Hillary Clinton wins the South Carolina Democratic presidential primary, with polls projecting a large margin between her and rival Bernie Sanders.

Donald Trump has won the South Carolina primary in the Republican race for president, cementing his status as the man to beat for his party's nomination. In the Democratic contest, Hillary Clinton beats Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders in a tight race in Nevada.

Two days after her humiliating New Hampshire defeat, White House hopeful Hillary Clinton sought to regain the upper hand against her Democratic rival Bernie Sanders in their debate, denouncing his proposals as unrealistic and costly.

The Obama administration confirms for the first time that Hillary Clinton's home server contained closely guarded government secrets, censoring 22 emails that contained material requiring one of the highest levels of classification. The revelation comes three days before Clinton competes in the Iowa presidential caucuses.

Tina Fey reprised her role as Sarah Palin on "Saturday Night Live" this weekend, and as per usual, she nailed it.

Do you think you know your celluloid favorites well enough to recognise them anywhere, in any state?

President Barack Obama told Americans nervous about terror and the changing economy that they should not fear the future, in a farewell State of the Union address that drew sharp contrast with Republicans.

Donald Trump's anti-Muslim rhetoric undermines US national security by boosting the Islamic State (IS) group, the Pentagon warns.

US President Barack Obama has found a politician who is honest and has a clear vision for India in PM Narendra Modi, with whom he has held meetings on several occasions, says The White House according to Times of India.

At least 14 people were killed in a shooting at a holiday party in California, triggering a massive manhunt which ended when police shot dead two heavily armed suspects -- a man and a woman -- on a quiet residential street.

White House hopeful Hillary Clinton calls for global unity to crush the Islamic State group, as the carnage in Paris took center stage at Saturday's Democratic presidential debate.

The actual hearing was full of sound and fury signifying nothing. Republican Congressmen were rude to Hillary. It was more an inquisition than an inquiry. Republicans hoped that their verbal assault would intimidate Hillary

Democratic presidential contender Hillary Clinton is set to testify in front of a Congressional committee about the attack on a US consulate in Libya in 2012 that killed the US ambassador and three other Americans.

Wikileaks claims to have released some of the contents of CIA director John Brennan's personal email account.

Hillary Clinton says that while she will do her "best" to answer the House Select Committee on Benghazi's questions in her testimony next week on Capitol Hill, she doesn't have very much to add and that "conspiracy theories" about the attack have already been debunked.

Hillary Clinton attacks her main rival Bernie Sanders on gun laws at the Democratic presidential debate.

The percentage of foreign-born population living in the US is increasing at a rate that it could possibly break a 125-year-old record within the next decade, according to a Pew Research Center report.

Republican presidential hopeful Ben Carson said no Muslim should be president of the United States.

It took three interviews and five days for Hillary Rodham Clinton to say "I'm sorry", for using a personal email account run on a private server to conduct government business as secretary of state.

Hillary Clinton says she and her family paid a State Department staffer with personal funds to maintain a private email server that she used for both personal and government matters while secretary of state.