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Concerns being swept ‘under the rug’ first open hearing on subject in 50 years told

Killing of 10 at New York supermarket being treated as racially motivated hate crime

UK government has been lobbying intensively in Washington with little to show for it

The White House said it recognised there had been ‘challenges’ over its implementation

US on verge of sending envoy to Northern Ireland, letter to UK foreign secretary suggests

Victory for Marcos would mark political rehabilitation of family that ran notorious dictatorship

Economist Gernot Wagner on a radical solution that’s no longer science fiction

Ms Harris has not been in close contact with president Joe Biden due to travel schedules

Recordings leaked of Kevin McCarthy’s calls with other politicians about Capitol riots

America Letter: Healthcare is divisive in the US, but Obamacare has grown in popularity

Records show no details of who Trump spoke to at key period during January 6th attack

‘The story is actually spectacular behind the band,’ Star Wars producer says

Ex-president of US says Alabama candidate went ‘woke’ in comments about false claims

Congressional leader warns that if the NI border “hardened”, there would be no US-UK trade deal

Hope is for return to travel and engagement that existed prior to coronavirus pandemic

America Letter: As cases threaten to rise, release of funds falls prey to partisan politics

US house speaker Nancy Pelosi read his verse about the Ukraine war on St Patrick’s Day

Taoiseach travelled to Paris and London before St Patrick’s Day visit to White House

Democrat and Republican politicians put forward Bill to revive E3 visa scheme

Richard Neal awarded honorary degree by Dublin City University

Martin will also thank the president for his ‘steadfast’ support for Belfast Agreement

‘Leaders will reaffirm close partnership’ on St Patrick’s Day, says White House

Ireland still punches above its weight on Capitol Hill, but the fight is becoming harder

Resolution that could be adopted around St Patrick’s Day also in favour of NI protocol

New laws to limit voting access at the heart of threat to US democracy, campaigners say

UN special adviser warns of resurgence of Isis if Libya split by HoR and GNU division

If appointed, she would be first black woman to sit on country’s most powerful bench

‘For a party many years into an illiberal drift, Republicans are oddly firm in defence of Ukraine’

Committee looking at measures social media companies took to prevent use of platforms for radicalisation

President warns of ‘defining moment’ as he voices support for filibuster reform

Amendment to filibuster may be on cards in move to overcome restrictions on voting

Michelle Obama spearheads campaign to register a million new voters in the US

Ex-president Jimmy Carter says he fears for right to free and fair elections in US

Trump allies worked to keep him in power but it is unclear if riots were part of strategy

Thousands of supporters of former president stormed Capitol on January 6th, 2021

US Politics: Terrible internal violence with riots and assassinations may hover on horizon

Capitol riots have become yet another talking point in America's never-ending culture war

Rejection of Build Back Better plan by Manchin poses dilemma for Democrats

White House says it will seek to move ahead on €1.75tn Bill next year regardless

Other democracies have shown themselves far more capable of punishing abuses of power