US President-elect Donald Trump will take office on January 20 after defeating Democratic candidate Kamala Harris in November's presidential election.

The new US Congress was thrown into chaos on its first day Friday as rebel right-wing Republicans defied incoming president Donald Trump to block Mike Johnson from returning as speaker of the House of Representatives.

What could have proven luckier for Donald Trump than getting elected as the president of the United States? Because of his election win, prosecutions against him have already been dismissed.

US President-elect Donald Trump linked Wednesday's deadly truck attack on a crowd of revelers in New Orleans to illegal immigration -- the issue at the heart of his election victory.

The United States on Tuesday imposed sanctions on entities in Iran and Russia, accusing them of attempting to interfere in the 2024 US election.

Germany's government said Monday US billionaire tech baron Elon Musk is trying to sway February elections by praising the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD), a move strongly rejected by major parties.

Trump and Gates initially met in December 2016, prior to Trump's first term as president. Since Trump's recent election victory, numerous tech CEOs have sought meetings with him, aiming to establish a positive relationship with the president-elect.

Corporate America, which had majorly endorsed Kamala Harris in the run-up to the US presidential election, is now seeking to make inroads with the incoming US president Donald Trump.

On Christmas, US President-elect Donald Trump fired at "radical Left lunatics" and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

Greenland is not for sale, its elected leader said on Monday, responding to comments made by U.S. President-elect Donald Trump regarding the "ownership and control" of the vast Arctic island that has been part of Denmark for over 600 years.

US President-elect Donald Trump's daughter-in-law, Lara Trump, on Saturday said she has withdrawn her name from consideration for a seat in the Senate.

US President-elect Donald Trump announced Saturday he has appointed television executive Mark Burnett, who produced the tycoon's reality show "The Apprentice," as special envoy to the United Kingdom, one of Washington's closest allies.

Parliament's winter session - its final week roiled by protests by MPs over Amit Shah's "Ambedkar is the fashion" remark and fractious debates over the 'one nation, one election' push - concluded Friday, with a stern message from Rajya Sabha Chair.

China's ruling Communist Party used an agent in California to influence state politics, US prosecutors said Thursday as they unveiled criminal charges against a Chinese national.

The state appeals court cited Fani Willis' romantic link to a lawyer she hired to help prosecute the case and said that it created an appearance of conflict of interest.

Donald Trump has sued a pollster and newspaper over survey results published days before the US election showing him behind in Iowa -- a state he ultimately won by a landslide.

Eight Republican senators are unsure about supporting former Democratic member of congress Tulsi Gabbard to become America's top spy, according to a Trump transition source.

Donald Trump said he's being embraced by business executives - in a stark reversal from when he first won the White House eight years ago - as tech executives and founders flock to Florida to meet with the president-elect.

Donald Trump made his first news conference since his election victory six weeks ago and covered the Ukraine war, mysterious drones flying over New Jersey and the future of TikTok.

US President-elect Donald Trump said on Monday he was picking George Glass, a former diplomat and investment banker, to serve as his ambassador to Japan.

Bitcoin surged to a record high above $105,000 in early Asian trade on Monday, extending gains made since Republican Donald Trump, who has promised to champion cryptocurrencies, was elected US president in November.

US President-elect Donald Trump said on Saturday he was picking Richard Grenell, his former intelligence chief, as presidential envoy for special missions, a post where he will likely drive policies toward some US adversaries, including North Korea.

US President-elect Donald Trump on Saturday named loyalist Devin Nunes, who heads his social media platform Truth Social, to serve as chairman of a White House intelligence advisory board.

If RFK Jr. is confirmed as head of Health and Human Services, he might take the rare step of intervening in the petition review process.