US teenager Virginia Thrasher claimed the first Rio Olympics gold medal with her final shot in the shooting on Saturday.
President Barack Obama painted an optimistic picture of America's future and offered full-throated support for Hillary Clinton's bid to defeat Republican Donald Trump in a speech that electrified the Democratic National Convention.
America's presidential rivals offered sharply different approaches for tackling extremism, with presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump accusing Muslims of failing to report potential terrorists in their midst.
Hundreds of people gathered outside Muhammad Ali's boyhood home in Kentucky and elsewhere along a funeral procession route on Friday to celebrate the boxing champion.
US President Barack Obama met Gulf leaders in Saudi Arabia on Thursday to push for an intensified campaign against the Islamic State group, despite strains in ties with Washington.
Donald Trump may have his eyes on running against Hillary Clinton in the general election, but in the meantime he's stepping up attacks on America's most watched female news anchor.
President Barack Obama announced he and First Lady Michelle Obama will make a landmark visit to Cuba on March 21-22, pledging to address human rights.
A sustainable foreign policy cannot be all things to all people, and the presidential candidates need to be clearer with voters about that
