President-elect Donald Trump has said he will consider keeping parts of 'Obamacare'
His comments to the Wall St Journal come after a campaign in which he vowed to rip it up
President Obama's healthcare law has extended health insurance to millions
Mr Trump also announced his transition team, with Chris Christie replaced by Mike Pence at its helm
Protests against Trump's victory erupted for a second night
The area around the White House is swamped by journalists at the moment hoping to catch a glimpse of President-elect Trump, but it was a very different scene on Wednesday night.
The BBC's Charlie Northcott, external spoke to protesters who gathered in the area to express their grievances over the election's outcome.
Allow Twitter content?
This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’.
Allow Twitter content?
This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’.
Allow Twitter content?
This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’.
Allow Twitter content?
This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’.
Trump has already arrived at the White House without any cameras capturing a shot of the entrance.
We do however, expect to see a minute or two of his meeting with President Obama inside the Oval Office, with White House camera crews on standby.
Allow Twitter content?
This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’.
Allow Twitter content?
This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’.
Image source, APPress outside the White House
Image source, APNational Public Radio host Garrison Keillor has written, external a slightly-humorous, slightly dejected guide to how liberals should react to Trump's victory.
"We liberal elitists are now completely in the clear. The government is in Republican hands. Let them deal with him."
He suggests that the liberals vilified by Trump supporters - "bird-watchers, people who make their own pasta, opera-goers, the grammar police, people who keep books on their shelves, that bunch" stick to their hobbies, but also "don't be cruel" to those that supported Trump.
His advice sounds similar to what Remainers were advised to do in the aftermath of Brexit as they struggled to understand how Britons supported leaving the EU.
Image source, Getty ImagesKeillor sat beside Clinton at the 1999 White House Correspondent's Dinner
The BBC's Laura Trevelyan, external took the oath on Wednesday, officially becoming a citizen of the United States.
She spoke to some of other people who became Americans with her, just one day after Trump won the election.
Becoming citizens in the shadow of the Trump presidency
Image source, ReutersRudy Giuliani (left) and Chris Christie are two names being talked of as possible cabinet members
Though not final, Trump's list of potential picks for his cabinet has apparently been obtained by BuzzFeed News, external.
The list, which includes 41 names, stretches across 13 departments, the attorney general, Office of Management and Budget, White House chief of staff and White House counsel.
Among the names are:
You can read our round-up of what Trump's cabinet could look like here.
One of the cornerstones of Trump's plan for the White House has vanished from his website.
Earlier this year, Trump altered his call to ban Muslims from entering the US to extend only to those with connections to countries with terrorist ties and not Muslims, specifically.
But the ban has since been removed from his website, ABC News reports, external, and appeared on his website until at least 5 November.
Allow Twitter content?
This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’.
Allow Twitter content?
This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’.
Allow Twitter content?
This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’.
Trump has arrived at the White House with his motorcade, US officials say.
His arrival was via a side entrance, and was not captured by any of the cameras camped outside.
He is due to speak with President Obama in the Oval Office now.
Allow Twitter content?
This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’.
Allow Twitter content?
This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’.
White House reporters are saying that President-elect Trump will be arriving at the White House via the South Lawn, which not visible to the journalists camping out at the White House.
Allow Twitter content?
This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’.
Allow Twitter content?
This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’.
Allow Twitter content?
This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’.
Prime Minister May's press office has released a summary of her phone call with Donald Trump, saying she congratulated him on his "hard-fought election campaign and victory".
"The Prime Minister and President-elect Trump agreed that the US-UK relationship was very important and very special, and that building on this would be a priority for them both," the statement says.
Mrs May also "highlighted her wish to strengthen bilateral trade and investment with the US as we leave the EU."
You can read our news story on the call here.
The World at One
BBC Radio 4
Donald Trump's senior economic adviser has said cutting tax rates is "the centre piece of our plan".
Stephen Moore argued "the single most important thing" for the United States was to increase the rate of economic growth and lower tax rates were a crucial part of that.
"When we cut these taxes we're going to see a flood of companies coming back to the United States"
Donald Trump may have spoken to UK PM Theresa May now but she was not the first name on his list - in fact he had already spoken to Irish premier Enda Kenny and the leaders of South Korea, Japan, Egypt, Australia, India, Turkey, Israel and Mexico.
Asked whether that should be considered a snub, UK Chancellor Philip Hammond insisted the special relationship was "alive and well".
Allow Twitter content?
This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’.
Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon and the owner of the Washington Post newspaper, tweeted , externalearlier to offer his congratulations to Donald Trump.
Allow Twitter content?
This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’.
It's a stark contrast to the last tweet he sent mentioning Trump, in which he offered to #sendDonaldtospace with the help of his aerospace company Blue Origin.
That came after the Republican "trashed" Amazon and the Washington Post, which published a series of investigative pieces looking at his financial affairs.
Allow Twitter content?
This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’.
Allow Twitter content?
This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’.
Allow Twitter content?
This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’.
Allow Twitter content?
This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’.
Allow Twitter content?
This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’.
Image source, APRussian officials claim they were in contact with Trump's campaign in the lead-up to the election.
Trump has repeatedly denied having any contact with the Russian government, but Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov told the state-run Interfax news agency “there were contacts”.
“Obviously, we know most of the people from his entourage,” Rybakov said.
“Those people have always been in the limelight in the United States and have occupied high-ranking positions. I cannot say that all of them but quite a few have been staying in touch with Russian representatives.”
Trump spokeswoman Hope Hicks denied there were any interactions between Russia and Trump's team before Tuesday.
Foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova also told Bloomberg News, external that the Russian embassy staff met with members of Trump's campaign and it was "normal practice".
She also said Hillary Clinton's team refused requests for similar meetings.
Syrian opposition leader Riad al-Hijab has published an open letter to Donald Trump offering his "warmest congratulations" to the president-elect and calling his victory a "historic opportunity".
Al-Hijab says he hopes the rebels will find in Trump's America "assistance to stop the bloodshed of Syrians".
It's a hopeful plea. Trump has not outlined a clear policy on Syria but his friendly stance towards Vladimir Putin in Russia - a key ally of the Syrian government - suggests he may not rush to the assistance of the opposition.
In one of his presidential debates with Clinton, Trump said he did "not like Assad at all, but Assad is killing ISIS", and he has been clear that defeating so-called Islamic State is a priority over forcing Assad to stand down.
Allow Twitter content?
This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’.
The transition to Trump has begun, online.
His team has set up a Twitter account - @transition2017. Its first and only message reads: "Working together, we will begin the urgent task of rebuilding our nation and renewing the American dream."
Image source, Transition2017A website is also up, and the address takes its inspiration from Trump's oft repeated slogan: greatagain.gov, external.
The real transition work begins when the current and future presidents meet at the White House at 11:00 (1600 GMT).