‘She is slowly breaking down’: Irish grandmother detained in US has deportation hearing delayed until DecemberDonna Hughes-Brown (58) has been detained since July in conditions her husband describes as ‘absolutely horrible’Thu Oct 30 2025 - 07:01
Irish grandmother detained in US over $25 cheque to have deportation hearing on WednesdayDonna Hughes-Brown (58) has been in detention since late July following family trip to IrelandTue Oct 28 2025 - 16:11
Donald Trump vs Xi Jinping: who holds the stronger hand?As tensions escalate, our correspondents examine the contrasting styles and strategies of the two leaders ahead of a pivotal summitSun Oct 26 2025 - 14:22
How New York became the front line in Trump’s America 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 resistanceSun Oct 26 2025 - 05:00
As the diggers tear into the White House, Trump is reminded: ‘It’s not yours’ At a meeting with the Nato chief, Trump had a model of his new, disco-and-waltzing-friendly White House ballroom sitting on a tableThu Oct 23 2025 - 06:49
‘He was aware’: Ex-Biden press secretary mounts lonely defence of former presidentKarine Jean-Pierre’s comments while publicising a memoir puts her at odds with Maga and many in the liberal mediaWed Oct 22 2025 - 08:03
Staying loyal to Donald Trump tests Republican speaker’s survival skillsMike 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 filesTue Oct 21 2025 - 06:55
‘A sick puppy’: Trump and ex-adviser John Bolton was a doomed relationship from the startJohn Bolton has been criminally indicted on federal charges relating to his time in US officeSat Oct 18 2025 - 05:00
Trump says Middle East ceasefire gives administration ‘credibility’ in Russia-Ukraine mediationUS president welcomes Zelenskiy to White House while saying Putin ‘really not ready’ to end conflictFri Oct 17 2025 - 20:15
Summer heat: Football just another front in Trump battle with US citiesUS president again raises idea of moving games in next year’s World Cup from host cities deemed unfit or unsafeThu Oct 16 2025 - 06:53
Unflattering magazine cover is only blemish for triumphant Trump after Gaza ceasefire Unflattering cover photograph is only blemish for triumphant US president following Gaza ceasefireWed Oct 15 2025 - 06:57
Trump’s wilful optimism generates momentum on one-day victory lap of Middle EastPainstaking steps towards political stability and reconstruction of Gaza remain details for another dayMon Oct 13 2025 - 19:44
You go to bed dreaming of a Nobel Peace prize and wake up to find a guy with latex glovesFlawed and fragile as the ceasefire is, it could not have happened had Kamala Harris won the election Sat Oct 11 2025 - 05:48
‘We are going to defend Chicago’: Trump’s Ice agents face pushbackAs US president attempts to send in the national guard, residents and officials resist what they call authoritarian over-reachFri Oct 10 2025 - 14:10
Russell Vought: The quiet man providing the spine and steel of the Trump administrationMost anti-performative figure in US president Donald Trump’s administration is coming into his ownSat Oct 04 2025 - 06:00
Democrats take major gamble over US government shutdownDemocrats’ refusal to pass funding Bill sees Republicans threaten mass federal lay-offsFri Oct 03 2025 - 06:47
US government shuts down after senators fail to pass Republican funding BillAn estimated 750,000 federal workers will be furloughed without pay, as Republicans and Democrats blame each otherWed Oct 01 2025 - 07:12
Trump and Netanyahu’s new Gaza plan is a far cry from ‘the Riviera of the East’Many questions remain, not least the key issue of whether Hamas leadership had been privy to the full contents of the plan in advanceTue Sept 30 2025 - 06:59
Trump agrees new Gaza peace plan with Israel and warns Hamas to acceptUS president hails draft deal as ‘potentially one of the great days ever in civilisation’Mon Sept 29 2025 - 21:30
Ryder Cup: McIlroy and Lowry suffer psychological assault on ugly and unforgettable day The concept of what it is to be a human being as well as an elite sportsman was pushed to its very limits at Bethpage BlackSun Sept 28 2025 - 13:02
Ryder Cup: McIlroy and Lowry suffer psychological assault on ugly and unforgettable day Crowd’s baiting of Irish pair at Bethpage carries a sense of US anxiety and shrillness Sun Sept 28 2025 - 12:52
Taoiseach would have ‘no issue’ with Donald Trump addressing OireachtasUS president could be afforded honour of speaking to Oireachtas if he visits Ireland for Ryder Cup event in 2027Sun Sept 28 2025 - 06:00
For Canadians, relaxation comes naturally, even when the Taoiseach brings the rainIt doesn’t take long to get a sense of the sheer immensity of the land mass and the cosmic gall behind Trump’s `51st state’ insultSat Sept 27 2025 - 05:00
Netanyahu’s fiery defiance meets wall of global condemnation over GazaFrom staged walkouts to ovations, a week in New York exposed unbridgeable chasm over Palestinian sufferingFri Sept 26 2025 - 19:45
Taoiseach finds common ground with Canadian PM Mark Carney during Ottawa meeting Prime minister notes link between countries ‘one of our strongest relationships ... with respect to shared values’ Thu Sept 25 2025 - 21:22
