‘We have seven guys here from Ireland for Abdul’: Student volunteers play role in landmark US vote
Irish student says volunteering for Abdul El-Sayed’s successful campaign gave insight into American politics
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Republican downfall: The inside story of Team Trump’s midterm collapse
How an unpopular president and an unpopular war provided an opening for Democrats to make sweeping gains in the midterms
Trump responds to US midterms defeat as Democrats win full control of the Texas House
‘Trump is still your president’ - White House
The lights begin to go out on Donald Trump’s volatile and frequently terrifying reign
JD Vance blames Iran war in what seemed a blatant distancing from a president who has demanded blind loyalty
The Irish Times view on the US midterms: blue wave engulfs Trump
Result a repudiation of him by part of the coalition that handed him victory two years ago
Republicans turn on each other as midterm results sink in
Party figures lash out at Donald Trump, his candidates and his staff over Iran war, cost of living and corruption allegations
US Senate: Seven new faces to watch out for
Incomers include those who are seen as future presidential candidates
Donald Trump punished: five key takeaways from a Democrat landslide
States and districts that voted for Trump two years ago abandoned president’s allies in the midterms
Republicans routed as Democrats retake the US Senate in style
Keith Duggan speaks to Hugh Linehan about the results of the US midterm elections and what they mean for the final two years of Trump's presidency
In pictures: Democrats win control of House and Senate in 2026 US midterms
Sweeping victory reshapes electoral map for 2028 presidential election
What can Democrats do now they have won Congress?
With majorities in both chambers, the party can launch investigations and block Trump appointments
‘America is back’: Trump and his Maga movement take an unholy caning
US election is an irrepressible demonstration of the democratic process after two years of black warnings about repression of US democracy
Trump faces day of reckoning as voters head to the polls for midterm elections
Poll will deliver verdict on US president’s tumultuous second term
Daniel Geary: Five things to look out for in the US midterms
Will Republicans benefit from low expectations? Could a big win for the Democrats convince them to choose a progressive like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in 2028?
Trump touts reflecting pool as Democrats try to contain Senate rift
Supreme court rejects last-minute attempt to block California from counting mail-in ballots
‘A despicable betrayal’: Democrats incensed by Haley Stevens’ endorsement of Mike Rogers
Stevens’ decision sparked fierce backlash from members of the party, while Donald Trump praised the sudden switch
Election night: When Irish viewers can expect the key calls
Pennsylvania and Alaska mean control of US Congress may remain uncertain long after dawn in Ireland
US midterms: Inside the Democrats’ secret effort to sow confusion in Alaska ballot
Operatives aligned with Democratic nominee for US senate sought candidates of same name as Republican rival
Branded ‘lazy’ by Trump, a Democrat is mounting an unexpected challenge in a Republican stronghold
Democrat Josh Turek is mounting an unexpected challenge in Iowa, a traditional Republican bastion
Funny, irreverent, cocky: Can Abdul El-Sayed win a vital senate seat in abandoned America?
In Flint, birthplace of General Motors, voters wrestling with healthcare costs and economic decline may determine control of the US Senate
The Irish Times view on US midterms: a lame duck Trump is still a danger
Most forecasts now favour Democrats to take both houses of Congress
Former Trump prosecutor Jack Smith tells US Senate he will not be silenced
Special counsel brought criminal cases over alleged attempts to overturn 2020 US presidential election
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
Trump loyalist Todd Blanche confirmed as US attorney general
President’s one-time personal attorney becomes head of country’s top law enforcement department
US senator Mitch McConnell (84) leaves rehab centre to continue recovery from fall at home
Republican’s absence narrows path for Trump’s former personal lawyer Todd Blanche to be made head of justice department
US Senate panel votes to hold Anthony Fauci in contempt of congress over Covid hearing
Fauci invoked fifth amendment dozens of times to parry hostile Republican inquisition over pandemic response
‘Ugliest election race of the year’: Democrats’ civil war erupts in Michigan
Abdul El-Sayed’s rise reflects a party increasingly defined by generational change, economic anger and foreign-policy dissent
Todd Blanche grilled over Epstein files and Trump’s tax immunity at Senate hearing
Trump’s former personal lawyer and his nominee for attorney general denies putting the US president’s interests first
Darline Graham Nordone profile: The sister of late US senator Lindsey Graham steps up to the plate
‘Lindsey has always been there for me. Now I will be there for him,’ says newly sworn-in senator (62)
Can US senator Lindsey Graham’s Ukraine initiatives survive without him?
Volodymyr Zelenskiy has lost a big advocate in the Trump White House, but there is still support for a Russia sanctions Bill
Lindsey Graham’s sister appointed to serve rest of Republican’s US Senate term
Darline Graham Nordone’s brother, a South Carolina senator and Trump ally, died on Saturday aged 71 after a brief illness
Lindsey Graham betrayed his younger self by becoming Trump’s golf buddy and confidant
US senator publicly abandoned his criticism of ‘bigot’ Trump after 2016 to become a staunch advocate for the president
Lindsey Graham, key ally of Donald Trump, dies aged 71
Republican senator served in the Senate since 2003 and was a sharp critic of Trump before becoming one of his most loyal backers
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