United States president Donald Trump

Woodward’s 11-minute phone call with Trump

The full transcript of the 11-mintue phone conversation between United States President Donald Trump and legendary journalist Bob Woodward is published by The Washington Post.

No room for white supremacy, racism and neo-nazism in US says Ivanka Trump

Ivanka Trump, President Donald Trump's daughter and a White House adviser, explicitly condemns "white supremacy, racism and neo-nazism" in a manner her father seems reluctant to do.

Obama warns of 'strange and uncertain times' in Mandela tribute

Former US president Barack Obama uses a tribute to Nelson Mandela to warn of "strange and uncertain times", a day after Donald Trump refused to challenge Vladimir Putin over interference in US elections.

Trump says Putin summit ‘even better’ than NATO meeting

President Donald Trump cast his Monday meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in a glowing light and attempts to discredit the widely held perception that the day he spent with Putin in Helsinki, Finland, is detrimental to the United States.

Trump, after questioning May's Brexit plan, arrives in ‘hot spot’ Britain

US President Donald Trump arrives in "hot spot" Britain after casting doubt on Prime Minister Theresa May's plans for leaving the European Union and with protests planned across the country where he says the people like him a lot.

Trump claims victory after forcing Nato crisis talks

US President Donald Trump hails a personal victory at a Nato summit, saying allies had sharply increased defence spending commitments after he provoked a crisis session with a tirade at European leaders.

‘Brave and talented people!’ Trump tweets of cave rescue

United States President Donald Trump tweets in support of the rescue operation at Chiang Rai’s Tham Luang Cave, where American military personnel are providing assistance.

Putin-Trump summit July 16

A long-awaited summit between US President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin will take place in Helsinki on July 16, the Kremlin and the White House says in simultaneous statements.

Separated families must be reunited within 30 days: Judge

A judge in California orders US border authorities to reunite separated families within 30 days, setting a hard deadline in a process that has so far yielded uncertainty about when children might again see their parents.

June 12, 2018
June 12, 2018

Trump, Kim agree on denuclearisation, but deal seen symbolic

US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un pledge to work toward complete denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula while Washington committed to provide security guarantees for its old enemy.

June 12, 2018
June 12, 2018

Prawns and Haagen-Dazs on menu as Trump-Kim meet

The main course may be hard-to-swallow denuclearisation, but Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un also had a heady mix of Yangzhou fried rice and a dark chocolate tartlet ganache on their plates during their historic summit.

June 6, 2018
June 6, 2018

Trump-Kim summit to be held at Sentosa hotel

The Capella Hotel on Sentosa will host next Tuesday's summit between United States President Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un, Chairman of the State Affairs Commission of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.

June 6, 2018
June 6, 2018

Kelly Sadler: Aide who mocked McCain exits White House

Donald Trump sacks an aide who said cancer-stricken Senator John McCain's opposition to a presidential nominee did not matter because "he's dying anyway," the White House announces.

May 9, 2018
May 9, 2018

Three US detainees freed in NKorea, headed home: Trump

US President Donald Trump says that three Americans detained by North Korea have been released and are on their way home with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.

May 6, 2018
May 6, 2018

Anger in France, Britain over Trump's gun law speech

US President Donald Trump sparks anger in France and Britain by suggesting looser gun laws could have helped prevent deadly attacks in Paris in 2015, and linking a wave of knife crime in London to a handgun ban.

May 3, 2018
May 3, 2018

Trump confirms 'reimbursement' under adult-film actress deal

US President Donald Trump confirms a "reimbursement" as part of a hush agreement with adult-film actress Stormy Daniels over allegations of a decade-old affair, but he says campaign money wasn't involved.

May 2, 2018
May 2, 2018

Trump 'dictated' his own glowing health report: Doctor

As a presidential candidate Donald Trump quotes a letter from his former personal doctor gushing about his apparently excellent health -- a note the physician now says the president "dictated" himself.

April 27, 2018
April 27, 2018

US hopes Korean summit will lead to 'future of peace': WH

Donald Trump's White House voice hope that a Korean summit would "achieve progress toward a future of peace," as the leaders of the two countries sat down to talk.

April 25, 2018
April 25, 2018

France's Macron decries nationalism in speech to US Congress

French President Emmanuel Macron urges the United States to reject nationalism and stay true to global ideals of cooperation in the face of terrorism and other challenges, saying countries can still retain their own identities.