US President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday promised a "strong military", as he repeated his pledge to end the war between Russia and Ukraine.

Donald Trump's vision for education revolves around a single goal: to rid America's schools of perceived "wokeness" and "left-wing indoctrination".

US President-elect Donald Trump is handing top roles for his future White House to a mix of political allies, firebrands and a few relatively conventional figures.

As Trump returns to power for the second presidential term, Republicans are again set to implement their ideology and polices in the higher education.

President-elect Donald Trump has appointed Robert F Kennedy Jr, an environmental advocate and vaccine sceptic, to lead the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

Health Secretary: Robert F Kennedy Jr

'Government Efficiency': Elon Musk

Secretary of State: Marco Rubio

Defense Secretary: Pete Hegseth

National Security Advisor: Mike Waltz 

CIA Director: John Ratcliffe

Director of National Intelligence: Tulsi Gabbard

Attorney General: Matt Gaetz

Homeland Security Secretary: Kristi Noem 

Secretary of the Interior: Doug Burgum

UN Ambassador: Elise Stefanik

Ambassador to Israel: Mike Huckabee

Environmental Protection Agency: Former congressman Lee Zeldin

White House Chief of Staff: Trump campaign manager Susie Wiles

Veterans Affairs secretary: Iraq war veteran and former Georgia congressman Doug Collins

A US appeals court on Thursday granted a request by Special Counsel Jack Smith to pause the case against Donald Trump for mishandling classified documents after leaving the White House.

US president-elect Donald Trump, who enjoys very good relationship with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, is expected to build on the progress made during his first term and continue strengthening ties with India, his South Asia point-person at the White House during his first term has said.

Lisa Curtis, who served as deputy assistant to President Trump and as National Security Council senior director for South and Central Asia from 2017 to 2021, said she expected the same bumps for India and the US, as in Trump's first term, including tariff, dependence on Russia over arms supply and oil purchase from Iran.

"I think that President (elect) Trump will pick up where he left off with India. He clearly has good feelings, goodwill toward India, and I really see this as an opportunity to just continue building the relationship and really solidifying that partnership," Curtis told PTI.

US President-elect Donald Trump nominated Former Congressman Doug Collins of Georgia as US Secretary for Veterans Affairs.

Declaring his pick Trump said, "Doug is a veteran himself, who currently serves our nation as a chaplain in the United States Air Force Reserve Command, and fought for our country in the Iraq war," he said.

"We must take care of our brave men and women in uniform, and Doug will be a great advocate for our active duty service members, veterans, and military families to ensure they have the support they need. Thank you, Doug, for your willingness to serve our country in this very important role!" he added.

US President-elect Donald Trump is replacing the federal prosecutor who filed the case against a former Indian Intelligence officer charged in an alleged "murder-for-hire" plot against a Khalistani leader.

On Thursday, he announced that he is nominating Jay Clayton, a former chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), as the District Attorney for the Southern District of New York.

"Jay is going to be a strong Fighter for the Truth as we, Make America Great Again," he said in a post.

Donald Trump has appointed anti-vaccine activist Robert F Kennedy Jr as his secretary of the health department. 

"Kennedy will restore these agencies to the traditions of gold standard scientific research, and beacons of transparency, to end the chronic disease epidemic, and to Make America Great and Healthy Again!" Trump said.