President Donald Trump on Wednesday previewed his outline for an immigration bill that he will promote next week, saying he wants $25 billion to build a border wall and is open to granting citizenship to "Dreamer" immigrants brought to the United States as children.

Some 200,000 Salvadoran immigrants allowed to live and work in the United States since 2001 will lose their right to remain in the country in 2019, officials said on Monday.

Four people died over the long New Year's weekend as a record-shattering Arctic freeze kept its grip on much of the eastern United States.

The torrent of arctic air that poured into many parts of the United States this week tightened its grip on Saturday and brought record cold to some spots.

South Korea predicted on Tuesday that North Korea would look to open negotiations with the United States next year in an optimistic outlook for 2018, even as Seoul set up a specialised military team to confront nuclear threats from the North.

The United States gives China a draft resolution for tougher U.N. sanctions on North Korea and seeks a ban on ships it says are breaking trade limits with Pyongyang.

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Friday said the United States would not accept any preconditions for diplomatic talks with North Korea, saying the Trump administration and the international community would continue to pressure Pyongyang.

The United States, Japan and South Korea will hold two days of missile tracking drills as tensions rise in the region over North Korea’s fast-developing weapons programmes.

Hundreds protesters gather in New York's Times Square to protest U.S. President Donald Trump's recent decision to have the United States officially recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.

White House National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster said on Saturday that North Korea's nuclear efforts were the 'greatest immediate threat' to the United States and added that Americans should not feel afraid to attend the Winter Olympics in South Korea.

U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis says he cannot imagine the United States ever accepting a nuclear North Korea, warning that its rapidly advancing nuclear and missile programs would undermine, not strengthen, its security.

The United States Coast Guard offloads thousands of pounds of cocaine seized in operations in the eastern Pacific Ocean during September and October.