Counselor to the US president Kellyanne Conway sparked social media fury after kneeling on a White House sofa with her shoes on. In an image captured by an AFP photographer, Conway appears casually kneeling on the couch as Donald Trump poses for a photo with leaders of historically black colleges and universities. Many Twitter users … Read more
Donald Trump’s White House was in crisis mode following the resignation of a top aide, as it emerged the president knew for weeks about Michael Flynn’s controversial Kremlin contacts before deciding to act. Questions were swirling on several other fronts: a possible ethics breach by another top advisor, and the president’s alleged use of an … Read more
President Donald Trump knew weeks ago there were problems with Michael Flynn’s Russia phone calls, a White House spokesman has said. The president was told by the Justice Department at the end of January that Mr Flynn may have misled US officials and the public, said Sean Spicer. He was asked to quit three weeks … Read more
Donald Trump says the top US spy called him to “denounce” allegations that Russian intelligence have compromising information about the president-elect. Mr Trump tweeted that the unverified claims were “false and fictitious”. But Director of National Intelligence James Clapper said on Wednesday that the intelligence community had made no judgment on whether they were reliable. … Read more
The director of the US Office of Government Ethics has sharply criticised Donald Trump’s plan to hand his global business empire to his sons before his inauguration on 20 January. The plan does not match the “standards” of US presidents over the last 40 years, Walter Shaub said. A Trump lawyer said earlier the new … Read more