Her forecast of clement weather on June 6th 1944 helped to secure victory for the Allies

US Politics: The British right cannot court Trump while keeping China as a mistress

Populists do not live and die on their record – they live on a sense of rolling crisis

Whiff of racism never far away from a club with a distinctly southern heritage

US Politics: Americans must embrace ‘socialism’ to ensure survival of capitalism

Ironically the president gave Jeff Bezos the courage to defy the National Inquirer

US Politics: Opposition to Trump’s plan to exit Afghanistan smacks of ‘horror of retreat’

The Chinese president channels early struggles into ascent to leadership

Eisenhower Fellowships to assemble a group of 14 Irish fellows to travel to the US

US Politics: President’s unforced error is helping Democrats in midterm elections

A history with steroids does not disqualify ‘The Incredible Hulk’ from serving on Trump council

When Carnsore Point was proposed as the site for Ireland’s first nuclear power plant

Current effort to oust Assad follows many failed attempts to topple him

US first lady will not attend St Patrick’s Day shamrock ceremony with Donald Trump

The US president sees some good hombres and bad hombres even in the sports world

Patrick Freyne looks at how US presidents have been sworn in across the centuries

30 survivors honoured at reception in LA before heading to Honolulu to mark anniversary

From toxic pens to poisoned milkshake, security men calculate 634 failed murder plots

Republican mulling a mix of insiders and outsiders for top administration positions

President and successor show a unified front as they begin formal handover of power

‘The comb-over is a testament to man’s inexhaustible capacity for self-delusion’

Republican’s wife jokes in interview that she has two boys at home: her son and husband

Businessman embarks on fresh push to close historic poll deficit with key Republican bloc

TV review: ‘Road to Rio’, ‘Great American Railroad Journeys’, ‘How to Win the US Presidency’

Michael Portillo is chasing his Brit-centric idea of the US, while Cal Saville’s plan for taking the Oval Office is all slogan and no substance

Trump adds midwest to his victories putting him in pole position to face Clinton

Resounding Indiana victory turns focus to November presidential election and Hillary Clinton

Longing for access to cheaper food hitched to national goodwill towards US president

President sets up battle with Republicans as he names US appeals judge Merrick Garland

The language of Republican candidates shows how far to the right the party has swung

John Kerry witnesses US flag being raised at embassy in Havana after 54 years

Symbolic event takes place eight months after Havana and Washington agreed new ties

Hailing ‘historic step’, Obama to send John Kerry to raise US flag in Havana this summer

The bad reputation for saturated fats was created in 1952 on the back of a study that examined evidence from six countries

Tourists still gawp at the grassy knoll, but today’s city is an entirely different place to the Dallas of 1963

Adenauer wanted a rebuilt Germany to strive for European unity and reconciliation

The state’s problems bear no resemblance to the death-by-liberalism storyline the California-bashers keep peddling