US Senate votes to halt Iran war in latest rebuke of Trump
It was the first time both chambers of Congress passed a resolution directing a president to remove US armed forces from hostilities
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Donald Trump, the Creature from the Green Lagoon
The president as a maniacal urban planner is a white-knuckle ride, with Washington just holding on for dear life
The US at 250 is an edgy, doom-stalked place, not much in the mood to celebrate
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The UFC came to the White House for Trump’s 80th birthday, but very few celebrities did
Seven cage fights take place in front of the White House under the banner of UFC Freedom 250
Workers begin removing Trump’s name from the Kennedy Center
Move comes hours after a court-ordered deadline to remove president’s name from performing arts venue in Washington
Donald Trump’s subdued Memorial Day speech sounded like a denial of reality
The war with Iran and an inflation crisis is turning the ground beneath the US president into quicksand
Suspect shot dead near White House after firing at security checkpoint
Officers returned fire and hit the suspect – named as Nasire Best (21), who later died in hospital
Behind the pageantry, Beijing delivers stark Taiwan warning to Trump
Xi Jinping warns that any effort to steady US-China ties hinges on how Washington handles Taiwan
Suspect in White House press dinner shooting pleads not guilty to all charges
Cole Tomas Allen did not speak in court on Monday as his attorney entered the plea on his behalf
New video shows moment gunman tried to storm White House dinner, officials say
Jeanine Pirro, US attorney for Washington, posts video on social media amid questions over whose bullet struck a Secret Service officer
What the royal state dinner guest list says about Trump’s America
Among the guests were at least 10 US billionaires, six Fox News hosts, Silicon Valley tech titans and assorted friends of the president’s
Jimmy Kimmel defends Melania ‘widow’ joke after the Trumps call for him to be fired
First lady accuses the comedian of ‘hateful and violent rhetoric’ over joke made days before the White House press dinner shooting
Grievance propelled Washington attack suspect across country, authorities say
Tutor told his colleagues and students in recent days that a personal emergency would keep him from his teaching
‘I wanted to see what was going on’: Trump says he held up security from rushing him out of hotel shooting
US Secret Service officers eventually led US president and other administration members to safety after the shots were fired
Who is Cole Tomas Allen, the suspect in the White House correspondents’ dinner shooting?
US president Donald Trump and his cabinet were rushed out from the Hilton Hotel in Washington, DC following the shooting
How the shooting at the White House correspondents’ dinner unfolded as Trump rushed from stage
At least half a dozen shots were fired by a gunman inside the Hilton Hotel, Washington
How a New Mexico mountain town became home and final resting place of actor Dennis Hopper
Easy Rider director was so taken with Taos that he became its most notorious resident during the 1970s and its most feted retiree in the last years of his life
Karoline Leavitt usually retaliates first, but a tough question made her pause
The White House press secretary and JD Vance took questions on the Iran ceasefire while the US president remained elusive
In the Pennsylvania Avenue big house, it was the Potus Plámáser’s turn in the bully seat
At the Irish Ambassador’s house, the crisp sandwiches, green McDonald’s milkshakes and tricolour M&Ms went down a treat
Micheál Martin the Trumpologist: European leaders will look for lessons from Taoiseach’s Oval Office approach
Donald Trump can be unpredictable, vindictive and rude. How to deal with him is a central question preoccupying governments the world over
Trump takes aim at Nato, Keir Starmer and Europe in meeting with Taoiseach
Micheál Martin intervened repeatedly to defend Starmer and insisted that Europe was ‘a good place to live’
Taoiseach manages Trump visit successfully with firm interjects and no clashes
Micheál Martin was a mute observer for large parts of the press conference but he made a series of firm interjections
Eight key moments from Martin-Trump meeting: from Catherine Connolly comments to Starmer
Taoiseach benefits from St Patrick’s Day news agenda dominated by US foreign policy
Martin was left with two choices as Trump recited an increasingly cranky litany of complaints
At the Oval Office, Micheál Martin drew on his skills of diplomacy to delicately defend Keir Starmer and Europe
Bank of Ireland to close New York office this year amid US leveraged finance exit
Chicago and Stamford operations will also shut down
Taoiseach says any supports to ease energy costs will be ‘targeted’
Tánaiste says Ireland does not back Trump call for western militaries to escort oil tankers through Strait of Hormuz
There’s something missing from Ireland’s debates on foreign policy: our interests
Bollocking the president of the United States on St Patrick’s Day is probably not what the people want their political leader to do
Kristi and Cory: Maga’s less alluring version of Wuthering Heights
Officials held a secret meeting to discuss what they saw as the toxic romance warping the Department of Homeland Security
Keith Duggan’s journey through America: The farther west you go the less real Trump becomes
US250: the country is in the grip of a long winter and an extended moment of uncertainty
Donald Trump’s decision on Iran strike may hinge on last-ditch talks this week
Warplanes and naval assets amount to biggest US regional military build-up since 2003 invasion of Iraq
Archbishop John McDowell: Ireland must not succumb to the racism gripping the US
Rite & Reason: One statistic suggests about 75 per cent of white people in the US have no relationship with people of colour. I suspect the percentage for Ireland would be even higher
The Washington Post’s darkest moment
The newspaper once brought down a president. Now, under Jeff Bezos, it is being dismantled from within
Morgan McSweeney: Starmer’s embattled chief of staff may soon need to update his LinkedIn
Irish man who helped mastermind Labour’s return to power facing calls to be sacked by MPs angry over Peter Mandelson scandal
Donald Trump’s hunger for monuments is reshaping Washington
US president orders two-year closure of the Kennedy Center – the latest casualty in his architectural reimagining of the capital
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