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U.S. first lady Michelle Obama smiles at a U.S. military veteran during an event promoting the hiring of veterans and military spouses in the East Room of the White House in Washington, April 30, 2013. REUTERS/Larry Downing (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS MILITARY) Michelle Obama and her daughters are likely to visit the Republic during the G8 meeting in Fermanagh in June
Michelle Obama set to visit Republic

Plans are being made for an overnight visit to the Republic by US first lady Michelle Obama and her da(...)

U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein speaks to reporters outside the Senate Chamber in Washington.
US Senate votes for debate on gun control legislation

Enough Republican senators ceded to mounting political and public pressure to pave the way for a debate on the first major piece of gun-control (...)

Jeffrey Zients, second from right, the office of management and budget acting director, on his way to a news conference to discuss President Barack Obama's budget proposal for the fiscal year 2014. Photograph: Christopher Gregory/The New York Times
Obama proposes $3.8 trillion budget to Congress in bid to restart negotiations

President Obama has proposed a $3.8 trillion (€2.8 trillion) budget to Congress combining controversial cuts to social welfare(...)

Barack Obama at the University of Hartford in Connecticut: “Now’s the time to get engaged. Now’s the time to get involved. Now’s the time to push back on fear and frustration and misinformation. Now’s the time for everybody to make their voices heard.” Photograph: Reuters/Jason Reed heard.”
Obama makes impassioned plea for gun control as Republicans prepare blocking moves

As US president Barack Obama made an emotional public appeal for political support on tighter gun controls in a speech on Monday evening in Con(...)

President Barack Obama meets Taoiseach Enda Kenny in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington today. Photograph: Doug Mills/The New York Times
Kenny says Obama 'reaffirms intention' to return to Ireland

Taoiseach Enda Kenny has said US president Barack Obama has ’reaffirmed his intention’ to return to Ireland for a second official visit. (...)

US senator Rand Paul of Kentucky holds up binders, a reference to his recent 13-hour filibuster, as he speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Maryland. Photograph: Kevin Lamarque/Reuters
Rand Paul tops Republican poll as Palin slams Obama

Republican senator Rand Paul of Kentucky has emerged as the preferred 2016 presidential candidate in a closely watched straw poll held a(...)

Richard Bruton, Minister for Enterprise and Innovation, hopes the new EU-US free trade pact can be signed off during the Irish presidency of the EU council. Photograph: Alan Betson
Bruton hopes EU-US deal agreed during Irish presidency

Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation Richard Bruton hopes the new EU-US free trade pact can be signed off during the I(...)

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