Republican Party

Mike Ditka: The ‘ultra-ultra-ultra conservative’ coach who transcended the NFL

Super Bowl-winning coach of the Chicago Bears opted not to run against Barack Obama for a vacant US Senate seat in 2004

Wed Oct 14 2026 - 11:00

What are the US midterms? A visual guide

Democrats hope to take advantage of Donald Trump’s declining popularity and reclaim the House and Senate from the Republicans

Tue Oct 13 2026 - 12:30

‘A lot of people are losing hope’: A state Trump turned red now appears more divided

Protests greet arrival of Donald Trump for an Ohio event that is greatly reduced in scale and intensity from mega-rallies two years ago

Tue Oct 13 2026 - 07:30

Ilhan Omar: US immigration authorities raid Democratic congresswoman’s home

Somali-born Omar is an outspoken critic of ‌US president Donald Trump

Mon Oct 12 2026 - 17:30

Emerging Democrat star Jon Ossoff has become a chief thorn in Trump’s side

Georgia senator verbally pummeled his ‘bigot’ Republican rival in recent debate and has become a chief thorn in Trump’s side ahead of midterms

Mon Oct 12 2026 - 07:09

Sublime evenings and empty downtowns: Democrats threaten comeback in America’s heartland

I drove across Ohio on Route 40, one of the many states in which Republican strategists are responding to distant sirens

Fri Oct 09 2026 - 07:00

Lone star Trump believes he can bend Texas and midterm elections to his will

US president’s essential message to Maga voters on campaign tour has been ‘pretend I am on the ballot’

Thu Oct 08 2026 - 07:09

This year won’t see the end of Trumpism. But it might see the beginning of the end

Worldview: Unless the polling is very wrong, Democrats are on course to retake the House of Representatives. But they also have a strong chance of capturing the Senate

Mon Oct 05 2026 - 06:00

A Trump electoral project to make Steve Hilton the next governor of California

The transformation of Steve Hilton, former strategy guru for David Cameron, into a renegade Republican candidate is one wacky story

Thu Oct 01 2026 - 07:04

Trump weighs diesel export ban as US fuel crisis deepens

Trump at centre of lobbying fight between Big Oil and top Republicans warning of voter anger at high fuel prices

Wed Sept 30 2026 - 07:28

A Republican midterm defeat will not be an earthquake

Democrats are likely to make gains in Congress but divided government is unlikely to derail Trump’s agenda

Tue Sept 29 2026 - 16:22

Maga base exasperated as Trump embraces AI

US president’s Big Tech boosterism is alienating once-loyal supporters just weeks ahead of the midterms

Fri Sept 25 2026 - 15:11

Hasan Piker: the Republican Party’s bogeyman

Left-wing influencer is being used to frighten voters in advance of November’s midterm elections

Thu Sept 24 2026 - 16:30

Trump’s visit to North Carolina was his first explicit test of the exercise in make-believe

‘Some of you like me more than you like the party,’ US president tells small crowd in a speech that no major network covered live

Thu Sept 17 2026 - 07:21

Vance focuses on fearmongering as tariffs backlash hits Kansas heartland

Incumbent senator Roger Marshall was booed as he attempted to argue the Trump administration is lowering living costs

Tue Sept 15 2026 - 07:34

‘US business people buy properties in Ireland because they love everything about it’

Westmeath-born, Palm Beach-based Desmond Keogh, president of the Irish Georgian Society in the US, owns Oakley Park House in Co Meath

Mon Sept 14 2026 - 05:00

JD Vance pitches himself as Trump’s political heir at Republican midterm convention

Vance praised Donald Trump as ‘the toughest SOB in American politics’

Fri Sept 11 2026 - 06:33

The $5,000 question: can Trump really deliver his election cash pledge?

US president’s promise of ‘dividend’ raises legal, political and economic questions, with the plan likely to cost more than $1 trillion

Thu Sept 10 2026 - 09:44

Donald Trump pledges $5,000 for each US citizen if Republicans win midterms

Trump rehashes Maga message at Dallas convention that America is poised for new golden age if voters stick with him and hell if they don’t

Thu Sept 10 2026 - 07:30

Is controversy-plagued Pete Hegseth eyeing up a 2028 presidential bid?

Trump’s secretary of war has terrible approval ratings and a cabinet career defined by indefatigable bombast

Tue Sept 08 2026 - 07:23

Melania Trump to skip US president’s Ireland visit

People before Profit TD Paul Murphy says he has ‘every confidence’ President Catherine Connolly will challenge Trump on Palestine

Thu Sept 03 2026 - 19:21

The US’s financial position is deteriorating rapidly. This is bad news for Ireland

Foreign investment in US bond market has been a boon for Americans, but they are vulnerable to a change in sentiment

Sat Aug 29 2026 - 06:00

A wickedly inventive political ad is airing in Texas as midterm elections loom

Success of many democratic socialist candidates primary vote cycle has been down to avowed refusal to accept donations from super PACs

Sat Aug 29 2026 - 05:37

South Carolina chooses Darline Graham as Republican nominee for US Senate

Sister of Lindsey Graham, with Donald Trump’s support, overcomes concern about her lack of legislative experience

Wed Aug 26 2026 - 07:03

Democrats critical of meeting between Hakeem Jeffries and Jared Kushner

Private New York talks take place as Democrats grow increasingly confident of retaking the House in November

Mon Aug 24 2026 - 11:37

As Trump poll ratings slide divisions threaten to fracture Republican Party

World View: The party has always been a fractious coalition, but more recently a split has emerged between the libertarians and a putative ‘national conservative’ tendency

Mon Aug 24 2026 - 06:00