Senator Rand Paul, a favourite of the conservative tea party movement and frequent antagonist of leaders of his own Republican Party, has declared his candidacy for US president.

While Obama has been criticised for not having a strategy, his desire to build a coalition could prove to be the best policy, writes Jim Gaines.

Monica Lewinsky, the one-time White House intern whose affair with Bill Clinton in the 1990s nearly brought down his presidency, said she ended up feeling like "the most humiliated woman in the world".

Monica Lewinsky says there’s no question her boss — Bill Clinton — "took advantage" of her when he was president.

The US Senate has overwhelmingly confirmed James Comey as FBI director, elevating the one-time Justice Department official who defied efforts by George Bush’s White House to renew a warrantless eavesdropping programme.

Apple chief executive Tim Cook has defended his company’s use of offshore tax shelters before US senators who castigated the most-valuable technology company for avoiding $9bn and more in payments.

Jay Z and Jennifer Lawrence have been named among the most influential people in the world by Time magazine.