Donald Trump has reportedly returned the button to the redecorated room in the White House

US tech tycoons have spent the weeks since the election courting favor with Trump, marking a dramatic shift from Silicon Valley's more hostile response to his first term as president four years ago.

Trump signed an order designating two genders only - male and female – and declaring that they cannot be changed.

Trump is only the second-ever US leader to be elected to two non-consecutive terms

TikTok stopped working in the United States late on Saturday and disappeared from Apple and Google app stores ahead of a law that takes effect on Sunday requiring the shutdown of the platform used by 170 million Americans.

Rahman faces up to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty in a federal court in Virginia to two counts of willful retention and transmission of national defense information.

Early moves indicated that some US media were taking an initially conciliatory approach to Trump this term, with major broadcaster ABC opting to settle a defamation suit brought by the billionaire rather than fight it.

Here is a look at how Trump's wife, five children and other relatives will play a role in the new administration after Monday's US presidential inauguration.

After months of legal tussles, the US Supreme Court on Friday upheld a law that would ban the popular video-sharing platform in the name of national security, unless its Chinese owners reach an 11th-hour deal to sell it to non-Chinese buyers by Sunday.

Sam Husseini was dragged out by armed guards after trying to ask a question about Gaza

The US President-elect’s advisers are reportedly considering easing restrictions on Russian energy depending on how Ukraine peace talks go

The US secretary of state has allowed “the Holocaust of our time,” Max Blumenthal said, before being removed