US President Donald Trump held a second, previously undisclosed meeting with Russia's Vladimir Putin on July 7 during the G-20 summit in Hamburg, the White House said on Tuesday.

The White House announced that it has hired attorney Ty Cobb who will serve as a special counsel to manage matters related to an ongoing probe into Russia's alleged interference in the 2016 presidential election, the media reported.

US President Donald Trump has nominated Krishna R. Urs to be the ambassador to Peru, the White House announced on Wednesday.

The bonhomie US President Donald Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi displayed at their meeting here was partly aimed at China, the New York Times has said.

India on Monday said that the best of its benefits lies with a strong and successful America even as the two sides reiterated cooperation in the fight against terrorism.

US President Donald Trump will propose big cuts in the Medicaid public healthcare program as well as in other anti-poverty programs that provide a safety-net for America's poorest, media reports said.

Less than $70,000 has been paid in a "ransomware" cyberattack that has affected about 150 countries worldwide, the White House said on Monday.

US President Donald Trump on Tuesday fired FBI Director James Comey, a statement from White House spokesman Sean Spicer said.

Former US acting Attorney General Sally Yates said that she had alerted the White House earlier this year that former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn could be "essentially blackmailed by the Russians", the media reported.

The White House has fired chief usher Angella Reid, the first woman and second African-American to hold the position, the media reported.