In US, LGBTQ People Race To Claim Rights, Fearing Rollbacks Under Trump

In the week after Donald Trump won the U.S. presidential election, Isla Lima submitted paperwork to change her gender from male to female in official documents, as some LGBTQ people worry their rights could be cut back.

The cabinet picks of President-elect Donald J Trump are set to go under the microscope, as US senators hold confirmation hearings of more than a dozen prospective nominees starting Tuesday.

The US Justice Department on Tuesday released Special Counsel Jack Smith's report on Donald Trump's attempts to overturn the 2020 election, the last act of a prosecutor whose historic criminal cases were thwarted by Trump's November election victory.

Jack Smith, the special counsel appointed to investigate Donald Trump for his alleged effort to overturn results of the 2020 election, has left the US Department of Justice, prosecutors said Saturday in a court filing.

US President-elect Trump has set up the stage for a fiery "day one" in the Oval Office, with the promise of pardoning January 6 Capitol riot prisoners, sealing America's southern border and rolling back protections for transgender students.

Joe Biden withdrew from the US Presidential race against Donald Trump after his disastrous performance at the presidential debate in June last year.

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, whose nearly 12 years in office have been marked by deep economic and social crisis, was sworn in for a third term on Friday, despite a six-month-long election dispute.

The United States slapped fresh sanctions against eight senior Venezuelan officials Friday as President Nicolas Maduro was sworn in to a third term following elections Washington says were won by his opponent.

Donald Trump today became the first felon in the White House after a US court upheld his conviction in a hush money case. He has been sentenced to an 'unconditional discharge' for covering up unaccounted payments to a porn star.

US President Joe Biden believes he would have defeated Donald Trump and won re-election in November. However, the 82-year-old Democrat added that he was unsure if he would have had the vigour for a four-year term in the Oval Office.