Republican White House hopeful Donald Trump signalled on Wednesday he could support banning people on terror watch lists from purchasing guns, a move that would place him in opposition to members of his own party.
US Democrats Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders now turn their attention to the final stretch of the nominating contest after each picked up wins on Tuesday.
November's US presidential election is taking shape: Republican billionaire Donald Trump and Democratic power player Hillary Clinton look set for an ugly battle for the White House ...
President Barack Obama cracked jokes and poked fun at rivals in his last appearance as US leader at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner.
US Vice President Joe Biden met Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi in an unannounced visit to Baghdad to show support for the government as it builds on wins against Islamic State.
A police officer was shot and wounded on Monday in the US Capitol complex and the gunman captured, a source citing information from the Sergeant-at-Arms office in Congress said.
US Republican front-runner Donald Trump warned of riots if he is denied the party's presidential nomination after a string of primary election victories, raising the temperature even further in a highly charged White House race.
President Barack Obama will travel to the United Kingdom and Saudi Arabia in April, a visit set to be dominated by doubts over Britain's EU membership and concerns about turmoil in the Middle East.
Hillary Clinton took a monumental step toward clinching the Democratic party's White House nomination, while Donald Trump's seemingly unstoppable rush to victory hit a bump in Ohio.
Nancy Reagan, the former actress who was fiercely protective of husband Ronald Reagan, died on Sunday at age 94, the Reagan library said.
The White House said yesterday that more candidates could be added to its list of potential nominees to fill the Supreme Court vacancy caused by the death of justice Antonin Scalia.
White House hopefuls Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio unleashed a barrage of attacks against Donald Trump during Republican debate as they sought to halt the frontrunner's relentless march to nomination.
