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

Mark Leibovich takes stock of how Washington has — and hasn’t — changed in the time of Trump

President Donald Trump has become distrustful of some of his White House staff and heavily reliant on a handful of family members and long-time aides

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 CIA's outgoing director has said Donald Trump lacks a full understanding of the threat Moscow poses to the United States.

Donald Trump's top aides have said the US president-elect is not ready to accept the finding by intelligence officials that Moscow hacked Democratic emails in a bid to elevate the billionaire property mogul.

US president-elect Donald Trump has picked Michigan Republican chief Ronna McDaniel to chair the national party, in part as a reward for netting the state's first election victory in 28 years.

Former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani has formally withdrawn from consideration for a post in President-elect Donald Trump's administration.

President-elect Donald Trump appointed a controversial media figure to a key job as he began to shape his White House team.

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.

Republican Donald Trump says he’s not vacillating when it comes to his proposal to deport the estimated 11 million people living in the US illegally — even though his new campaign manager now says his stance is “to be determined”.

Republican frustration with Donald Trump has mounted following a series of startling statements from the nominee, including his refusal to endorse House Speaker Paul Ryan’s re-election.

Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump is calling on rival John Kasich to get out of the White House race, arguing that the Ohio governor should not be allowed to collect future delegates because the nomination is already beyond his grasp.

Donald Trump yesterday worked to right his campaign after a shaky week, brushing off missteps about abortion, nuclear weapons, and Republican rival Ted Cruz as he looked forward to tomorrow’s presidential primary in Wisconsin.

Next Tuesday’s Wisconsin presidential primary is a crucial lifeline for Republicans desperate to stop Donald Trump’s march to their party’s nomination. 

Caving to intense Republican lobbying, presidential candidate Donald Trump has ruled out an independent White House bid and has vowed to support whomever wins the party’s nomination — a U-turn eased by his position at the front of the field.

Hillary Clinton’s family was "dead broke" and saddled with legal bills when she and her husband left the White House, the former first lady said at the start of a high-profile book tour that could precede a 2016 presidential campaign.

Former US secretary of state Hillary Rodham Clinton said she feels “emboldened” to run for the presidency because of Republican criticism of her handling of the deadly 2012 terrorist attacks in Libya.

Republicans lashed out at President Barack Obama and his administration chiefs over their evolving description of the deadly September 11 attack on the US consulate in Libya.

Republicans bestowed their presidential nomination on Mitt Romney, turning to the former Massachusetts governor and multi-millionaire businessman to drive Barack Obama from the White House and usher in a new era of small-government conservatism.

The storm-shortened Republican National Convention which begins in earnest today will be a three-day coronation of Mitt Romney as the party’s rival to President Barack Obama.

The would-be US Senator who caused a furore by claiming rape victims could automatically prevent themselves becoming pregnant has refused to abandon his election attempt.

The US Supreme Court today upheld the heart of President Barack Obama’s health care reforms, handing him a huge election-year political victory.

US employers created only 69,000 jobs in May, the fewest in a year, and the unemployment rate ticked up, denting President Barack Obama's re-election chances.

Barack Obama will headline his first re-election rallies next week.

Republican presidential candidates have one week to convince voters in Iowa that they are the one to defeat President Barack Obama next year.