Michelle Obama gave the president-elect's wife Melania Trump a tour of the White House as Donald Trump met President Obama for the first time.

Donald Trump could take the witness stand weeks before his inauguration as US president in a class-action lawsuit against him and Trump University.

Russian government officials had contacts with members of Donald Trump's campaign team, a senior Russian diplomat said today

COMMENT: The meeting between the two at the first family's home will be awkward with a capital A.

Trump supporters may be in a state of "Trumphoria" in the days following the US election, after months of being "sneered at" by political media.

As the dust settles on Donald Trump's stunning victory, the political currents he rode to the White House are becoming clear.

The golden rule of broadcasting: make sure your mic is off before you drop a reference to the potential new First Lady's assets.

She has been accused of being an unfeeling robot. But in the face of brutal and resounding defeat, there was real pain.

Hollywood's biggest A-list stars have taken to social media, freaking out about Donald Trump's victory.

Amanda Richards has been shedding tears throughout the day as she suffers from Trumpression.

Donald Trump's victory speech was unlike any he gave during the campaign - and unlike any in American presidential history.

Trump's policies are typically lacking detail and often facing strong criticism from economists. Here are the key questions answered.

Cartoonists have reacted to Donald Trump's surprise victory over Hillary Clinton with their own unique takes on the US election result.

COMMENT: Raw ego and proud illiteracy have won out and a severely learning-disabled man with a real character problem will be president.

As the rest of the world reacts with shock to news Donald Trump will be the next US President, one man in particular is thrilled.

Protests have broken out across the United States following news of Donald Trump's election victory.

If you thought millions of Americans were overwhelmed by Donald Trump's election, take a gander at how the rest of the world is reacting.

President Obama called for unity in his first address to the nation following Trump's stunning victory, praising Clinton's "historic" fight.

Donald Trump is the president-elect of the United States of America, and he did it by completely blowing up the electoral map.

In an impassioned speech, a CNN pundit says a Donald Trump victory is a "whitelash against a black president" and a "nightmare".

Trump's win unleashed a wave of support from far-right groups, who claim the establishment "world is crumbling" while a new one is created.

The rest of the world is coming to grips with the reality of Donald Trump leading the free world. This is how the world reacted.

COMMENT: He was the slime that oiled the old, deserted machinery of American politics, and got it running.

Clinton paid the price for a largely negative campaign.

Perhaps the best feature of the American electoral system is that it gives us two and a half months to recover our composure before the new president takes office.

Donald Trump has said he will demand Nato partners contribute more to their own defence if they want US protection.

Anxiety and disbelief mounted among US allies, but Europe's far right exulted today, as Donald Trump swept the votes to win the US presidential race.

The new leader of the free world is President Donald Trump - while Hillary Clinton concedes defeat and fails to show at her own HQ. Here's how it unfolded.

United States Secretary of State John Kerry quietly slipped into New Zealand today as Donald Trump stunned the world in the race to the White House.