The plainspoken west Belfast actor on her love of Ballymurphy, ongoing intergenerational trauma in the North, and why she refuses to just ‘shut up, smile, wave and wear pretty clothes’

Mamdani tapped into people’s desperation for change but now has to convince the business class he is more than a charismatic novice

City’s rising star and mayore-elect may reflect a shifting mood among the electorate

Democratic Socialist (34) achieves ‘one of the great US political upsets’, as Democrats post governor wins in New Jersey and Virginia

The architect-in-chief of America’s ‘war on terror’ was later vilified for relentlessly hawkish foreign policy

As millions head to the polls, former US president’s oratory skills reminded his party of a brighter past

US Letter: Scenes were filmed in Washington DC, where the 1973 movie is celebrated to this day

The one-time aspiring rapper has crafted an ingenious campaign for a manifesto based on universal fairness

Donna Hughes-Brown (58) has been detained since July in conditions her husband describes as ‘absolutely horrible’

Donna Hughes-Brown (58) has been in detention since late July following family trip to Ireland

As tensions escalate, our correspondents examine the contrasting styles and strategies of the two leaders ahead of a pivotal summit

As the US president trains his sights on New York’s attorney general and federal agents target street vendors on Canal Street, the city has become the stage for a struggle between power and resistance

At a meeting with the Nato chief, Trump had a model of his new, disco-and-waltzing-friendly White House ballroom sitting on a table

Karine Jean-Pierre’s comments while publicising a memoir puts her at odds with Maga and many in the liberal media

Mike Johnson finds himself with plenty of explaining to do amid US government shutdown, the president’s social media outbursts and growing pressure to release the Jeffrey Epstein files