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US foreign policy - which way now?

Secretary of State nominee Rex Tillerson expressed views at odds with President-elect Donald Trump on key foreign policy issues during a hearing on Wednesday.

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'Is Putin a war criminal?' Rex Tillerson grilled in Secretary of State nomination hearing

US President-elect Donald Trump’s nomination for Secretary of State has received a grilling from the Senate’s Foreign Relations Committee.

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Barack Obama leaves the political stage as he entered it - with style

US President Barack Obama has made his final speech before leaving office, and it was a reminder of his skills as an orator and the close family ties that have been hallmarks of his presidency.

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Senate grills Trump's pick for Secretary of State

Donald Trump’s choice for Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson, has faced tough questioning during a Senate confirmation hearing in Washington.

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Trump meets press after secret dossier leak

The US-President elect is blaming intelligence agencies for news reports that Moscow has compiled compromising information on him.

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US lawmakers heckled by protesters adorned in KKK outfits

Protesters dressed in Klu Klux Klan robes heckled US lawmakers on Tuesday (January 10) at the start of the Senate Judiciary Committee’s confirmation hearing for Senator Jeff Sessions to become the nex

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"America is a better, stronger place," says Obama in farewell speech

Outgoing US President Barack Obama used his last address to the nation to decry discrimination, attack the current wave of negativism in society and to tell people to “get engaged in…

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Obama's legacy in danger

As Obama prepares to make his last speech as President, we take a look at the policies Trump looks poised to undo.

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Trump appoints son-in-law as senior adviser

US President-elect Donald Trump is making his son-in-law Jared Kushner a senior White House adviser.

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Trump trashes Streep: US president-elect calls award-winning actress 'over-rated'

US President-elect Donald Trump has lashed out at Meryl Streep following her apparent criticism of him at the 2017 Golden Globe Awards.

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Opinion: Trumpian Uncertainty

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Trump 'picks Coats' as new US intelligence chief

Former US Senator Dan Coats is Donald Trump’s choice as his Director of National Intelligence according to officials on the president-elect’s transition team.

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Saving Obamacare: the US president pleads for his legacy

Republicans have launched their long-desired bid to scrap the system in what Vice President-elect Mike Pence has called "the first order of business" of Donald Trump's administration.

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US Congress: Republicans drop plans to weaken ethics committee

Republicans in the US House of Representatives have backed down over plans to weaken a nonpartisan ethics watchdog on the grounds it had grown too intrusive.

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Trump towers over the globe; many fear the shadow

Out with the old politics in with the new

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Trump names communications team

President-elect Trump has named his communications team, including Hope Hicks, his initial campaign communications manager

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US Electoral College formally elects Trump as president

Donald Trump has been formally elected president of the United States.

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President-elect Donald Trump's cabinet team

President-elect Donald Trump went on a thank you tour and then got down to the business end of his forthcoming presidency choosing those – or should we say auditioning those – who will serve in his…

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Trump election win expected to be rubber-stamped as US Electoral College vote gets underway

Donald Trump is expected to be officially selected as the next US president in an Electoral College vote taking place across the country.

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'Not much happens in Russia without Putin', Obama on Russian US election hack

Syria, Russian hacking and the Trump transition dominated Obama’s annual end of year press conference, before heading off for a two-week Christmas break in…