Several hundred Donald Trump supporters — a few of them openly carrying guns as allowed under Ohio law — gathered for the first major pro-Trump rally of the four-day Republican National Convention.

Donald Trump once promised a “showbiz” convention, packed with flash, celebrities, and a “winner’s night” featuring sports stars and champion coaches.

What the world would look like under President Donald Trump? By Matthew Cooper

New Jersey governor Chris Christie is endorsing Donald Trump in the race for the Republican presidential nomination in the US.

New Hampshire the next stop for candidates seeking delegates’ votes

Terror in Paris and California is stoking the increasingly apocalyptic rhetoric of prospective US presidential candidates ahead of both parties’ debates this week, writes Bette Browne

A nurse quarantined at a New Jersey hospital because she had contact with ebola patients in West Africa is suing the state governor and health chiefs, saying they held her illegally against her will.

Republican voters fed up with Washington have feted billionaire businessman Donald Trump as the ultimate 2016 outsider, making him the front-runner for the GOP nomination.

Jon Stewart wrapped up his long-running The Daily Show with effusive tributes to his show’s staff, many on hand to see him off while political and media luminaries who served as some of the satirist’s favourite targets, from Bill O’Reilly to Hillary Clinton, appeared on tape.

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie opened his 2016 campaign for president and, never one to aim small, declared he’s “out to change the world.”

Some of the more light hearted stories from around the world.

Former US Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney will not run for president in 2016.

A nurse who says she defied quarantine on behalf of all healthcare workers returning from fighting Ebola in west Africa is clear and free to begin the next chapter of her life.

A US nurse who was quarantined after working in West Africa with Ebola patients is being released, officials said.

Republican Jeb Bush’s flirtation with a possible run for the White House in 2016 has been so low-key that some in his party are not convinced he is prepared to take on the challenge.

A woman who arrived in New Jersey on a flight from west Africa has tested negative for Ebola in a preliminary test.

Alarmed governors of New Jersey and New York have ordered a mandatory, 21-day quarantine of all medical workers and other arriving airline passengers who have had contact with victims of the deadly Ebola disease in west Africa.

Bruce Springsteen – what a guy.

Investigators are looking into whether embattled New Jersey Governor Chris Christie misused about $2m (€1.5m) in Superstorm Sandy relief funds for an ad campaign that put him in the spotlight in an election year, a politician has said.

For New Jersey governor Chris Christie, the road to the White House in 2016 has suddenly become a little bumpy — but it’s not closed.

New Jersey governor Chris Christie yesterday apologised to his constituents and said he was “embarrassed and humiliated” by his staff but had no idea his aides may have closed highway lanes to exact political retribution.

Bill de Blasio has become New York City’s first Democratic mayor in more than 20 years, running on an unabashed liberal, tax-the-rich platform contrasting sharply with billionaire Michael Bloomberg’s 12 years in office.

The question was being asked in hallway whispers and excited chatter in many languages this week at the Clinton Global Initiative conference. It’s the question that follows Hillary Clinton everywhere — will she run for US president in 2016?

An appeal court has sided with California and upheld the first law in America banning psychological treatment that seeks to turn gay youths straight.

Michael J Fox said he aimed to bring laughs and a dose of reality about day-to-day living with Parkinson’s disease to a new comedy loosely based on his life, his first lead role in a television show in 13 years.

The creator of The Sopranos has said at James Gandolfini’s funeral that the actor brought the traits of a sad boy, “amazed and confused,” to the role of Tony Soprano.

Hillary Clinton, already the frontrunner in the minds of many Democrats for the 2016 US presidential election, is writing a memoir about world affairs and her time as secretary of state. The news will likely fuel more speculation about her political future.

Areas on the US east coast are racing to remove untold tons of debris from waters hardest hit by Superstorm Sandy before the summer swimming and boating seasons begin.

A massive manhunt continued in the California mountains for a fired policeman accused of three murders who declared war on law enforcement officers and their families in a rambling internet manifesto.

The 11th-hour US compromise deal satisfied few people fully and saw a vital vote on a $60bn aid package for Sandy victims delayed, giving an outraged Governor Chris Christie a chance to take centre stage, writes Kyran Fitzgerald

It was the question Barbara Walters called the elephant in the room: Is Chris Christie too fat to be president?

One Direction’s Take Me Home has taken the boys to the top of the US charts.

One Direction’s Take Me Home has taken the British boys to the top of the US charts – and to new heights.

AMERICAN presidential politics never really takes a break these days, so the circling contenders and their gurus are already focused on 2016.

Petrol rationing imposed in 12 counties in New Jersey following Superstorm Sandy has ended, officials said.

New York has imposed a petrol rationing plan that allows motorists to fill up every other day as the city continued to feel the effects of Superstorm Sandy.