Donald Trump

Trump has large early lead over former rising conservative star in Republican nomination battle

Peter Murtagh continues his journey up the Americas with a stop off at the famous Mel’s Drive-In Diner. He isn’t disappointed, and meeting a rock queen is an added bonus

The writer on his ‘final’ Frank Bascombe novel, why he wants to write ‘useful’ books, and his fantasy president

Daniel Chandler’s Free and Equal skilfully turns political philosophy into detailed policy proposals, while Rafaek Behr surveys the wreckage of post-Brexit Britain

Biden’s advanced age means his running mate in 2024 election needs to be ready for presidency

Court filing describes Giuliani as hard-drinking womaniser who made satisfying sexual demands ‘absolute requirement’ of Noelle Dunphy’s work

Durham report sharply critical of how agency opened counterintelligence investigation into former US president

Findings highly critical of FBI inquiry into former president’s alleged links to Russia

Investor has a long history of making dramatic predictions that turn out to be incorrect

Number of people encountered by US authorities trying to cross border is down by half compared with last week before ending of ‘Title 42′ regulation

Argument that the media should ignore former president is ridiculous

The former president’s legal woes are far from over, but he remains a powerful figure in US politics

Allies joked the event amounted to an hour of infomercials for the former president

A handful of strong women are proving his biggest obstacle to getting back into the White House. Let’s hope the women who voted for him follow their lead

Former president also suggests Congress should default on debts if Republicans cannot secure spending cuts

There is no world in which the result of that civil trial was a positive development for the project he is most focused on: the presidential campaign

Former US president found guilty of sexually abusing Carroll and ordered to pay $5m in damages

Jury ruled former US president sexually abused author E Jean Carroll, but did not convict him of rape

Trump to lodge appeal, making further litigation on E Jean Carroll case certain

Former president did not rape accuser, jury finds, as it awards $5m compensation

Former US president Donald Trump argues that claims of rape made against him are ridiculous and made up

Writer’s lawyer makes closing arguments in civil lawsuit against Trump for sexual battery and defamation

New York court hears closing arguments in civil case in which E Jean Carroll alleges former president raped her nearly 30 years ago

Former president did not file last-minute request to give evidence that had been offered by judge in civil case

Locals kept away as the former president’s supporters, American and Irish, made their pilgrimage to his hotel

Video testimony, filmed last October, was released by judge and was previously played in court for jury on Thursday

Minister for Justice says any time Trumps or Musk ‘have a different view to you ... is not a bad day at the office’

Bill extends list of groups covered by incitement to hatred legislation and mirrors UK law but some TDs have raised concerns

Writer E Jean Carroll’s civil lawsuit accuses Donald Trump of rape and defamation

Eric Trump says Trump Organisation had spoken ‘indirectly’ to controversial breakaway tour about possibility of holding tournament at former US president’s west of Ireland course

‘We have the ocean, and nobody else does’, so hotel is now called Doonbeg on the Ocean

Friday, May 5th, 2023

Trump’s son recalls visiting Seán Quinn’s Co Cavan hotel with his Irish nanny and assesses father’s chances in 2024 US election

In the News podcast with Bernice Harrison

Former president goes on the offensive from first tee at his golf resort in Co Clare

Former US president receives warm welcome at his hotel in Co Clare but the streets aren’t exactly teeming with supporters

Action had accused the newspaper’s reporters of an ‘insidious plot’ to obtain former US president’s tax records

Just as E Jean Carroll cannot remember whether her alleged rape took place in 1995 or 1996, I do not recall the precise day of my own rape

Asked if he had affairs while married, Mr Trump said: “I don’t know”

Clare town quiet for Trump’s third visit but locals ‘separate the politics and the business’