What experts expect to happen when Micheál Martin meets Donald Trump this week The Oval Office 2025 has become a fascinating and volatile court, so the Taoiseach might expect one or two curveballs coming his wayMon Mar 10 2025 - 06:00
Selma still struggles 60 years on from march for civil rightsThe Alabama city that achieved infamy because of state troopers’ violence towards peaceful protesters in 1965 is struggling to find ways to reverse its steep declineSat Mar 08 2025 - 06:00
‘This is a complete betrayal of the middle class’: Democrats rail against Trump’s plans for MedicaidRepublican budget marks the beginning of the end of a crucial welfare health programme, say DemocratsFri Mar 07 2025 - 16:06
Tánaiste contradicts US account of his conversation with Marco Rubio Simon Harris insists US-Irish trade deficit was not discussed in call with secretary of stateThu Mar 06 2025 - 21:54
Trump says ‘golden age of America has only just begun’ in speech riddled with exaggerations and inaccuracies President offers up shocks and promises, riddled with exaggerations and factual inaccuracies, during address to CongressWed Mar 05 2025 - 06:55
Trump has flown US into turbulence and Americans aren’t sure where they’re going to landSome Americans see a golden age dawning under Donald Trump, others fear their democracy is dyingSat Feb 22 2025 - 05:00
America divided: Musk and Trump on Fox News, Sanders on CNNSwitching from one channel to the other underlines the seismic drift between competing ideologiesWed Feb 19 2025 - 19:02
‘Is this 1935 or 2025?’: US protests held against Trump administration Demonstrations held in front of state capitol buildings across country in opposition to US president and MuskTue Feb 18 2025 - 06:45
Robert F Kennedy jnr marks an undeniable crossing point in American political lifeThe Kennedy saga has become so embedded in the American subconscious that it can never endSun Feb 16 2025 - 06:00
Mitch McConnell cuts a lonely figure as US Senate approves RFK jnr nominationKentucky senator is sole voice of protest in Republican party, but blew his chance to stop Trump’s return to powerSat Feb 15 2025 - 05:00
Ireland braced for impact from latest round of Trump tariff plans US president said he will enact import taxes on pharmaceuticals at a later date, eyeing return of industryThu Feb 13 2025 - 20:39
European nations must be involved in Ukraine peace talks, leaders say after Trump calls with Putin and Zelenskiy Nato head says any peace deal in Ukraine must be enduring, any talks must include KyivThu Feb 13 2025 - 07:41
Will ‘steely, unflinching’ White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt be chewed up like her predecessors?As with Sean Spicer and Kayleigh McEnany before her, Leavitt (27) knows that keeping media-obsessed Donald Trump happy is a high wire actThu Feb 13 2025 - 06:44
Unelected Musk holds court in Trump’s Oval Office as he defends efficiency driveMusk, accompanied by son X, seeks to present the work of Doge as good common sense as Trump stays largely silentWed Feb 12 2025 - 06:54
Trump repeats Gaza takeover plan as he meets Jordan’s King AbdullahIsrael’s Netanyahu threatens to end ceasefire if Hamas does not release hostages on Saturday Tue Feb 11 2025 - 21:19
US poll shows Donald Trump at new heights of approval after three weeks in officePresident says Elon Musk and himself will unearth ‘hundreds of billions of dollars in fraud and abuse’ within US governmentMon Feb 10 2025 - 20:27
Around the US, Elon Musk is the name on all lips, on all placardsThe fear is Musk is treating the machinery of the US federal system as a plaything and something he owns – and that he doesn’t know what he is atSat Feb 08 2025 - 05:00
Donald Trump’s first 16 days: Pardons, 956 immigration arrests and everything he’s done so far From gender to Gaza, climate policy to USAID, the start of Trump’s second term as seen a deluge of orders and pronouncements overturning what has gone beforeFri Feb 07 2025 - 13:54
Government criticises ‘provocative’ Israeli comments on Irish ‘obligation’ to Gaza refugeesControversy comes as figures show the number of Palestinians seeking asylum in Ireland has increased more than eightfoldFri Feb 07 2025 - 06:00
Trump Gaza plan provokes international condemnation and dismissalProposal involves US relocating Palestinians and redeveloping the Gaza StripWed Feb 05 2025 - 21:17
‘We’ll own it’: Trump’s shocking plan to take over Gaza and displace two million Palestinians US president’s proposal sounded like a pitch for an upmarket gated community rather than the enforced displacement of a peopleWed Feb 05 2025 - 06:56
Donald Trump remains besotted with tariffs and Europe is nextUS president believes his country’s trade agreement with the EU is an ‘atrocity’Tue Feb 04 2025 - 07:20
Netanyahu returns to a different White House, and a less patient president The Israel leader hopes to return from Washington with significant achievements on two frontsTue Feb 04 2025 - 06:00
Irish diplomats in Washington aim to banish anxiety and build ties with new Trump administration Irish influence in the US may be moving to a different phase rather than decliningTue Feb 04 2025 - 06:00
US-Canada relations turn icy: ‘Without this subsidy, Canada ceases to exist’The Canadian response – the imposition of 25 per cent tariffs on the $30 billion on imports originating in the US, is effective immediatelyMon Feb 03 2025 - 09:09
Tinseltown loses its lustre: the home of American cinema is hanging on by a threadIf you can’t keep the film houses open in Los Angeles, what hope for the rest of the world?Sat Feb 01 2025 - 17:00
