Joe Biden backs changing US Senate rules to facilitate passing voting rights reformPresident warns of ‘defining moment’ as he voices support for filibuster reformTue Jan 11 2022 - 22:31
Biden likely to signal willingness to change Senate rules to facilitate voting rights reformsAmendment to filibuster may be on cards in move to overcome restrictions on votingTue Jan 11 2022 - 06:31
Crucial week for Biden as voting reform moves intensifyMichelle Obama spearheads campaign to register a million new voters in the USMon Jan 10 2022 - 17:55
US-Russia lower expectations ahead of key talks on Ukraine crisisHard to see progress when ‘Russia has a gun to head of Ukraine’, says US secretary of stateSun Jan 09 2022 - 17:35
First snow of winter causes havoc for travellers but brings out the best of the USAmerica Letter: Drivers share food and water while stranded for 24 hours on motorwayFri Jan 07 2022 - 20:00
Covid-19: US supreme court casts doubt over Biden plans to boost vaccinationsBusiness groups argue new measures are overreach by federal governmentFri Jan 07 2022 - 19:48
Biden blames Trump for Capitol riot and warns of threat from autocracyEx-president Jimmy Carter says he fears for right to free and fair elections in USFri Jan 07 2022 - 01:00
Biden calls for passing of voting rights legislation on first anniversary of Capitol attackPresident says that former leader Donald Trump spread ‘web of lies’ after November 2020 electionThu Jan 06 2022 - 17:20
Biden blames Trump for violent attack on Capitol in WashingtonUS president warns that dagger had been held at throat of American democracyThu Jan 06 2022 - 17:19
US Capitol attack perpetrators will be pursued, says attorney general‘Those involved must be held accountable ... there is no higher priority for us,’ says GarlandWed Jan 05 2022 - 21:27
Storming of the US Capitol: What we know now about January 6thTrump allies worked to keep him in power but it is unclear if riots were part of strategyWed Jan 05 2022 - 20:00
Inside the assault on the Capitol: ‘These people were crazed and out of their minds’Capitol riots have become yet another talking point in America's never-ending culture warSat Jan 01 2022 - 06:00
Biden faces hard choices to save key domestic goalsRejection of Build Back Better plan by Manchin poses dilemma for DemocratsMon Dec 20 2021 - 18:00
Biden’s domestic plan suffers huge blow as Manchin says he will reject spending BillWhite House says it will seek to move ahead on €1.75tn Bill next year regardlessSun Dec 19 2021 - 18:58
US senate approves nomination of Claire Cronin to be next ambassador to IrelandBoston politician’s grandfather came to US from DonegalSat Dec 18 2021 - 19:17
Georgia facing ‘ugly and nasty’ election as Trump intervenesAmerica Letter: Republicans battle over who should oppose Democrat Stacey AbramsSat Dec 11 2021 - 01:00
Biden plans $424m initiative to support democracy around worldUS president warns global leaders democracy needs champions in face of challengesThu Dec 09 2021 - 19:29
Biden promises ‘strong’ action against Russia in event Ukraine is attackedRussia reportedly seeking guarantees Nato will not expand east to take in UkraineTue Dec 07 2021 - 20:28
Western leaders back Ukraine’s sovereignty as Russia stations troops at borderJoe Biden to hold crucial talks with Vladimir Putin, with tensions increasing in regionTue Dec 07 2021 - 07:52
Biden to express concern at Russian military build-up near Ukraine in talks with PutinKremlin expected to seek guarantees that Nato will not expand east to take in UkraineMon Dec 06 2021 - 18:45
Fugitive warrant issued for parents of teenager accused of US school shootingSocial media posts suggested gun bought as Christmas present for Ethan Crumbley (15)Fri Dec 03 2021 - 21:00
US political discourse turns ever uglier – even between party colleaguesAmerica Letter: Anti-Muslim rhetoric and slanging matches have real consequencesFri Dec 03 2021 - 18:00
Government appoints Biden associate as first Irish honorary consul in DelawareBrian McGlinchey to be formally appointed at ceremony in Wilmington on FridayFri Dec 03 2021 - 15:29
People in Ireland living in ‘dying days’ of partition, McDonald saysSinn Féin leader tells US audience that Brexit ‘a product of narrow English nationalism’Fri Dec 03 2021 - 06:45
Senior figures in Washington stand behind Belfast Agreement and protocol, McDonald saysMcDonald says it was made clear there would be consequences if UK rupture dealThu Dec 02 2021 - 20:39
