Trump loyalist Todd Blanche confirmed as US attorney general
President’s one-time personal attorney becomes head of country’s top law enforcement department
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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
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
Graham Platner’s exit after sexual assault allegation leaves Democrats with a new crisis
Candidate for key US Senate race in Maine suspends his campaign after a series of allegations were made against him
US supreme court endorses grace periods for mail-in ballots
Donald Trump had previously vowed to end mail-in voting before November’s congressional elections
Controversial Democrat Graham Platner wins Maine’s US Senate primary
Platner faced a series of scandals, including a since covered-up Nazi symbol tattoo and a report that some ex-girlfriends found his behaviour disturbing
US Senate passes $70bn Ice funding as Democrats fail to ban Trump’s ‘anti-weaponisation’ fund
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Controversial candidate Graham Platner presents the Democrats with a dilemma
A 41-year-old who ‘has had his share of problems’ looks set to win the Democratic nomination to run for the US Senate in Maine, a key battleground in November’s midterms
‘We’re taking back what’s ours’: Democrats’ surprise sensation is a fisherman from Maine
Graham Platner is channelling economic frustration and hunger for change to become the party’s nominee in a crucial US Senate race
Hegseth ‘dangerously exaggerated’ US military triumph in Iran, senior Democrat claims
Shouts of ‘war criminal’ and ‘despicable’ from protesters heard during defence secretary’s opening statement
Charles gives slyly provocative speech to Congress amid bipartisan applause and laughter
British king cites power being subject to checks and balances and delivers pointed remarks on long British-US relationship
US and UK will always be staunch allies, king Charles says during address to congress
Royal’s speech comes during four-day visit to US during tense time in relationship between two countries over Iran war
US Senate backs Trump on Iran strikes
Bipartisan resolution aiming to stop the air war is blocked as Senate votes largely along party lines
Texas’s most explosive Senate race in decades could reshape politics in Lone Star State
Bruising attack ads, spiralling spending and an energised Democratic field collide in a primary that could reshape politics in the Lone Star State
The Irish Times view on Trump’s State of the Union address: art of the low bar
Republicans will fret about the yawning gap between presidential rhetoric and voter sentiment
Donald Trump hails US economy, rounds on Democrats in longest state of the union address
President’s speech lasting one hour and 48 minutes sought to reinvigorate supporters in Republican heartland states
US Democrats introduce Virginia’s Law alongside Epstein victims
New legislation is named after Virginia Giuffre, one of the dead financier’s most prominent accusers
The worse Trump behaves, the more room there is for optimism
Are the scales of Maga delusion finally falling from the eyes of Trump voters?
US Senate approves Bill to force release of all Epstein files by unanimous consent
Legislation will go to Donald Trump to be signed into law with questions raised about his links to dead paedophile
Democratic fumble hands shutdown victory to Trump despite a wave of boos from NFL fans
Despite being seemingly caught off-guard by a wave of boos, the US president went almost straight back to declaring his wins
Democratic cave-in to avert US shutdown may lead to a changing of guard within the party
Democratic cave-in may lead to a substantial change of the old-guard leadership
The Irish Times view on US elections: signs of life for Democrats
Wins arrive at the close of a bleak year defined by self-doubt and internal recriminations
US government shutdown: standoff could lead to thousands of federal job losses
Senate rejects short-term spending measure, deepening partisan divide
Texas gives final approval to aggressive redrawing of its congressional map
Redistricting set to deliver Republicans five seats in US Congress and preserve party’s thin majority in advance of 2026 midterm elections
Trump ally Jeanine Pirro confirmed as top federal prosecutor for Washington DC
Former Fox News host publicly supported baseless claims that Trump lost first presidency because of fraud
‘Ireland is not anti-Semitic’: Taoiseach rejects criticism from veteran US senator
Idaho Republican and chair of US Senate foreign relations committe Jim Risch said Ireland was on ‘a hateful, anti-Semitic path’
Elon Musk says Trump’s ‘big, beautiful’ tax and spending Bill is a ‘disgusting abomination’
Musk’s online outburst comes as Republicans continue crucial negotiations over Bill on Capitol Hill
No limits? Why the United States could be on the verge of a constitutional crisis
Donald Trump and his closest advisers have taken steps to circumvent the constraints upon the executive authority of president in pursuit of vaguely defined goals. Can they be stopped?
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