A perfect end to a perfect day for Donald Trump after shock Jimmy Kimmel suspension Under Trump, TV network’s grapple with potential future implications of host being placed in cold storageFri Sept 19 2025 - 07:05
US Fed interest-rate cut unlikely to go far enough for TrumpUS central bank had come under increasing pressure from president’s administrationWed Sept 17 2025 - 21:43
America fails to find reconciliation tone in wake of Charlie Kirk shootingKirk’s vast following mourns a ‘joyful warrior’ of free speech, while Democratic voices warn of persecution against that very rightWed Sept 17 2025 - 07:28
Killing of Charlie Kirk seen as a ‘watershed’ moment in US political historyAn atmosphere of fear and fragility now dominates political discourse across the countrySat Sept 13 2025 - 06:00
Blame game over Charlie Kirk shooting exposes dangerous political divide in the USIn the aftermath of his death, Trump’s Oval Office address pointed the finger at rhetoric of ‘the radical left’Sat Sept 13 2025 - 06:00
Things could get even worse for Irish immigrant communities in US amid Trump crackdownThe arrest of an Irish grandmother over a $25 bad cheque a decade ago shows how hardline Trump’s policies have becomeFri Sept 12 2025 - 11:02
After Charlie Kirk’s death, the US is caught between a harrowing past and a fretful futureProminent conservative was fatally shot at a public event on WednesdayThu Sept 11 2025 - 21:37
Charlie Kirk killing is the sickening latest episode in American political carnageWhat the assassination of the Conservative activist signifies about where America is headed is frighteningThu Sept 11 2025 - 07:53
ICE places Irish grandmother and green card holder in US isolation cellDonna Hughes-Brown (58), who lives in Missouri with US husband, was detained after landing in Chicago on flight from Dublin in JulyWed Sept 10 2025 - 00:01
Chicago braces for chaos as Trump threatens to send in troops to fight crimeTrump administration’s playbook cites fatal incidents to condemn ‘tolerance of crime’ in Democratic-run citiesTue Sept 09 2025 - 07:02
Sentence terms for boy who pleaded guilty over killing of Irishman in US to remain secret Irishman Shaun Brady was shot after interrupting a group of youths attempting to steal a carSat Sept 06 2025 - 11:15
Donald Trump meets Volodymyr Zelenskiy and European powers in bid to seal Ukraine peace US president reiterates optimism for trilateral meeting involving Putin, even without ceasefireMon Aug 18 2025 - 22:39
Genteel streets of Washington’s Georgetown meet National Guard in Trump’s crime crackdownIt is impossible to predict whether this is short-term misdirection or the first intimation of a hitherto unimaginable authoritarian police eraSun Aug 17 2025 - 06:00
Nauseating charade as Putin comes out of international purgatory on Trump’s red carpetFor one of the first times since he took office, Trump, looked worn to the point of exhaustionSat Aug 16 2025 - 07:18
Rambo, Kiss and Gloria Gaynor: Donald Trump’s cultural revolution comes to WashingtonA day after drafting in the National Guard and just before he sits down with Putin, the US president took time out to consider the artsThu Aug 14 2025 - 06:00
Trump sends troops into Washington DC: distraction tactic or part of wider policy? Decision to dispatch National Guard welcomed by supporters; others suspect operation is attempt to deflect questions about EpsteinTue Aug 12 2025 - 06:52
The rise and fall of Cairo, Illinois: from Huckleberry Finn’s dream destination to a town of just 1,700 peopleThe future was supposed to be bright for this fascinating place at the confluence of two mythic American rivers. It didn’t quite pan out that way Sun Aug 10 2025 - 06:00
Questions remain over Irish woman Martha Nolan-O’Slatarra’s death on Long Island yachtCarlow woman was pursuing business dream in Montauk, a world of summer hustle and limitless wealthSat Aug 09 2025 - 06:00
New York’s ‘exclusive’ Hamptons is a glorified cattle mart with mansionsIt was once home to Jackson Pollock and John Steinbeck but wealth, which always eyes and covets authenticity, gobbled it upSat Aug 09 2025 - 05:00
Trump’s firing of statistics chief sparks unease Federal body’s reporting of dismal jobs numbers counters official narrative of a strong Trump economyWed Aug 06 2025 - 06:45
Texan Democrats flee state to stop ‘racist gerrymandered’ election remappingState governor calls for arrests after exodus of Democratic lawmakers seeks to block Republican Bill that would redraw electoral districtsTue Aug 05 2025 - 06:52
Kamala Harris’ bland Late Show appearance reminds Democrats of what they’re still missing in battle against TrumpIt will be impossible for Americans to ever see Harris now and wonder what the road not taken in 2024 might have looked likeSat Aug 02 2025 - 05:00
Is the White House ready to demand an end to Netanyahu’s campaign of starvation in Gaza?Shocking realisation that thousands of children are starving as food languishes nearby has gripped AmericaFri Aug 01 2025 - 13:50
‘I will not be intimidated’: But has Rupert Murdoch met his nemesis in Donald Trump?The US president has issued a $10bn lawsuit against the media mogul’s empire – the very one that eased his path to powerSat Jul 26 2025 - 06:00
Keith Duggan: The moment Jerome Powell stood up to Trump a reminder how few dare to contradict himFederal Reserve chairman contradicts the US president after Trump handed him a list of ‘cost overruns’ for Fed headquarters renovationsFri Jul 25 2025 - 07:11
