The Democrats have officially nominated the 78-year-old party veteran as candidate for the House of Representatives. The youth party criticized the decision. The...

Republican Cindy Hyde-Smith has won Mississippi’s racially charged Senate election, beating a challenge from the black Democrat, Mike Espy. It extends...

A 21-year-old man first thought to be the shooter who was killed by a police officer was not the suspect after all, investigators said. At least one suspect...

US Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts has taken the extraordinary step of rebuking President Donald Trump’s criticism of a federal judge. Mr...

The director of the US emergency agency says a California town ravaged by wildfire will need a “total rebuild” job that will take several years. Brock...

American writer and former president of Marvel Comics Stan Lee has died at the age of 95. In 1961, Lee created The Fantastic Four for Marvel Comics, and...

US President Donald Trump has launched a fresh assault on the US media, saying he has “forcefully condemned hatred and bigotry” but this goes...

A gunman walked into a Kentucky supermarket on Wednesday and shot a man dead then left the store and killed a woman in the parking lot, police said. An...

Hundreds of migrants travelling across Central America in a mass caravan to the US have tried to breach Mexico’s southern border and enter the country. Some...