US Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar has resigned, citing last week’s attack on the Capitol, CNN reported on Friday.

US President-elect Joe Biden has unveiled a $1.9 trillion stimulus plan for the coronavirus-sapped economy before he takes office next week. If passed by Congress, it would include $1tn for

Walmart Inc, the world’s biggest retailer and Walt Disney Co joined other major companies in indefinitely suspending donations to U.S. lawmakers who voted against President-elect Joe Biden’s election certification. The

US President Donald Trump has dismissed as “ridiculous” efforts by Democrats in Congress to impeach him for inciting insurrection at last week’s deadly riots on Capitol Hill.He said the impeachment

The FBI is warning of plans for armed protests at all 50 state capitals and in Washington, D.C., in the days leading up to President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration, stoking fears

The Democratic Party of US President-elect Joe Biden has won control of the Senate – and of Congress overall – with two victories in the state of Georgia. Raphael Warnock

Defying President Donald Trump, Vice President Mike Pence said Wednesday that he does not have the power to discard electoral votes that will make Democrat Joe Biden the next president

US lawmakers are set to meet on Wednesday to confirm Joe Biden’s victory in the presidential election amid protests from Trump supporters. A joint session of Congress will count and

Elections in the US state of Georgia that will decide control of the Senate are too close to call amid a nail-biting ballot count. Republicans Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue

President Donald Trump may have broken a US federal law and a Georgia law against election tampering by pressuring the state’s top election official to “find” enough votes to overturn

A group of US senators say they will refuse to certify Joe Biden’s election victory unless a commission is set up to investigate alleged voter fraud. The 11 senators and

US President-elect Joe-Biden has appointed Nigerian – American Osaremen Okolo as a member of his Covid- 19 Response Team. Okolo, the daughter of Nigerian immigrants, will serve as Biden’s Covid-19

A recently elected US lawmaker has died from Covid-19 – the first member of the US Congress to die from the disease. Republican Luke Letlow, 41, had been elected as

US President-elect Joe Biden criticised President Donald Trump’s stewardship of the US’s foreign policy and national security apparatus, saying “many of those agencies that are critical to our security have

US President Donald Trump hosted several House Republican lawmakers at the White House on Monday to discuss an ultimately futile effort to block Congress from affirming President-elect Joe Biden’s victory

President-elect Joe Biden introduced his climate and energy team on Saturday, a history-making group that will seek to advance an ambitious climate agenda that reverses many Trump administration policies. Michael

Twitter Inc is reversing changes made to its retweet function intended to curb the spread of misinformation during the US presidential election, the company said. The microblogging site had in

President-elect Joe Biden has announced his pick of Pete Buttigieg to lead the US Department of Transportation. Biden said the 38-year-old can be “a new voice” in the fight against

US Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has congratulated Democratic President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris on their election victories, ending his long silence on the outcome of the