US District Judge Tanya Chutkan objected to the former president's characterisations of her past comments and sees no reason to step aside in the case.

Late-night talk shows will be back on the air within a week, several hosts said, after leaders of the Writers Guild of America called of a paralysing strike.

Dozens face criminal charges after a night of social media-fuelled mayhem in which groups of thieves smashed their way into stores and stole merchandise.

Anthony James Cross entered his plea to federal charges which allege he said, 'I will personally kill Joe Biden' and a US senator, among other people.