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Donald Trump, who has not held a news conference since his election, issued a video yesterday

Trump admits human connection to climate change

US President-elect Donald Trump said he has an open mind about pulling out of world climate accords and admitted global warming may be in some way linked to human activity.

News • 22 Nov 16

Barack Obama was speaking in Peru as he wrapped up his last foreign trip

Obama to defend 'core values'

US President Barack Obama has encourgaed Democrats to work with Donald Trump when he becomes president in January but he said he will weigh in as a citizen if the Trump administration challenges values he holds dear.

News • 21 Nov 16

Donald Trump pictured at the launch of Trump University in New York in 2005

Trump settles university lawsuit for $25m

US President-elect Donald Trump has agreed to settle fraud lawsuits relating to his Trump University series of real estate seminars for $25 million, New York's attorney general has said.

News • 19 Nov 16

Donald Trump and Mitt Romney leave the clubhouse after their meeting at Trump International Golf Club

Trump holds meeting with former rival Romney

US President-elect Donald Trump has demanded an apology from the cast of a Broadway show for appealing from the stage to Vice President-elect Mike Pence to uphold American values as the conservative sat in the theatre audience.

News • 19 Nov 16

Trump holds meeting with Japanese PM Abe

US President-elect Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe held a hastily arranged meeting in an attempt to smooth relations following Mr Trump's campaign rhetoric that cast doubt on long-standing US alliances.

News • 18 Nov 16

Donald Trump has fewer than 70 days to settle on cabinet members and other senior appointees

Only Trump knows who cabinet 'finalists' are

US President-elect Donald Trump has said that a "very organised process" is taking place as he decides on cabinet and many other positions.

US Election 2016 • 16 Nov 16

Paul Ryan (R) alongside President-elect Donald Trump earlier this week

Republicans keep Paul Ryan as speaker

Republican members of the US House of Representatives have unanimously chosen Paul Ryan to keep his job as speaker, following their victory at the polls last week which also saw Republican candidate Donald Trump win the US Presidential election.

News • 16 Nov 16

Donald Trump was wished success in carrying out his campaign promises by Vladimir Putin

Putin, Trump phone call backing normalising ties

Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President-elect Donald Trump have spoken on the phone and agreed on the need to normalise ties between Washington and Moscow, the Kremlin said.

News • 15 Nov 16

Michael Noonan will meet US counterpart in Washington

Tax likely to top agenda during Noonan's US talks

Minister for Finance Michael Noonan is holding talks later today with US Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew in Washington DC.

News • 14 Nov 16

Reince Priebus is a loyal campaign ally to Donald Trump who has close ties with House of Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan

Trump chooses top Republican as chief of staff

US President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus, the establishment favourite and a low-key party insider, to serve as his White House chief of staff.

News • 14 Nov 16

Farage among Trump's first visitors

Leading Brexit campaigner and UKIP leader Nigel Farage has met US President-elect Donald Trump at his home in New York City, with one of Mr Trump’s aides saying the pair had a "very productive" meeting.

News • 13 Nov 16

Hillary Clinton was projected by nearly every national public opinion poll as the heavy favourite going into Tuesday's race

Clinton blames FBI's Comey for her defeat

Hillary Clinton has blamed FBI director James Comey for her stunning defeat in Tuesday's presidential election in a conference call with her top campaign funders today, according to two participants on the call.

News • 12 Nov 16

Donald Trump met President Obama at the White House

Trump rows back on plans to scrap Obamacare

US President-elect Donald Trump said he will consider an "amended" version of Barack Obama's signature health care law - a shift in position after repeatedly vowing on the campaign trail that he would repeal the measure.

US Election 2016 • 12 Nov 16

Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg rhetorically asked why people would think there would be hoax stories about one candidate but not the other

Facebook: Fake news didn't 'influence' US election

Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg has rejected the idea that bogus stories shared on the social network paved a path of victory for President-elect Donald Trump.