US records first Omicron case in person who returned from S AfricaOfficials say patient is fully vaccinated with mild symptoms which are improvingWed Dec 01 2021 - 20:43
Passengers from Ireland to US among those who may face stricter Covid measuresReports say US officials looking at requiring all travellers to self-quarantine for seven daysWed Dec 01 2021 - 01:18
US supreme court to hear most significant challenge to abortion rights in decadesPro-choice groups fear 1973 Roe v Wade ruling is on the line in new caseTue Nov 30 2021 - 18:00
Omicron variant is cause for concern, not panic, Biden tells AmericansPresident says US will work to accelerate development of any updated vaccines neededMon Nov 29 2021 - 18:48
Trial of Ghislaine Maxwell to begin in New YorkSocialite facing charges over alleged role in abuse of girls by financier Jeffrey EpsteinMon Nov 29 2021 - 08:20
Biden: Waive intellectual property protections so vaccines can be manufactured globallyUS president says concern over new variant shows ‘importance of moving on this quickly’Fri Nov 26 2021 - 22:25
As Covid rates rise again in the US, mask requirements ease in WashingtonAmerica Letter: Major legal battle looming over Biden’s vaccination requirement for businessesFri Nov 26 2021 - 20:00
People arriving from southern Africa must quarantine as new variant prompts fresh restrictionsUS set to join other nations and introduce travel restrictions as Omicron ‘outperforms’ Delta in South AfricaFri Nov 26 2021 - 18:49
Waukesha parade: Man charged with homicide as boy (8) confirmed as sixth fatalityDarrell Brooks (39) appeared in court where bail was set at $5 millionTue Nov 23 2021 - 23:57
US to release millions of barrls of oil from reserves as part of global move to cool pricesBiden administration to work with China, India, Japan, South Korea and UKTue Nov 23 2021 - 19:26
US fascination with JFK endures almost 60 years after assassinationPresident’s death continues to fuel conspiracy theories as documents stay unreleasedTue Nov 23 2021 - 01:00
Man who drove car into Christmas parade had been involved in domestic disturbanceFive people were killed and 48 injured, including a number of children, in the incident in WisconsinMon Nov 22 2021 - 21:12
A year into Biden’s reign, the great American divide is wideningAmerica Letter: With inflation running high, the president needs to clock up some big winsFri Nov 19 2021 - 20:00
US House passes Biden’s $1.75tn social spending plansHarris first woman to hold presidential power as Biden undergoes colonoscopyFri Nov 19 2021 - 17:37
Medical scientists vote to take industrial action over long-running pay issueStaff seeking pay parity with colleagues who work in biochemistry laboratoriesTue Nov 09 2021 - 14:39
Introduction of public services card highly successful, review saysSystem delivers annual savings of €20m, new report findsSat Nov 06 2021 - 06:00
Cost of recruiting Civil Service admin officer costs €4m over career - reportReview says spend associated with new employees will become increasingly significant over timeFri Nov 05 2021 - 16:00
Schools could close if ‘austerity’ hours end, department warnsRemoving unpaid hours could exacerbate pressure on teacher supplyThu Nov 04 2021 - 06:00
Opposition warns newly qualified nurses will emigrate due to way they are treatedLeo Varadkar confirms 12.5% pay rise for final-year student nurses during internshipsTue Nov 02 2021 - 20:42
Student nurses to receive 12.5% pay rise for internshipsDonnelly to table new payment initiative for fourth-year students on foot of reviewTue Nov 02 2021 - 16:25
Dedicated police force for public transport not needed, says RyanUnions threaten strike action over anti-social behaviour on bus and rail servicesFri Oct 29 2021 - 20:11
Rail staff to vote on industrial action over lack of protection against ‘thuggery’ on trainsTrain personnel tell Taoiseach of abuse, threats and harassment on servicesFri Oct 29 2021 - 04:00
Irish Rail staff speak out: ‘I’m sick of seeing heroin being sorted out at the tables’Strikes may be ahead as rail workers reach breaking point on anti-social behaviourFri Oct 29 2021 - 04:00
State losing hundreds of millions due to ‘bogus claims’Ictu conference told ‘theft’ taking place with alarming regularity in low-paid sectorsWed Oct 27 2021 - 23:44
Trade union chief warns ‘feral capitalism’ will resist expansion of collective bargainingExpert group yet to reached ‘preferred option’ for union/employer engagementWed Oct 27 2021 - 13:15
