The director of the FBI has strongly defended the decision not to prosecute Hillary Clinton over her private email set-up.

Valeant Pharmaceuticals International and Turing Pharmaceuticals are the focus of two probes in Congress seeking to examine why the companies raised the prices of medications sharply after acquiring them.

US Drug Enforcement Administration agents had alleged “sex parties” with prostitutes over several years, a report stemming from a review of allegations of misconduct by several DEA agents in Colombia said.

Secret Service director Julia Pierson resigned yesterday in the face of multiple revelations about bumbling in her agency and rapidly eroding confidence that the president and his family were being kept safe.

The US Secret Service director has told lawmakers she takes full responsibility for the serious breach of White House security when an Army veteran with a knife climbed the fence and made his way into the executive mansion before he was tackled.

With many Americans facing an enforced period of belt tightening, one elected representative is showing solidarity by giving luxury a miss and sleeping in his office.