After a constructive start, Trump yawns, sits back and surrenders controlIf Mar-a-Lago represents one extremity of interior decor, the courtroom on the 15th floor represents the other for the former presidentThu Apr 25 2024 - 22:19
Juror’s toothache bites into Trump hush money trialDefence counsel for former US president dismisses the 34 counts against his client as ‘really just pieces of paper’Tue Apr 23 2024 - 01:00
View from Capitol Hill: Bitterly divided parties conspire to pass foreign aid Bill but discord sizzles unabatedHouse speaker Mike Johnson fends off criticism and claims history will judge the funding decision wellSun Apr 21 2024 - 17:55
Salman Rushdie: ‘The first thing that comes into my mind each morning is: I don’t have my right eye’ Novelist explains why he chose not to talk to his would-be murderer, and what he discovered about himself when fatwa was issued against himSat Apr 20 2024 - 06:00
Kennedys endorse Biden despite Robert Kennedy jnr’s White House bidKerry Kennedy does her best to portray Joe Biden as someone in step with the values of her father and uncleSat Apr 20 2024 - 05:00
Trump on trial: A hellscape for former president of having no control over what’s happeningDonald Trump is a born communicator, but the gag order placed on him by judge Juan Merchan during this first criminal trial facing a former US president requires him to do, well, nothingFri Apr 19 2024 - 19:19
US comedy giant Conan O’Brien declares Ireland ‘quite the ride... for a ginger’Television: Irish-American presenter is very funny in the Irish episode of his travel show, especially when searching for BonoThu Apr 18 2024 - 18:49
McGrath eyes ‘very good’ budget as election nearsSpeaking in Washington, the Minister for Finance urged businesses with warehoused tax debt to engage with RevenueThu Apr 18 2024 - 06:45
Dublin fire brigade member charged with Boston rape further held on $100,000 cash bail orderProsecution tells Boston Municipal Court judge that it is not ready to proceed with scheduled probable cause hearing and is granted postponementTue Apr 16 2024 - 19:00
Trump makes history as New York ‘hush money’ criminal trial beginsFormer US president accused of falsifying records to cover up $130,000 payment to porn actor Stormy DanielsMon Apr 15 2024 - 23:29
Strange Manhattan homecoming for Trump, first former US president to face a criminal trialThe scene outside a New York City courthouse is a mad carnival of opinion and emotion as Trump faces his hush-money momentMon Apr 15 2024 - 20:05
Biden leads condemnation of Iran’s missile strikes on IsraelUS assures Israel of ‘ironclad commitment’ to security while Iran’s president warns ‘reckless behaviour’ will trigger further actionSun Apr 14 2024 - 21:36
Iran attack places spotlight on dithering in Washington over passing aid BillLatest flashpoint will indicate how much weight Netanyahu places on US president’s wordsSun Apr 14 2024 - 21:00
Trump on trial: what will happen in court today? Ex-president faces 34 charges of falsifying business documents around payment of ‘hush money’ to adult film actor Stormy DanielsSun Apr 14 2024 - 17:11
OJ Simpson might have got away with murder but he lost the one thing he craved the mostThrity years on, it is difficult to think of another event where so many themes and tensions of American life intersected – or, rather, collidedFri Apr 12 2024 - 11:37
Great American eclipse was, like, wooaahhhMillions of Americans - and their dogs - left dumbfounded by celestial showTue Apr 09 2024 - 06:27
Great American eclipse leaves millions in awe as darkness descendsTotal eclipse of the sun sweeps across parts of Mexico, the United States and Canada in path of totality 185km wideMon Apr 08 2024 - 21:51
Solar eclipse gives ‘middle-town America’ rare spot in the limelightErie, in Pennsylvania, has suffered economic decline in recent years but now finds itself preparing for an influx of visitors eager to witness an extraordinary phenomenonMon Apr 08 2024 - 06:00
Sarah McNally moved to New York, worked in a bar: A very Irish life, cut violently shortThe 41-year-old Longford woman’s death has resonated among the Irish in New York and at homeSat Apr 06 2024 - 06:00
Solar eclipse frenzy grips America as stargazers set out to heartland for glimpse of rare phenomenonAmericans are gearing up for a rare astronomical display that Nasa says will cause the daytime sky to darken ‘as if it were dusk or dawn’Sat Apr 06 2024 - 05:00
Biden’s approach to Israel has a newfound urgencyUS president may be reaching the end of what many Democrats see as a questionable patience towards Israel’s relentless onslaught on GazaFri Apr 05 2024 - 18:43
Trump compares his legal woes to Al Capone’s as he reruns 2020 defeat by Biden in WisconsinFormer Republican president’s hour-long address moves between rhapsodic promise and portrayal of himself as a fugitive forced to evade a corrupt systemWed Apr 03 2024 - 06:50
Donald Trump is Stephen King’s Bible salesman made fleshHorror author has sold 400 million books and has a remarkable knack for capturing aspects of the national moodSat Mar 30 2024 - 05:00
Baltimore bridge became world famous from the moment it ceased to existFrancis Scott Key bridge suddenly ceased to be a city backdrop when it was struck by a cargo ship. As the shock recedes, questions are being askedFri Mar 29 2024 - 18:10
Baltimore bridge collapse: Recovery operation as six missing presumed dead, police sayMayday call issued by ship before it struck Scott Key Bridge enabled officials to stop traffic at both sidesWed Mar 27 2024 - 08:44
