Biden left Ireland feeling he could ‘be elected president’ here after 2023 visit
Former US president remembers his trip to Ireland in several passages in his upcoming memoir Promise Me, America
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Mississippi’s miraculous midterm mirrors a national story
Scott Colom seemed to be pushing against an impossible weight of history, but through a celever and relentless campaign, he prevailed
Surviving Trump: former US climate chief says fightback is under way
Gina McCarthy is part of an alliance of governors and mayors committed to climate action
Zelenskiy meeting with US envoys overshadows EPC summit in Dublin
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Washington gym shooting: police identify suspect and victim in attack that also injured four people
Gunman reported to have died from self-inflicted wound
Death toll rises to eight after building collapses in New York City
Authorities say at least 17 people were hurt when three-storey building in Brooklyn gave way
US official discloses nearly $12,000 holiday paid for by Stripe’s Patrick Collison
A spokesperson for Patrick Collison said they were a pre-existing friend and no business meetings were conducted on the trip
Democrats pledge to expose ‘absolute avalanche of corruption’ under Donald Trump
Congress member Jamie Raskin says he will launch sweeping probe of president and allies but warns party to avoid impeachment ‘distraction’
Democrat Scott Colom wins Mississippi Senate seat in historic upset
Election of the first Black senator in the state since 1880s comes in one of the country’s most reliably red states
US Treasury chief Scott Bessent is latest Trump official to move to military base amid Iranian threats
Bessent, a driving force behind US push to cripple Iran’s economy, relocates over alleged threat to his lif
Kennedy family joins bid to stop Trump’s Washington arch
Family says proposed monument would cast shadows over relatives’ grave sites
UK arrests US army member suspected of helping Russia
A 41-year-old remains in custody at a London police station
Democrats urged to resist ‘progressive’ pull after midterm success
Former congressman Joe Crowley says election results strengthen the case for a centrist strategy under House leader Hakeem Jeffries
House Republican moves to impeach US defence secretary Pete Hegseth
Trump critic Thomas Massie cites abuse of power and flouting of US constitution
Cruise ship pianist rescued after nine hours treading water 30km from shore
Man taken to hospital after falling off Royal Caribbean ship in Pacific Ocean, with Coast Guard investigating incident
Trump says he was ‘too tough’ on immigrants as he floats amnesty deal
US president concedes voters were turned off by deportations, Iran war and ‘bad messaging’ on the economy in midterm elections
‘He’s a great fighter’: The man shaping Trump’s final act
Stephen Miller, architect of the US president’s hardline immigration agenda has emerged from a bruising midterm defeat more powerful than ever
Donald Trump takes credit for a stock market rally that welcomed his defeat
Trump, who had warned a Democratic victory would cause a 1929-style depression, took credit in a social media post
Donald Trump offers White House press secretary job to UFC boss Dana White
Announcing the move on social media, the US president praised White for being ‘a violent Fighter and Warrior’
What will happen to Ireland if the AI bubble bursts?
US midterms outcome puts focus back on data centres and AI – a vital source of investment growth in the Irish economy
‘We outvoted the billionaires’: What comes next after the US midterm elections?
A deafening electoral roar swept from coast to coast with the speed of a prairie fire on Tuesday, but can the Democrats’ decisive win put America’s ghosts to rest?
Trump signs proclamation to try to prevent changes to gold-covered Oval Office
US president seeks to make Oval Office a national monument to ensure designs are not ‘ripped down by stupid people’
Democrats routed Republicans in the US midterms. But can they capitalise on it?
It should not be forgotten that one description of Trump voters in 2016 was similar to Abdul El-Sayed’s: a ‘coalition of the dispossessed’
The WhatsApp ‘general’ who helped turbocharge Lula’s comeback in Brazil
André Janones mobilised millions online, borrowing tactics from the right to boost voter turnout and defeat Flávio Bolsonaro.
Embattled Pete Hegseth may face impeachment next week
After midterm election wins, Democrats plan investigations into Iran war decisions and Pentagon purges
Trump may have lost control of Congress, but the planet is doomed
The reason he lost was inflation, rather than the US population suddenly turning Democrat
Death toll in Russian attack on Ukraine reaches 33, with dozens still missing
Teams of rescuers and volunteers search cratered blast site of destroyed aid facility in Zaporizhzhia region
US, China and Russia discuss possible meeting between Trump, Xi and Putin
Unclear whether the three sides are talking together, or if Beijing is holding bilateral talks with Washington and Moscow
Trump says US will stop $4 billion in funding to Israel at end of 2026
US president says financial support to Israel was used as a talking point to criticise Republicans
Trump proclaims ‘golden age’ while US midterm polls are flashing historical defeats
President ends bitter and expensive midterm campaign claiming: ‘This is the golden age of America’
Iran says contacts with US over ending war continue
China and Russia warn against the possibility of renewed military action
US midterm polls show a blue surge. Can we trust them?
Democrats lead in all key states that will decide senate control, but polls have underestimated Trump and Republican support before
Democrats ahead of Republicans in almost all key battleground states, polls find
Democrats ahead in Michigan, Texas, Kansas, Maine and Ohio
What are the US midterms and what do they mean for Donald Trump?
Democrats hope to take advantage of Donald Trump’s declining popularity and reclaim the House and Senate from the Republicans
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