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A letter by the grandfather of US president-elect Donald Trump responding to a  decree ordering the “American citizen and pensioner Friedrich Trump” to leave the area “at the very latest on 1 May . . . or else expect to be deported”. Photograph: Landesarchiv Speyer/AP Decree banishing Trump’s grandfather from Germany uncovered
  • November 21, 2016, 17:59

Royal decree ordered Friedrich Trump to leave after he failed to do military service

President-elect Donald Trump following his meeting with Mitt Romney at the weekend. Photograph: Carolyn Kaster/AP US cabinet hopefuls in the frame for Trump seal of approval
  • November 21, 2016, 17:18

President-elect runs rule over aides and contenders for top posts over the weekend

Outgoing US president Barack Obama who said in Peru last night he reserved the right to comment if he thinks core American values were at stake. Photograph: Bloomberg Reality will force Trump to adjust approach, Obama says
  • November 21, 2016, 07:37

Outgoing president does not intend to constantly criticise but reserves right to speak out

High school students marching to City Hall in Los Angeles last week to protest at the election of Donald Trump. Many are Latino youths who fear their families could be split up through mass deportations of immigrants. Photograph: David McNew/Getty Images Many Californians forced out of their liberal complacency
  • Eimear McKeith
  • November 21, 2016, 01:00

Trump’s plans for immigration reform have sent shockwaves through Silicon Valley

 Donald Trump: demanded an immediate apology for  Mike Pence from cast and producers of “Hamilton”. Photograph: Drew Angerer/Getty Images Trump’s ‘Hamilton’ attack distracts from scandals, experts say
  • November 20, 2016, 21:01

Decision to lash out at cast ridiculed as $25m Trump University story fades from news

Donald Trump and  Mike Pence. The president-elect demanded an apology for the comments. Photograph: Don Emmert/AFP/Getty Images Mike Pence ‘not offended’ by comments at Broadway show
  • November 20, 2016, 18:02

Cast member read statement expressing post-election fears for ‘diverse’ America

President-elect Donald Trump gives the thumbs-up as Mitt Romney leaves Trump National Golf Club Bedminster in Bedminster, New Jersey on Saturday. Photograph: Carolyn Kaster/AP Mitt Romney puts differences aside to meet Donald Trump
  • November 20, 2016, 10:11

Former Republican candidate for the presidency has called Trump a ‘con man’ and a ‘phoney’ in the past

In this image made from a video provided by Hamilton LLC actor Brandon Victor Dixon who plays Arron Burr,  in “Hamilton” speaks from the stage to Mike Pence after the curtain call in New York on Friday. Photograph: Hamilton LLC via AP Trump demands apology over the booing of Mike Pence
  • November 19, 2016, 14:50

Vice president-elect booed at performance of a hit hip-hop musical in New York on Friday night

 People in Los Angeles protest the appointment of  former Breitbart News head Steve Bannon, as chief strategist of the White House. Photograph: David McNew/AFP/Getty Images America Letter: Hate finds new voice after Trump victory
  • Simon Carswell
  • November 19, 2016, 08:56

Incidents of vitriol and harassment rise as Republican brings far right to mainstream

 Boston Globe hoax headline: Irish immigrants worry Trump may reverse legislation that  protects children  from deportation. Photograph:  Karen Bleier/AFP/Getty  Undocumented Irish in US live in fear of Trump’s resolve
  • Simon Carswell
  • November 19, 2016, 07:36

Irish Government officials focus diplomatic efforts on immigration ‘sanctuary cities’

US president-elect Donald Trump denied any wrongdoing in the Trump University fraud cases. Photograph: Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP Trump agrees to settle Trump University lawsuits for $25m
  • November 18, 2016, 21:58

US president-elect faced three fraud lawsuits with thousands of complaints over seminars

Three new faces in the Trump administration are US Representative from Kansas Mike Pompeo, retired lieutenant  general Michael Flynn, and Senator Jeff Sessions. Photograph: AFP/Getty Images Trump sticks to hard-right positions with key appointments
  • Simon Carswell
  • November 18, 2016, 20:05

US president-elect rewards loyalty by naming early supporters to top administration roles

Three new Trump appointments: US Representative from Kansas Mike Pompeo, retired Lt Gen Michael Flynn, and Senator Jeff Sessions. Composite: AFP/Getty Images Jeff Sessions named attorney general as Trump fills key roles
  • November 18, 2016, 16:02

Controversial former general Michael Flynn installed as national security adviser

Aodhán Ó Riordáin speaking in the Seanad on November 10th after the Trump victory ‘Trump is a fascist and I’m embarrassed by the Government’s response’
  • November 18, 2016, 14:48

Aodhán Ó Riordáin’s Seanad speech on US election goes viral

Yellowstone National Park: An Oregon man accidentally fell into a hot spring on June 7th and died. Photograph: Getty Images Man’s body ‘dissolved’ by Yellowstone hot spring after seeking place to swim
  • November 18, 2016, 10:41

Colin Scott was hiking through a prohibited section of the park with his sister when he fell

Shinzo Abe meets with  Donald Trump  at Trump Tower in Manhattan. Photograph: US Cabinet Public Relations Office/Reuters    Trump a ‘trustworthy leader’, says Japan’s prime minister
  • November 18, 2016, 06:37

Shinzo Abe is the first foreign leader to meet with president-elect Donald Trump

File image of Bobbi Kristina Brown. File photograph: Getty Images Bobbi Kristina Brown’s partner must pay $36m over her death
  • November 17, 2016, 21:53

Judge finds against Nick Gordon in case over the death of Whitney Houston’s daughter

Jared Kushner, Trump’s son-in-law:  consulted lawyers to see if he would circumvent anti-nepotism rules and have a White House role by foregoing a government salary and placing his  business interests in a blind trust. Photograph:  Carolyn Kaster/AP Photo Donald Trump steps up takeover planning in Manhattan tower
  • Simon Carswell
  • November 17, 2016, 20:54

Lobbyist measures decided after days of upheaval and infighting within Trump camp

Brendan Dassey, 27, has been incarcerated since 2007 over the murder of  Theresa Halbach.  File photograph: Sue Pischke/Herald Times Reporter via AP Making a Murderer’s Brendan Dassey has release blocked by appeals court
  • Ryan Felton
  • November 17, 2016, 19:59

Decision comes after lower court overturned 27-year-old’s conviction just days earlier

US Director of National Intelligence James Clapper has submitted his letter of resignation. Photograph: AFP/Getty Images US intelligence chief James Clapper resigns after Trump’s election
  • November 17, 2016, 15:39

Director of National Intelligence says submitting resignation letter ‘felt pretty good’

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