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Former president Donald Trump has taken to the stage in Florida to claim victory in the US election.

Donald Trump is renowned for bending the truth, but when he strode on to the stage in Florida on Wednesday, he said something that didn't need fact checking.

In the wash up of the United States presidential election, it is becoming increasingly clear that it is impossible to divide American voters the way pollsters and strategists have in the past.

US president-elect Donald Trump is expected to continue his hardline White House appointments and name Florida senator Marco Rubio — whom he has previously called "lightweight" — as secretary of state.

A key Donald Trump aide appears to have sent the clearest message yet about what the incoming White House administration may think of Australia's Ambassador to the US, Kevin Rudd.

US president-elect Donald Trump reveals Elon Musk's role in his government and is expected to continue his hardline appointments and name Florida senator Marco Rubio — whom he has previously called "lightweight" and "Mr Meltdown" — as secretary of state.

There is a list of high-profile Trump loyalists who will land positions in his White House, but this week Mar-a-Lago was crawling with other MAGA faithful who want a presidential treat too.

President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Robert F Kennedy Jr to serve in his cabinet as the head of the Department of Health and Human Services.

You don't have to spend long on Capitol Hill to find opinions about the man Donald Trump has nominated to be the next US attorney-general.

There's something you should know about oligarchs. "They really don't want to be called oligarchs," explains Jeffrey Winters, a professor of political science at Chicago's Northwestern University.