
The White House is on lockdown and one person is in custody after reports of "suspicious activity" along the north fence line of the 18-acre complex.

Donald Trump has said the American public "deserves" a federal investigation of Hillary Clinton and the Democratic National Committee over a joint fundraising agreement they signed in August 2015.

There was praise on the network for the employee, and the president himself made light of the outage.

A senior administration official told reporters during a White House background briefing that there was not enough time in the president's schedule to accommodate a visit.

They’re definitely not his favourite prehistoric animal.

Or Russians. Or the FBI.

Latest: President Donald Trump has said the "biggest story" out of the charges announced on Monday in the Russia investigation is the resignation of Democratic lobbyist Tony Podesta from his eponymous firm.

Here is a summary of the charges in the 31-page indictment and the potential penalties.

A federal court in Washington has barred Donald Trump from changing the US government's policy on military service by transgender people.

Latest: Former Donald Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort and his business associate, Rick Gates, have pleaded not guilty to all charges.

President Donald Trump has unleashed new criticism of the investigations into possible ties between his campaign associates and Russia.

A "happy birthday" tweet from Donald Trump to God Bless The USA singer Lee Greenwood went off course.

President Donald Trump on Thursday declared the opioid crisis a nationwide public health emergency.

Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign and the Democratic National Committee helped pay for political research into Donald Trump that ultimately produced a dossier of allegations about his ties to Russia, sources say.

Donald Trump has lashed out at two Republican senators who condemned him for "debasing" US politics.

He has been critical of the path that the Republican Party has taken under President Trump.

Donald Trump has engaged in a furious exchange of tweets and counter-tweets with a Republican senator, saying he "couldn't get elected dog catcher" while the congressman fired back that the president was "utterly untruthful".

US president Donald Trump intends to spend at least US$430,000 of his own money to help pay the legal bills of staff and campaign aides related to the investigations into Russian election meddling in the 2016 election, a White House official said.

Former White House adviser Steve Bannon has described former US president George W Bush as bumbling and inept, criticising his "destructive" presidency from 2000-2008.

Donald Trump has controversially linked an increase in recorded crime with the "spread of radical Islamic terror" in the UK.