US Election 2016 • 11 Nov 16

Cecilia Malmstroem said 'TTIP will probably be in the freezer for quite some time'

TTIP on hold after Trump victory

Talks on a vast free-trade deal between the EU and US are likely to be "frozen" for years after the stunning election victory of Donald Trump, the EU said this afternoon.

News • 11 Nov 16

Donald Trump and Paul Ryan had a testy relationship during the campaign

Health care, border, jobs are 'top priorities'

US President-elect Donald Trump visited Congress today and proclaimed that health care, border security and jobs will be his top three priorities when he moves to the White House next January.

US Election 2016 • 10 Nov 16

People march and shout during an anti-Trump protest in Oakland, California

Thousands of anti-Trump protesters take to streets

Demonstrators have marched in cities across the United States to protest against Republican Donald Trump's surprise presidential election win, blasting his campaign rhetoric about immigrants, Muslims and other groups.

US Election 2016 • 10 Nov 16

What does a Trump presidency mean for the world?

The US President-elect has pledged to tear up international agreements on trade, climate change and nuclear arms - and significantly change the terms of America's alliances with other countries.

US Election 2016 • 10 Nov 16

Donald Trump in August called for a special prosecutor to investigate Hillary Clinton

Giuliani does not rule out Clinton investigation

A top aide to President-elect Donald Trump this afternoon refused to rule out prosecuting Hillary Clinton or investigating the foundation run by former president Bill Clinton.

US Election 2016 • 10 Nov 16

Donald Trump has long promised that 'change will begin my first day in office'

The first 100 days of the next US president

Donald Trump has vowed to bring sweeping changes to the US and begin to "drain the swamp" of Washington politics during his first 100 days in office.

US Election 2016 • 10 Nov 16

People attend a candlelight vigil after outside the White House after Hillary Clinton's loss to Donald Trump

In Pictures: Protests follow Trump election

Demonstrators have marched in cities across the United States to protest against Donald Trump's surprise presidential election win

Galleries • 10 Nov 16

US newspapers on the day after Donald Trump was elected President

Trump planning for presidency after shock win

Republican Donald Trump put aside the celebrations and focused on his 73-day transition to the White House as rival Hillary Clinton promised to bury the bitterness of their long presidential race and work to unify a divided country.

US Election 2016 • 10 Nov 16

Donald Trump is President-elect of the United States

As it happened: Donald Trump elected president

Look back on all of the developments, analysis and reaction from the US presidential election, with Donald Trump to succeed Barack Obama after winning the electoral college.

US Election 2016 • 11 Nov 16

Clinton hopes Trump will be successful President

Defeated Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has said that she hopes Donald Trump will be a successful President for all Americans.

US Election 2016 • 09 Nov 16

Enda Kenny said Ireland has worked over many years with different presidents in different administrations

Taoiseach congratulates Trump after 'clear choice'

Taoiseach Enda Kenny has said that "democracy always brings its own outcomes" and he will be contacting US president-elect Donald Trump and his family later this morning to offer his congratulations.

US Election 2016 • 09 Nov 16

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Trump admits human connection to climate change

Obama to defend 'core values'

Trump settles university lawsuit for $25m

Trump holds meeting with former rival Romney

Trump holds meeting with Japanese PM Abe

Only Trump knows who cabinet 'finalists' are

Republicans keep Paul Ryan as speaker

Putin, Trump phone call backing normalising ties

Tax likely to top agenda during Noonan's US talks

Trump chooses top Republican as chief of staff

Farage among Trump's first visitors

Clinton blames FBI's Comey for her defeat

Trump rows back on plans to scrap Obamacare

Facebook: Fake news didn't 'influence' US election

TTIP on hold after Trump victory

Health care, border, jobs are 'top priorities'

Thousands of anti-Trump protesters take to streets

What does a Trump presidency mean for the world?

Giuliani does not rule out Clinton investigation

The first 100 days of the next US president

In Pictures: Protests follow Trump election

Trump planning for presidency after shock win

As it happened: Donald Trump elected president

Clinton hopes Trump will be successful President

Taoiseach congratulates Trump after 'clear choice'

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