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The US president's mental acuity is in the spotlight, with the secretary of state shown videos of Donald Trump appearing to fall asleep during public appearances.

The ruling will be seen by civil rights activists as a blow and by the Republican party as a boost ahead of key midterm elections in November.

Former FBI director James Comey has been charged over a social media photo of seashells that officials say constituted a threat against US President Donald Trump.

Eric Swalwell, a California Democrat, says he will resign from Congress following multiple sexual assault allegations. 

Reverend Jesse Jackson, who died on Tuesday aged 84, leaves behind a towering legacy in politics and the fight for justice in the United States and abroad.

Donald Trump says he wants Republicans to "nationalise" US elections and has encouraged his party to "take over the voting" in at least some parts of the country.

Zohran Mamdani is officially sworn in as major of New York City in a midnight, underground ceremony, with a more public affair to take place in hours time on the steps of City Hall.

A Republican claimed a win at a by-election in Tennessee this week, but his party colleagues are sounding alarm bells.

The US president has spent much of his first year back in office changing the historic building he fought to reclaim in a bid to cement his legacy.

Two-time Grammy winner Sabrina Carpenter slams the White House for using her song in a social media post about ICE raids, telling the Trump administration to never involve her in its "inhumane agenda".

Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene, a longtime ally of Donald Trump who recently had a dramatic falling out with the president, has announced she is resigning from Congress.

The request comes two days after thousands of documents were released that raised new questions about Mr Trump's relationship with Epstein.

The US president has pardoned his former lawyer Rudy Giuliani and others who were involved in trying to overturn the 2020 election.

These two US cities share a name and a main street, but come election time, following the rules on one side of the road could land you in jail on the other.

Zohran Mamdani's victory in Tuesday's New York City mayoral election looked unlikely at one point. Polling shows it was women who helped power him into office. 

Ms Pelosi was the first woman to serve as US speaker of the House of Representatives, and her decision will bring to an end a political career spanning four decades.

Millions of Americans have flocked to polling booths around the US, casting their votes for governors, mayors and ballot measures.

Zohran Mamdani, who looks set to become the Big Apple's first Muslim mayor, has declared that it is "time for a new day in our politics" as voters headed to the polls in America's largest city.

Former US vice-president Kamala Harris reveals she is contemplating another run for the presidency and says she was "reckless" to not stop Joe Biden from pursuing a second term.

US President Donald Trump has ruled out running for vice-president in 2028, which some supporters have suggested could see him circumvent a constitutional bar against serving a third term.

The California Governor says he will make a decision after the 2026 midterm elections.

If Zohran Mamdani wins, he will become New York's first Muslim and millennial mayor. It's something his campaign has been acutely aware of as he taps into new voting bases.

Eric Adams announces he is dropping his re-election bid, but says he will "continue to fight for this city" until his term ends on January 1, 2026.

Kamala Harris has kept a low profile since losing the US election, but she has plenty to say in her upcoming book — a diary from her doomed campaign.

In an excerpt from her forthcoming book, Kamala Harris says it was reckless to allow former US president Joe Biden to decide to seek re-election in 2024 but she felt she could not advise her boss not to run.