Federal watchdog probing Trump campaign's use of White House

The US Office of Special Counsel has opened an investigation into allegations that the Trump campaign's use of the White House as an Election Day command centre violated federal law, Democratic Representative Bill Pascrell said on Thursday.

In a statement, Pascrell said the federal watchdog responded on Thursday to his call for a probe, telling him a special unit "has opened an investigation into these allegations to determine if the Hatch Act was violated"...