent incidents involving African American people and the police last week.

Bernie Sanders will join Hillary Clinton at a presidential campaign rally in New Hampshire today at which he is expected to deliver his

The United States will send an additional 560 military personnel to Iraq to assist in its fight against the Islamic State jihadist group,

More than 200 people were arrested in chaotic scenes during a new night of protests over US police violence towards blacks as authorities yesterday revealed that the Dallas shooter had apparently been plotting a major bomb attack.