The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday declared for the first time that the U.S. Constitution protects an individual's right to carry a handgun in public for self-defence, handing a landmark victory to gun rights advocates in a nation deeply divided over how to address firearms violence.

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump reacted angrily to a pair of Supreme Court rulings about his financial records Thursday, taking to Twitter to call them "not fair to this Presidency or Administration!" and describing himself as the victim of a "political prosecution."