Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has warned countries like France that he says are compromised by terrorism may be subjected to the "extreme vetting" he proposes to deter attacks in the US.

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Former Fox News Channel anchor, Gretchen Carlson, has sued network chief executive, Roger Ailes, claiming she refused his sexual advances and that this was why her contract was not renewed.

Obama to host Democratic candidate Sanders in Oval Office

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has opened up a new media feud, taking on another popular TV news personality even as his appearances continue to draw big ratings.

An estimated 24 million Americans watched Fox News Channel’s prime-time debate with the top 10 Republican presidential candidates, the highest-rated broadcast in the network’s history.

CBS News has released video from four stories it aired about the Falklands War in 1982, all part of a dispute involving Fox News Channel host Bill O’Reilly and his subsequent statements about covering the war.

Former Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin is leaving leading US TV channel Fox News.

Like the former president Richard Nixon, Mitt Romney puts his foot in it more often than not. But don’t write him off, says Jack Shafer

US regulators have given media tycoon Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation the go-ahead to take over America’s largest satellite TV provider, in a €6.3bn deal.

The bitter rivalry between two US TV news channels has spread to Afghanistan, where a veteran CNN correspondent stationed with forces fighting the Taliban abruptly switched networks.