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
Micheál Martin, master of platitudes, steps into Trump’s Oval Office bear pit
Immigration, tariffs, the Irish-US trade imbalance and State’s reputation as pro-Palestinian could derail diplomatic setpiece
Keith Duggan’s US road trip: A German town on the Missouri weighs its past - and its future
A Rhineland dream transplanted to the Midwest, Hermann offers European architecture, easygoing days and a deep sense of place
Trump presses Republicans to radically alter voting rules before midterm elections
In addition to prosecuting a war, the US president has spent the week demanding swift passage of legislation that could reshape US voting rules
A vintage Trump performance in America’s heartland: Electoral fraud, Obama-bashing, ‘Newscum’
With an eye on the midterm elections, the US president is trying to convince his voting base – and perhaps himself – that everything is still okay
The more Donald Trump spoke, the less his Iran plan seemed clear
Enigmatic and ambivalent, the US president gave a TV interview in which he offered few clues as to what might happen next with ‘this excursion’ in the Middle East
Keith Duggan’s US road trip: In the ruins of coal country, a Virginia town reinvents itself
Abingdon has rebuilt itself through theatre, heritage and a renewed sense of community — a rare bright spot in a battered region
Kristi Noem falls from grace after disastrous handling of Trump’s immigration policy
Previously the US secretary of homeland security, now she’s the first big Trump cabinet casualty
James Talarico wins Democrat race in Texas amid voting chaos and chicanery claims
A change to voting procedures in Democrat Jasmine Crockett’s stronghold led to voter confusion and a court intervention to keep voting stations open
Iran sends drones and missiles across the Gulf as up to 2,000 Irish seek route home
Government working to finalise charter flight from Oman while confusion over Trump’s strategy continues
US and Israel continue assault on Iran as war spreads across the Gulf
Hundreds reportedly killed across region as Donald Trump says military operations could last ‘four to five weeks’
Americans left asking ‘what next’ after Trump leads country into war
US president had been warned air raids on Iranian leader unlikely to be successful
Trump, the self-declared president of peace, goes to war seeking regime change
Iranian-American jubilation at the death of Iran’s brutal supreme leader tempered by uncertainty over the country’s trajectory
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
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















