The CIA has finally made public previously top secret files including about 4000 records about New Zealand.

Handover a huge moment for US - and two families at centre of transition.

Chris Liddell is to lead a new White House Strategic Development Group

COMMENT: The absence of relevant experience is one thing, the continuing impact of inappropriate and unhelpful experience quite another, writes Bryan Gould.

Here's a guide to Donald Trump's inaugural ball.

Kiwi businessman Chris Liddell's appointment as one of Donald Trump's assistants is "good for New Zealand", says Xero chief executive Rod Drury.

Vladimir Putin has come out swinging against the outgoing US administration over the explosive Donald Trump dossier.

COMMENT: Truly it has been a momentous year, more so even, some say, than the tumultuous 2016.

Jackie Kennedy brought trailblazing style, Hillary Clinton was embroiled in scandal - while Michelle Obama was "Mom-in-chief" - what lies in store for Mrs Trump?

Ever since the US presidential election, Ed Dahlberg has pretty much had a smile on his face. He brokers the sale of private jets

COMMENT: The early period of the next administration in Washington will be tumultuous.

President-elect Donald Trump has questioned whether critical computer networks can ever be protected from intruders.

Russia will not expel US diplomats in a tit-for-tat response to the White House's decision to send home Russian officials suspected of spying.

The President-elect has started a new media feud, this time with Vanity Fair magazine, which published a negative review about one of his restaurants.

If everything you know about the world's most famous plane is from the movie, then fasten your seat belt. It's even better in real life.

ANALYSIS: US President-elect Donald Trump has a chat with Taiwan's President Tsai Ing Wen, breaking a long tradition.

Donald Trump has reportedly been refusing to make time for daily intelligence briefings since the election, sparking fears about his leadership.

The contours of Donald Trump's White House administration are emerging.

Clive Bibby gives his view on Trump's election.

New Zealand's offer to resettle 150 refugees from Australia remains on the table, the Government says, despite a new offer by the

Secretary of State John Kerry won't criticize Donald Trump's climate policies, but says the next US Govt "dare not avoid" the issue.

A two-party election system should be a fight for the political centre.

Everyone from pollsters to pundits got the result of the US presidential election wrong. But few can have made it in such an expensive manner.

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

This election is one for the ages, an epic upset that 100 years from now we will all be discussing.

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

US President-elect Donald Trump has promised everything. But what does he stand for? These are his key policies.

The NZ Herald visited 10 counties in four key battleground states on an eight-day road trip to New York and the greatest election shock in modern American history.

COMMENT: A century ago it was predicted that a moron would one day live in the White House. That prediction has now come true.

Donald Trump has promised that as president he will honour the pledge stitched into his white and red baseball caps: Make America Great Again.