Will the US continue the fight against Isis in Iraq and Syria under Donald Trump?
It's only 'logical' says outgoing Defense Secretary Ash Carter as he sought to reassure American-led coalition
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President-elect Donald Trump will be handed power on 19 December by electors who cast final 2016 vote.
Celebrities urge Republican Electoral College to flip their vote from Donald Trump
Push for electors to choose anyone but Trump comes amidst calls for briefing ahead of final vote.
US Director of National Intelligence to publish Russian hacking review evidence
Intelligence claiming Russia hacked US election to support Donald Trump to be made public.
Michael Moore: Donald Trump is gonna get us killed
Documentarian behind Fahrenheit 9/11 takes Trump to task for not getting national security briefings
Trump nominates Rick Perry to head Department of Energy
Climate change denier who sits on board of controversial Dakota oil pipeline will form US energy policy.
Donald Trump 'not very clever' in handling China, says French foreign minister
China's spat with President-elect needs to avoid 'spiralling out of control' says French foreign minister.
Vladimir Putin praises Trump's secretary of state pick Exxon Mobile CEO Rex Tillerson
Putin is ready to meet Trump anytime, as Russia's foreign minister says Tillerson's pragmatism lays a 'foundation' for cooperation
Trump nominates Exxon Mobile CEO Rex Tillerson as Secretary of State
Oil giant boss who brokered deal with Vladimir Putin will 'reverse years of misguided foreign policies' says Trump team.
Trump is wrong – say experts who caught Russian election hackers red-handed
Cybersecurity firm Crowdstrike caught Russian intruders in DNC computers.
Hillary Clinton would be president were it not for Comey email probe, pollster reveals
Examining data pollsters gauge the impact of what they're calling the 'Comey effect'.
Trump says 'nobody really knows' if climate change is real
President-elect hints at approving Keystone XL pipeline and speeding up energy projects.
Could Obama's Russian hacking probe overturn the US election results?
Republicans support election-tampering probe, as Senator Lindsey Graham says "I'm going after Russia in every way".
Big business leaders urge Trump to abandon mass deportation promises
Business leaders say softer stance on immigration status needed to support economy.
Georgia accuses US Department of Homeland Security of trying to hack its election register
Secretary of State in Georgia demands response over 'illegal' action from Secretary of Homeland Security
Trump to nominate Hardees's burger CEO Andy Puzder as Labor Secretary
Burger chain CEO who floated idea of automating fast-food jobs opposes large minimum-wage hikes
Trump 'factually incorrect' to deny Russia's US election hack says former CIA chief
Michael Hayden praises defence picks, but says Trump's claim Russia isn't behind hack on Democrats is not reality.
Drone strikes expected to increase under Trump, warn warfare experts
Drone pioneer Michael Flynn seeks to stamp out Islamist ideology as Trump's National Security Adviser.
Donald Trump enlists WWE wrestling magnate and climate change sceptic for government
Democrats are bemoaning president-elect's choice of fossil-fuel advocate to head up environmental post.
Electoral College voters file federal court challenge to convince others not to vote for Trump
Colorado Democratic electors join cast of Electoral College members who see Trump as 'unfit for office'.
Donald Trump named Time Magazine person of the year
President-elect presides over 'divided states of America' says Time.
Trump fires son of national security adviser after he spread 'pizzagate' conspiracy theory
Michael Flynn Jr has been preparing an application to join the National Security Council staff.
Trump's Twitter diplomacy mocked in China as Secret Service weighs if he should have social media
Government-run Chinese media say nation won't be a 'fat lamb' for the US under Trump.
Meet Donald Trump's cabinet of the super-rich elite
Several billionaires, a Wall Street banker, career politicians, and anti-abortion and anti-gay advocates make up Trump's picks to run the US.
Iran will not let Trump 'rip apart' nuclear deal, warns Rouhani
'Do you think we and our nation will let him do that?' the Iranian president said.
Jill Stein challenges 'credibility' of election results outside Trump Tower
Green Party leader challenges Trump to drop court cases as Michigan judge OKs by-hand recount
Japanese PM in historic visit to Pearl Harbor 75 years after 'day of infamy'
Follows Obama's visit to Hiroshima, the site of the US nuclear bomb attack on Japan in 1945.
Trump attacks China as Taiwan seeks to soothe anger from phone call with President-elect
Call was planned weeks in advance after Trump Organization travelled to Taiwan to scout luxury hotel site.
Donald Trump and Michigan's Attorney General leave vote recount effort dead in its tracks
Green Party plan for recount in three states may be meeting an inglorious end in court.
Trump picks 'Mad Dog' General James Mattis as defence secretary
President-elect compares Iran hawk Mattis to Second World War General George Patton.