Deputy US Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, who has overseen the Russian election meddling probe, is set to leave the US Department of Justice in coming weeks as President Donald Trump's nominee to lead the department is set to take over, several US media outlets reported on Wednesday.

US official overseeing Russia collusion probe to leave: Reports

Former US president George H W Bush, who led US as Cold War ended but failed to get a second term, died on November 30 at the age of 94, a family spokesperson said.

Former US president George H W Bush no more

Former US president George HW Bush, who led US as Cold War ended but failed to get a second term, died on November 30 at the age of 94 on Saturday. His death was announced in a statement issued by longtime spokesman Jim McGrath.

Tributes pour in for former US president George HW Bush

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He was president for only four years, but George H W Bush shaped US history for decades, taking on tough jobs from Beijing to the CIA, ousting Iraqi forces from Kuwait, sealing a breakthrough budget deal that cost him an election and fathering a future president.

Bush's single White House term shaped US history for decades

Former US first lady Barbara Bush, the only woman to see her husband and son sworn in as US presidents, died, the Bush family said. She was 92.

Barbara Bush, wife of ex-US President George HW Bush, dies at 92

The woman making the accusation, Roslyn Corrigan, said in an interview published in Time magazine this Monday that her initial reaction to the groping was "absolute horror."

Bush senior apologises to woman who denounced groping incident

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