Gaza flotilla on way to deliver aid expecting more ‘violent attacks’ at sea shortlyIrish passengers describe explosions, also say boat communications ‘jammed’ with Abba songsThu Sept 25 2025 - 19:08
Simon Harris to meet US secretary of commerce for mooted ‘economic relationship’ talksTánaiste will also officially open Ireland’s new embassy to the United States in Washington DCThu Sept 25 2025 - 00:01
Martin believes Trump has accepted Putin is ‘not serious’ about ending Ukraine invasionMeeting with Canadian PM ‘copper fasten what is a very strong relationship’, says TaoiseachWed Sept 24 2025 - 20:30
Trump delivers Maga rebuke to world with familiar litany of boasts and chastisementsUN General Assembly address a cascading message of folly and ruinationWed Sept 24 2025 - 06:00
Europe not ‘going to hell’, says Taoiseach following Trump address to UN General AssemblyMicheál Martin says he disagrees with US president’s claims of ‘uncontrolled’ immigration and climate ‘con job’ during speechTue Sept 23 2025 - 21:41
Laughter and darkness as Trump escalates grievances at the United NationsSeries of farcical mishaps confirm US president’s worst prejudices against the beleaguered organisationTue Sept 23 2025 - 19:18
Taoiseach accuses Israeli government of ‘genocidal intent from day one’ in GazaIrish leaders to push for peace in Palestinian territory and for a vote on sanctions on Israel at UN General AssemblyTue Sept 23 2025 - 06:00
Charlie Kirk memorial: Half of the US is in raptures, the other half looks awayRevivalist gathering attended by tens of thousands drew the Maga movement closer together than ever beforeMon Sept 22 2025 - 07:31
Harris calls for urgent, practical EU steps to end Gaza genocide ahead of major UN weekFact that New York conference on Gaza is taking place without Palestinian Authority is ‘outrageous’, says TánaisteMon Sept 22 2025 - 07:03
Dark cloud hangs over UN headquarters as leaders gather for ‘World Cup of Diplomacy’Irish delegation to push Government stance on Gaza, Ukraine and Sudan crisis at General AssemblySun Sept 21 2025 - 06:00
Robert Redford: Not at all the president’s manMore than half a century later, the themes and lessons that underscore the film about Watergate are more alive than everSat Sept 20 2025 - 05:00
A perfect end to a perfect day for Donald Trump after shock Jimmy Kimmel suspension Under Trump, TV network’s grapple with potential future implications of host being placed in cold storageFri Sept 19 2025 - 07:05
US Fed interest-rate cut unlikely to go far enough for TrumpUS central bank had come under increasing pressure from president’s administrationWed Sept 17 2025 - 21:43
America fails to find reconciliation tone in wake of Charlie Kirk shootingKirk’s vast following mourns a ‘joyful warrior’ of free speech, while Democratic voices warn of persecution against that very rightWed Sept 17 2025 - 07:28
Killing of Charlie Kirk seen as a ‘watershed’ moment in US political historyAn atmosphere of fear and fragility now dominates political discourse across the countrySat Sept 13 2025 - 06:00
Blame game over Charlie Kirk shooting exposes dangerous political divide in the USIn the aftermath of his death, Trump’s Oval Office address pointed the finger at rhetoric of ‘the radical left’Sat Sept 13 2025 - 06:00
Things could get even worse for Irish immigrant communities in US amid Trump crackdownThe arrest of an Irish grandmother over a $25 bad cheque a decade ago shows how hardline Trump’s policies have becomeFri Sept 12 2025 - 11:02
After Charlie Kirk’s death, the US is caught between a harrowing past and a fretful futureProminent conservative was fatally shot at a public event on WednesdayThu Sept 11 2025 - 21:37
Charlie Kirk killing is the sickening latest episode in American political carnageWhat the assassination of the Conservative activist signifies about where America is headed is frighteningThu Sept 11 2025 - 07:53
ICE places Irish grandmother and green card holder in US isolation cellDonna Hughes-Brown (58), who lives in Missouri with US husband, was detained after landing in Chicago on flight from Dublin in JulyWed Sept 10 2025 - 00:01
Chicago braces for chaos as Trump threatens to send in troops to fight crimeTrump administration’s playbook cites fatal incidents to condemn ‘tolerance of crime’ in Democratic-run citiesTue Sept 09 2025 - 07:02
Sentence terms for boy who pleaded guilty over killing of Irishman in US to remain secret Irishman Shaun Brady was shot after interrupting a group of youths attempting to steal a carSat Sept 06 2025 - 11:15
Donald Trump meets Volodymyr Zelenskiy and European powers in bid to seal Ukraine peace US president reiterates optimism for trilateral meeting involving Putin, even without ceasefireMon Aug 18 2025 - 22:39
Genteel streets of Washington’s Georgetown meet National Guard in Trump’s crime crackdownIt is impossible to predict whether this is short-term misdirection or the first intimation of a hitherto unimaginable authoritarian police eraSun Aug 17 2025 - 06:00
Nauseating charade as Putin comes out of international purgatory on Trump’s red carpetFor one of the first times since he took office, Trump, looked worn to the point of exhaustionSat Aug 16 2025 - 07:18
