Charlottesville organiser plans Washington DC rally The organiser of last year's "Unite the Right" event in Charlottesville has won approval to hold a rally in Washington DC. Jason Kessler's application for a "white civil rights rally" has been approved for 11-12 August by the National Park Service. The...

Trump backs down on migrant family separations policy US President Donald Trump has bowed to public pressure and signed an executive order promising to "keep families together" in migrant detentions. Mr Trump reversed his own policy amid international fury over the separation of undocumented parents and...

US quits 'biased' UN human rights council The US has pulled out of the United Nations Human Rights Council, calling it a "cesspool of political bias". The "hypocritical and self-serving" body "makes a mockery of human rights", said US envoy to the UN Nikki Haley. Ms Haley last year accused the council of "chronic...