US congressman Brendan Boyle: ‘Kerry are the Yankees of Gaelic football, aren’t they?’Brendan and his father Francis have never let their connection to the county team slipFri Jul 25 2025 - 06:00
Trump accuses Obama of ‘treason’ over 2016 election in stunning attackObama says comments by Trump, mired in the Epstein files controversy, linking him to Russian interference are ‘weak attempt at distraction’Wed Jul 23 2025 - 07:01
Why Donald Trump is determined to change Coca-Cola’s recipe in the USThe US president wants Coca-Cola to go back to its original sugar cane recipe, leaving corn syrup producers with a bad taste Sat Jul 19 2025 - 06:00
Epstein files are a new crisis for Donald Trump, as supporters blowtorch their Maga capsMany in the Maga movement are furious over Trump’s failure to release the Epstein files. Now he may be relentingFri Jul 18 2025 - 07:09
Will Donald Trump fire Jerome Powell? ‘I don’t rule out anything. But it’s unlikely. Unless …’Donald Trump has resumed his on-off attacks on the Federal Reserve chairmanThu Jul 17 2025 - 07:41
Spectre of Epstein files refuses to go away within Trump’s MAGA fanbaseProblem for Republicans is many prominent officials, from Patel to vice-president Vance called for their release before taking officeTue Jul 15 2025 - 08:07
Katie Taylor erases all the question marks with her third win over Amanda SerranoTrilogy fight lives up to the hype at Madison Square Garden as the Irish fans leave celebratingSun Jul 13 2025 - 20:13
Trump tariffs: In the US, ‘the EU’ isn’t a concept and Ursula von der Leyen is an unknownOnly if prices rise in the US will tariffs on European goods become a political issueSun Jul 13 2025 - 19:29
Lack of Epstein ‘client list’ testing Maga Republicans’ faith in Trump to the limitsMemo released by AG this week concluded that Department of Justice had found no incriminating ‘client list’Sat Jul 12 2025 - 05:00
Tuning out the noise, Katie Taylor steels herself for last dance with Amanda SerranoTaylor and Serrano return to New York’s Madison Square Garden for the next instalment in their enthralling rivalryThu Jul 10 2025 - 21:48
Keith Duggan: Katie Taylor clearly out of patience as she takes aim at 'whining' Serrano teamAmanda Serrano has made little secret of disdain for Texas fight resultThu Jul 10 2025 - 07:56
Texas flooding disaster reveals America’s frightening weather and deep political divisionsOfficial death toll has reached 104, including 27 children attending a summer camp, and is expected to riseTue Jul 08 2025 - 20:52
Symbolic Lincoln cabin logs beginning of American presidential story Most famous log cabin in US history floats in the strange region between solid history and make believeSat Jul 05 2025 - 06:00
Trump takes ‘big beautiful Bill’ victory lap as his grip on power tightensTrump is scheduled to sign the budget Bill on Independence Day when Americans now look more divided than everFri Jul 04 2025 - 07:08
‘A massive mistake’: Sole Republican holdout coming under fire over Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’Republican senator Thom Tillis renounces budget Bill, as Elon Musk vows to unseat legislators who support itTue Jul 01 2025 - 07:25
Humiliation of tens of thousands of immigrants in a Florida processing centre surrounded by alligators will generate a backlashHumiliation of tens of thousands of immigrants in a Florida processing centre surrounded by alligators will generate a backlashSat Jun 28 2025 - 05:00
‘The capital of capitalism’: New York’s old brigade plot how to stop the rise of Zohran MamdaniThe party’s candidate for New York’s mayoral election will face a wily political operator in Eric Adams Fri Jun 27 2025 - 12:23
Zohran Mamdani stuns sweltering New York to win Democratic mayoral primarySocialist candidate (33) upsets Andrew Cuomo with clever campaign promising rent controlWed Jun 25 2025 - 07:28
Israel-Iran ceasefire announcement shows Trump’s uncanny ability to shape the narrativeUS president had sparked global and Maga unease after authorising US strikes on Iran and speculating about regime change Tue Jun 24 2025 - 07:05
Middle East on edge as US enters war with IranTrump’s cabinet praises precision bombing mission amid criticism it should have required congressional approvalMon Jun 23 2025 - 06:00
US-Iran: What comes next after Donald Trump’s risky foreign policy move?Analysis: Midnight Hammer mission has raised a blizzard of new questionsSun Jun 22 2025 - 20:27
Annie McCarrick’s family in Long Island: ‘The gardaí did not investigate who we thought was guilty in the very beginning’The mother, aunt and oldest friend of the American woman who went missing in Ireland in 1993 talk about how they would take comfort in having their long-standing belief validated Sat Jun 21 2025 - 06:30
Juneteenth celebrations offer another lesson in stark difference between Donald Trump and Joe BidenAmerica letter: While the former president commemorated end of slavery in US, his successor moaned about federal holidaysSat Jun 21 2025 - 05:00
Minnesota shootings: political point-scoring and the underlying fear of a country at breaking pointVance Boelter is accused of murdering congresswoman Emerita Melissa Hortman and husband Mark at their homeWed Jun 18 2025 - 07:31
Trump’s vanity takes a hit as modest crowd for military parade overshadowed by ‘No Kings’ protests across countryUS president celebrates 79th birthday at $45m military parade where he gave only a short speech Sun Jun 15 2025 - 10:09