Robert Kennedy’s vice-presidential pick will broaden his appeal in race to White HouseCalifornia lawyer Nicole Shanahan, ex-wife of Google co-founder Sergei Brin, announced as independent candidate’s running mate in US eWed Mar 27 2024 - 05:00
Whatever happened to Kamala Harris? ‘They have kept her away from public appearances’Whatever about Harris’s gifts as a communicator it is undeniable that she is at present a more cogent and powerful orator than either Biden or TrumpSat Mar 23 2024 - 06:00
Disappearing dollar has been a vital part of the American experience It is surprising to see the art form of grubby day-to-day commerce evaporate so quicklySat Mar 23 2024 - 05:23
Trump’s image and vanity suffer blow as civil fraud case puts him in a $464m bond bindDonald Trump's lawyers say securing a bond for the full amount in the judgment is a ‘practical impossibility’Wed Mar 20 2024 - 08:50
Taoiseach raises need for bombs to stop in Gaza, as central part of shamrock ceremony speech with US president Leo Varadkar moves Joe Biden to tears when he quotes the president’s late son, Beau BidenSun Mar 17 2024 - 20:57
Washington witnesses nation-building at the National BuildingBrightness and sincere optimism of Michelle O’Neill and Emma Little-Pengelly was a jolting invitation to look towards the futureSat Mar 16 2024 - 05:00
US working towards Ramadan ceasefire in Gaza, Biden tells Taoiseach Disclosure comes during meeting in Oval Office amid increasing signs that US administration support for Israel’s war in Gaza is waningFri Mar 15 2024 - 21:01
How do we Irish get away with the annual jamboree in Washington? It seemed like Varadkar was in the room at the moment that signalled the limitations of White House patience towards IsraelFri Mar 15 2024 - 20:49
Harris and Varadkar toast US-Irish ties with glass of fresh orange juice and a smileTaoiseach begins series of high-profile events in Washington with Kamala Harris breakfastFri Mar 15 2024 - 16:09
Biden agrees with Varadkar on need for ceasefire in Gaza and two-state solutionUS president and Taoiseach meet in the Oval Office of White House to discuss the wars in Gaza and UkraineFri Mar 15 2024 - 15:43
Chuck Schumer’s speech on Israel puts focus on Biden administration’s approach to GazaThe Senate majority leader claimed that Binyamin Netanyahu has ‘lost his way’Thu Mar 14 2024 - 21:18
Taoiseach insists he will not dilute Government’s criticism of Israel during US tripVaradkar pledges to maintain pressure over Gaza when meeting US president and Congressional leadersThu Mar 14 2024 - 15:53
Taoiseach say he does not expect more protests against Ukrainian refugee accommodation centres‘We have not seen a large amount of protests, or difficulties that have arisen’ in terms of demonstrations, says VaradkarThu Mar 14 2024 - 07:12
Biden and Trump clinch presidential nominations on another deeply strange dayA bitter, morally exhausting contest between the two is confirmed after Biden wins the Georgia Democratic primary and Trump takes Republican primaries in three statesWed Mar 13 2024 - 06:50
Robert Hur defends recommendation not to prosecute Joe Biden over classified documentsRepublics decry double standards while Democrats accuse Hur of ‘disparaging’ presidentTue Mar 12 2024 - 19:43
Georgia primaries: Immigration still the crunch issue as Bill labelled the blatant politicisation of a murderLegislation called after murder victim roundly criticised by some Democrats as measure designed to stoke fear and misinformation about threats posed by immigrantsTue Mar 12 2024 - 04:58
Malachy McCourt, Irish-American actor, writer and biographer, dies at 92McCourt, brother of Angela’s Ashes writer Frank, spent childhood in Limerick before acting and bartending in 1960s and 1970s New YorkMon Mar 11 2024 - 21:18
Mr Varadkar goes to Washington: Is the Taoiseach’s St Patrick’s Day trip to the US really worth it?Ireland’s easy access to and close relationship with the most powerful nation on Earth remains a huge diplomatic assetSun Mar 10 2024 - 06:00
Cookie Monsternomics: Biden’s unlikely ally in the war on shrinkflationDespite an ostensibly thriving economy, Americans’ grocery-price anger could spell trouble for the US president’s re-election hopesSat Mar 09 2024 - 05:00
State of the union: ‘Sleepy Joe’ nowhere in evidence as canny, well-versed Biden outlines vision in blistering speechKey points on climate, debt and increased support for Gaza, with rebuke to unnamed presidential election rival Donald TrumpFri Mar 08 2024 - 09:36
First shots fired in what may become the most toxic US presidential campaign since the civil warFormer South Carolina governor offers a guarded congratulations to Trump without offering an endorsementWed Mar 06 2024 - 18:45
Even in defeat, Nikki Haley refuses to bow to Donald Trump’s willEven ardent Haley critics have acknowledged the gumption of the last six weeks, when she continued to campaign while isolated from the Republican party power baseWed Mar 06 2024 - 17:19
US election: Super Tuesday primary sweep confirms Donald Trump’s hold on Republican PartyNikki Haley claims only Vermont as former US president dominates Republican primaries from east to west coastsWed Mar 06 2024 - 16:35
Trump heads into Super Tuesday buoyed by US supreme court rulingMonday’s supreme court ruling ends moves by three states to exclude former president from presidential election ballotTue Mar 05 2024 - 06:00
Donald Trump wrongly removed from Colorado primary ballot, US supreme court rulesCourt overturns state ruling that former president could not run because of engagement in January 6th Capitol riotsMon Mar 04 2024 - 16:44
