A former Republican security adviser has painted a terrible picture of the Trump transition team after meeting them, warning others not to work for it.

While New Balance are being burned by one side, Pepsi is being boycotted on another in the latest Trump culture wars.

Jimmy Carter did it. Ronald Reagan did it. George H.W. Bush did it. Bill Clinton did it. George W. Bush did it. But Trump won't.

COMMENT: Let's be clear. The Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) has not been killed by Donald Trump.

First, thanks for your concern. Here in Wellington, I was very brave during the earthquake. In my own mind, I even showed leadership.

COMMENT: The left needs a better story or it'll risk losing working people to extremists for good.

Political Roundup: Will next year's general election be shaken up by rising populism?

A golden pheasant has become a star in China because people think he has the same hairstyle as Donald Trump.

Just a day after Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin vowed to fight terrorism together, Russia has unleashed a major offensive against the country.

COMMENT: Like the NZ earthquakes, Trump's election is shaking the United States to the core.

In a phone conversation, Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin have vowed to work together on 'strategic economic issues' and Syria.

The head of the Securities and Exchange Commission clearing the way for Trump to shape Wall Street regulation.

Until President-elect Donald Trump is sworn in and officially assumes office, flights are going to be restricted over New York.

President Obama has taken a not-so-subtle swipe at the man who will replace him in his first press conference since the election.

GOP insider Priebus and combative Bannon represent opposing forces. It's populism vs establishment in his own cabinet.

Prime Minister John Key said several world leaders had contacted him about the earthquakes, including an attempt by US President-elect Donald Trump.

COMMENT: To imagine what the Trump presidency means for those outside America, think Brexit, times ten.

COMMENT: Every reader and viewer saw headlines like 'mathematical impossibility' that Trump could win enough electoral votes.

Donald Trump says he plans to deport between two and three million undocumented immigrants as he launched a Twitter tirade against his enemies.

COMMENT: US elections are out of control. They're too flashy, expensive and long.

The battle for Donald Trump's presidency is underway, and there's nothing orderly about it. Washington is rife with rumour, speculation and trepidation.

In dying Appalachian towns, voters shrugged off Trump's faults and put their faith in his promises.

A series of intelligence briefings will deal with covert actions, contingency plans for using nuclear weapons and even the names of major foreign agents.

Hillary Clinton will not take her defeat lying down. She told supporters that she lost the US presidency because of one man.

They say behind every great man there's a great woman - and no one but the "Trump whisperer" could have gotten The Don over the finish line.

Donald Trump will face wide-ranging questions about his ethics and integrity from the moment he enters the White House in January.

Trump has revealed some details of the phone call he got from Clinton on election night, as audio emerged of what she told her volunteers.

It is worth considering some of the ways in which this alarming President-elect is not wrong.

The precedent of Brexit has been invoked to explain Trump's victory.

An explosive new book claims there was another clandestine figure believed to be working as a double agent for Cuba.