US Vice-President Mike Pence has dismissed as "disgraceful and offensive" a report suggesting he is preparing a run for president in 2020.
The New York Times said a "shadow campaign" had been set up by some Republicans on the assumption Donald Trump would not stand again.
Citing multiple sources, the article said Mr Pence had implied that he would plan to run if Mr Trump did not.
Mr Pence...
The FBI on Sunday said an improvised explosive device caused damage at an Islamic mosque and community center in the Minnesota city of Bloomington.
During a press conference Saturday evening, the FBI appealed for public information to help determine who caused the explosion early Saturday at the Dar Al Farooq Community Center and why.
No one was injured in the explosion that heavily damaged...
Maine will become the fourth state to raise the tobacco smoking age to 21, after lawmakers voted to override the governor's veto that would have kept the age at 18.
Gov. Paul R. LePage derided the bill as "social engineering" and argued that if 18-year-old people are old enough to join the military, they should be allowed to smoke.
"I'm not going to strap a gun to their shoulder and go...
The Statue of Liberty was the focus of a monumental exchange between a White House adviser and a reporter after Donald Trump backed an immigration policy favouring the better-educated.
"The Statue of Liberty says, 'Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free'," CNN's Jim Acosta told Stephen Miller.
"It doesn't say anything about speaking English," Mr Acosta...
The US government is not seeking a regime change in North Korea, the secretary of state says, amid tensions over Pyongyang's weapons programme.
"We're not your enemy," Rex Tillerson said, adding that the US wanted a dialogue at some point.
Meanwhile, a senior Republican senator said President Trump considered going to war with North Korea as an option.
Pyongyang claimed that its latest...
The US says it has carried out a successful test of its controversial anti-missile system and has flown B-1 bombers over the Korean peninsula.
The exercises are a direct response to recent North Korean missile tests, which Pyongyang said proved that the entire US was within striking range.
But UN Ambassador Nikki Haley said there was no point in an emergency UN Security Council meeting...
US Vice President Mike Pence is visiting Estonia to reassure the three Baltic NATO members, concerned over neighbouring Russia's military activity, before continuing on to Georgia and Montenegro with the same mission.
Pence will meet with Estonian Prime Minister Juri Ratas on Sunday regarding the possibility of installing American anti-aircraft defence systems in the small country of 1.3...
The House approved a $788 billion national security bill Thursday that includes $1.6 billion towards a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.
The bill, which passed along mostly party lines, 235-192, mostly allocates money for programs other than beginning construction of the wall -- including energy, water, defense, the Army Corps of Engineers, and implementing a 5 percent raise in veteran's...
A convicted murderer who has been on death row since 2007 asked for an execution date Thursday, and a Las Vegas judge granted his request.
Scott Dozier, 46, stood up in a Las Vegas courtroom and informed Clark County District Judge Jennifer Togliatti that he was fully aware of his request, as well as some of the risks associated with lethal injection drugs.
"My outlook on that is that,...
Republican Senators threatened to vote against the latest Obamacare repeal bill unless they received a guarantee it would be debated further.
Lindsey Graham, Ron Johnson, and John McCain's votes would have been enough to scupper the bill's chances.
The Senate and House have repeatedly disagreed on a series of healthcare bills ahead of summer recess.
House Speaker Paul Ryan seemed to accede...
