Egypt's president and foreign minister have met with White House adviser Jared Kushner, just hours after the Trump administration cut or delayed hundreds of millions of dollars in aid to Cairo over human rights concerns.

President Donald Trump gave a less than ringing endorsement to his top strategist Steve Bannon during his press conference.

Newly-appointed White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci is threatening to get the FBI involved in a crackdown on leaks from the Trump administration.

Donald Trump's former campaign chairman has met Senate investigators, giving his recollection of a Trump Tower meeting with a Russian lawyer and agreeing to turn over contemporaneous notes of the gathering last year, sources said.

US president Donald Trump's son-in-law and adviser Jared Kushner has returned to Capitol Hill for a second day of private meetings with congressional investigators.

White House senior adviser and President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner has said he did not collude with Russia.

Donald Trump has said he has "complete power" to issue pardons, an assertion that comes amid investigations into Russian interference in last year's presidential election.

Congress is controlled by Republicans, and would not impeach him even if he was linked to alleged Russian interference in the US general election, says Elizabeth Drew.

Jared Kushner made the proposal at a meeting with the Russian ambassador to the US last December, a person familiar with the talks said.

Mr Kushner, a key White House adviser, had meetings with Moscow's ambassador to the US, Sergey Kislyak, and Russian banker Sergey Gorkov.

US president Donald Trump has cast the elusive pursuit of peace between Israelis and Palestinians as the "ultimate deal" as he continues his tour of the Middle East.

The US president has publicly criticised his chief strategist, but it is the latter’s feud with Trump’s son-in-law that may push him out of the inner circle, says Shannon Pettypiece

The White House has publicly released the financial disclosures of top officials in the Trump administration.

President-elect Donald Trump is embarking on the massive undertaking of creating a new administration as a circus-like atmosphere unfolds around his building in Manhattan.

Rachel Kushner’s sprawling new novel revels in steamy places, big ideas and a decade in turmoil, says Richard Fitzpatrick

Richard Fitzpatrick picks his top summer reads — don’t go to the beach without one of these in your bag.

A self-described celebrity stalker kept trying to contact Ivanka Trump and her relatives even as he faced charges of harassing her and a court order to stay away, prosecutors said.

Velvet Revolver guitarist Dave Kushner almost got into a fight with universally derided rapper Vanilla Ice when he was a member of the Ice ice baby star's touring band, following a disagreement over money.

Lennox Lewis’ hopes of a re-match with Hasim Rahman could hinge on the decision of a judge in New York tomorrow.