LA after the fires: Like driving through a post-nuclear suburbia. The scale of destruction is unfathomableThe desire to rebuild the destroyed communities is strong. But residents know they cannot fully replace what has been lost Sat Feb 01 2025 - 06:00
Trump blames Washington air crash on Democrats’ diversity and equality policiesTrump blames Washington air disaster on equality policies of Democratic administrationsThu Jan 30 2025 - 21:07
Gavin Newsom’s small victory over Donald Trump provides chink of light for DemocratsGovernor of California faces down US president in confrontation that speaks volumes for chasm between ruling and opposition partiesSun Jan 26 2025 - 10:41
Donald Trump’s stunning first week back in the White House shows he’s on a mission to leave a legacyFor the president’s popularity in the US to last, he will have to make sure all his talk of a golden age translates into more money in ordinary people’s pocketsFri Jan 24 2025 - 13:58
Donald Trump’s first day: A bishop’s plea for mercy; cancer vaccine promise; pardons for Capitol riotersA bishop’s plea for mercy, a promise of AI cancer vaccines and a defence of pardons for Capitol rioters were among the extraordinary range of developmentsWed Jan 22 2025 - 07:08
Trump’s first hours: With each stroke of the pen came seismic hammer blowsExecutive order pardoning January 6th Capitol rioters is the most eye-catching of a day of sweeping legislative actionTue Jan 21 2025 - 06:43
Donald Trump returns to strike sombre tone of vindication and providential intercessionIcy, strained inauguration day is rich with human drama - and the abiding American theme of defeat and redemptionMon Jan 20 2025 - 21:56
Donald Trump set to be sworn in as 47th US president, completing remarkable comebackAmong the first tasks on incoming US president’s agenda are starting mass deportations and keeping TikTok from ‘going dark’Mon Jan 20 2025 - 10:06
Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg bending the knee before Trump shows they stand for nothingWhat is the point of having all the money if you can’t stand up for traditional American values or stick up the middle finger if someone is trying to intimidate you or put you in prisonSat Jan 18 2025 - 05:00
Trump is like the boy who got everything he wished for. What will he do with it?The billionaire businessman has managed to connect with millions of ordinary Americans in a way the Democrats cannotFri Jan 17 2025 - 14:05
‘Oligarchy is taking shape in America,’ warns Biden in farewell speech of lasting significanceDeparting US president uses farewell address to highlight ‘dangerous concentration of power among a few ultra-wealthy people’Thu Jan 16 2025 - 06:58
Sparks fly as US defence secretary nominee Pete Hegseth soldiers on before Senate committee US Senate confirmation hearings for Donald Trump’s proposed cabinet members began with the 44-year-old former Fox News television hostTue Jan 14 2025 - 20:45
The Sequoia, like Jimmy Carter, redolent of a very different eraWhile the grand old former presidential yacht is bound for a maritime museum, it felt like Washington was saying goodbye to a political epoch as well as a unique president this weekSat Jan 11 2025 - 05:00
Trump becomes first US president to be recorded as a convicted felonTrump was convicted on 34 counts of falsifying records in 'hush money' caseFri Jan 10 2025 - 17:43
Jimmy Carter’s final miracle sees five living US presidents come together for poignant funeralBarack Obama was seated beside Donald Trump with former vice-president Mike Pence just behind themThu Jan 09 2025 - 20:10
Washington bade Jimmy Carter a merciless goodbye but this week, the city is finally saying farewellThe body of the steadfast outsider, ferried on a horse drawn caisson to the steps of the Capitol, where he lies in state until Thursday morningWed Jan 08 2025 - 07:28
‘We must never forget’: Quiet dignity of ceremony to certify Trump’s win contrasts with Capitol riot of four years agoUS politicians gathered to participate in ritual to register the return of electoral college votes and Donald Trump’s victory in NovemberTue Jan 07 2025 - 12:17
Trump comes full circle as Washington marks anniversary of Capitol riotCongress certifies Donald Trump’s election win amid unprecedented security measures that saw thousands of additional police drafted into the cityMon Jan 06 2025 - 21:33
First major US winter storm of year sweeps into mid-Atlantic statesGovernors in Kansas, Kentucky, Arkansas, West Virginia, Virginia and Maryland declared states of emergencyMon Jan 06 2025 - 18:38
Undocumented Irish still fighting for legal status in US as Donald Trump promises new crackdownFormer congressman Bruce Morrison says Irish who overstayed holiday visa waivers lose right to a defence if new president takes aggressive approach on illegal immigrationThu Dec 26 2024 - 06:00
Donald Trump is changing America in ways that will reverberate long after he is deadThe US president is a once-in-a-lifetime master manipulator of the unseen energies that sway the electorateSat Dec 21 2024 - 06:00
Despite his attacks on the ‘fake news media’, Trump remains an avid, old-school news junkieSecond coming has swept a torrent of new doubts and insecurities through newsroomsSat Dec 14 2024 - 15:10
Irish couple’s End Sepsis scheme marks first White House event dedicated to informing US public on diseaseOrlaith and Ciaran Staunton founded programme following death of their son Rory in 2012, days after contracting the illnessFri Dec 13 2024 - 18:39
‘This is not easy for me’: FBI director resigns before Donald Trump takes officeChristopher Wray steps down, clearing the way for president-elect Donald Trump’s intended replacement Kash PatelThu Dec 12 2024 - 06:48
