The US House Intelligence Committee has asked the Executive Branch for any evidence that would support President Donald Trump’s claim that his phones were tapped at Trump Tower during last year’s election.

The US Olympics Committee said today the condition of the widow of the American stabbed to death on the opening weekend of the Olympics had improved.

Nearly one third of journalists now serving time in prisons around the world published their work on the internet, the second-largest category behind print journalists, the US committee to protect journalists said today.

The US Senate Armed Services Committee said today it would hold a public hearing into the allegations of abuse of prisoners at Abu Ghraib “at the first opportunity”.