1+ hour, 43+ min ago   (445+ words) A brief moment between Donald and Melania Trump has prompted intense reaction on social media. Footage showing the US president patting the first lady's leg moments before she was spotted leaving has racked up thousands of views, with users closely…...

1+ hour, 20+ min ago   (633+ words) Migrants removed from the US under Donald Trump are increasingly being sent to countries they have never lived in, with no family or social ties, rather than returned to their homelands. Liberia is the latest destination, receiving 20 US deportees on…...

2+ hour, 56+ min ago   (480+ words) A duck quacked louder than the US health secretary, and it happened while he was talking about children who drown. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr was interrupted mid-sentence by a quacking duck ringtone during an autism safety…...

8+ hour, 17+ min ago   (545+ words) The U.S. Senate passed an interim spending bill to fund the government through 11 December and confirmed Todd Blanche as attorney general in a tense overnight session that wrapped up just before the chamber broke for its August recess. The twin moves,…...

3+ hour, 38+ min ago   (562+ words) Donald Trump has asked a federal court in Miami to reject the BBC's attempt to serve subpoenas on three members of his family. The filing targets Ivanka Trump, Jared Kushner and Donald Trump Jr in his $10bn lawsuit against the British…...

8+ hour, 48+ min ago   (963+ words) Karoline Leavitt's next move after leaving her White House role has been revealed, with the outgoing press secretary telling reporters on Friday, 21 August, that she will return to Trump-aligned super PAC MAGA Inc. after leaving the administration at the end…...

8+ hour, 53+ min ago   (775+ words) Far-right activist Jake Lang arrested on Saturday following a chaotic rally outside Minneapolis City Hall that rapidly deteriorated into physical clashes. Lang and several loyal supporters were taken into police custody after allegedly driving their vehicles onto a crowded pavement....

9+ hour, 35+ min ago   (657+ words) Natalie Harp, the White House executive assistant at the centre of growing scrutiny over her access to President Donald Trump, has been accused of trawling the 'social media gutter' for material that reaches the president and can shape his online…...

9+ hour, 39+ min ago   (598+ words) A 1-year-old child appeared without legal representation in an Arizona immigration court this week and was told to file an asylum application before the next hearing or risk being ordered deported. A U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI) attorney was…...

10+ hour, 2+ min ago   (656+ words) Two Wisconsin shelters that once housed homeless military veterans have sat empty for nearly a year, and the political fight over reopening them still has not ended. Klein Hall in Chippewa Falls and a leased facility in Green Bay closed…...