Trump seeks to defend groping women remarks with ferocious attack on ClintonsRepublican candidate breaks new ground with threat to jail his opponent if electedMon Oct 10 2016 - 06:25
Senior Republicans urge Trump to end bid for presidencyParty in crisis after recordings of tycoon making sexist comments emerge ahead of debateMon Oct 10 2016 - 01:00
Trump’s dark past sends Republican Party into tailspinRepublicans call on nominee to step aside but no rules to replace billionaire by forceSun Oct 09 2016 - 22:18
Trump on lewd remarks: ‘I was wrong and I apologise’Republican calls leaked tape of his vulgar boasts about groping women ‘a distraction’Sat Oct 08 2016 - 10:39
Trump v Clinton: Candidates prepare for round twoTown hall format leaves tycoon with less room to attack in critical second TV debateSat Oct 08 2016 - 02:00
Clinton taps Gore to woo independently minded millennialsFormer vice-president to hit election trail to teach lesson of third-party candidate effectSat Oct 08 2016 - 01:01
Government considers budget help for exporters to UKContingency funding could help firms with volatility in sterling, says Eoghan MurphyFri Oct 07 2016 - 16:55
Hurricane Matthew kills dozens, spurs mass Florida evacuationCuba and Haiti hit with 225km/hr winds, destroying villages and flattening homesThu Oct 06 2016 - 23:40
Fox News hosts spar over Donald Trump’s soft interviewsMegyn Kelly accused of backing Clinton for claiming Trump avoids ‘unsafe’ media spacesThu Oct 06 2016 - 22:01
Mike Pence claims win in US vice-presidential debateAffable Tim Kaine took one for Team Clinton by serving as her attack dogThu Oct 06 2016 - 01:00
VP debate: Democrat Kaine cites past racism towards IrishRepublican VP nominee Mike Pence avoids defending Donald Trump in TV eventWed Oct 05 2016 - 08:39
Pence’s debate performance offers a lesson to TrumpDebate analysis: Republican VP candidate presents strategy for his running mateWed Oct 05 2016 - 07:41
Hillary Clinton scores post-debate boost over Donald TrumpPolls show Democrat leading nationally and in battleground states except Ohio and IowaTue Oct 04 2016 - 22:21
The closer the ties to Ireland, the less likely people are to back TrumpUS election poll gathered 5,000 responses over 7 days on irishtimes.comTue Oct 04 2016 - 16:27
VP debate: Irish-Americans Tim Kaine and Mike Pence to lock hornsBoth have close ties to Ireland, but senator and governor differ on immigration disputeTue Oct 04 2016 - 01:00
New York attorney general serves Trump Foundation with cease and desist orderOrder requires foundation to stop fundraising in US stateMon Oct 03 2016 - 18:48
Hillary Clinton vs Donald Trump: the fight for FloridaFlorida, the key battleground state in the US presidential election, could decide who wins. It depends on two things – how many people vote and how many of them are HispanicSat Oct 01 2016 - 06:00
US Letter: Historic about-turns see conservative papers dump Donald TrumpSurprise press endorsements could yet swing election in Hillary Clinton’s favourSat Oct 01 2016 - 01:00
Clinton labels Trump ‘unhinged’ over tweets on ex-beauty queenRefusal to drop attack on Alicia Machado risks damage to Trump’s standing among womenFri Sept 30 2016 - 21:38
Trump attacks Clinton over Denis O’Brien linksUS Republican presidential nominee draws attention to Clintons’ ties to Wall StreetThu Sept 29 2016 - 17:06
US Senate gives Obama embarrassing snub on 9/11 BillFor first time, Democrats join Republicans to support vote overruling president’s vetoThu Sept 29 2016 - 01:00
Donald Trump’s supporters stand by their man post-debateFeeling on ground in Florida is that bombastic candidate went too easy on ClintonThu Sept 29 2016 - 01:00
Donald Trump claims Hillary Clinton did not rattle himTycoon complains about ‘unfair questions’ and may refer to Bill Clinton’s affairs in futureWed Sept 28 2016 - 09:00
Donald Trump knocked off balance in first presidential debateHillary Clinton raises doubts about billionaire’s temperament and message of changeWed Sept 28 2016 - 01:00
Hillary Clinton draws out insult-spewing reality-TV star Donald TrumpAnalysis: Democratic nominee rattles billionaire who scores poorly in first presidential testTue Sept 27 2016 - 12:41
Trump and Clinton clash in ferocious first debateRepublican candidate’s claims about Barack Obama’s birthplace among contentious exchangesTue Sept 27 2016 - 09:24
Trump vs Clinton: 10 key moments from first US presidential debateBarbs about taxes, women, Iraq and presidential temperament dominated encounterTue Sept 27 2016 - 06:51
Polls show tightening race between Clinton and TrumpDemocrat holds slim lead over Republican rival based on average of opinion pollsMon Sept 26 2016 - 20:17
US presidential debate: Eight standout moments from the pastNixon V Kennedy, Ford’s Soviet Domination, Reagan quips and famous putdowns featureMon Sept 26 2016 - 19:00
Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton square up for TV close encounterElection showdown and test of provocation is expected to draw record viewersMon Sept 26 2016 - 15:05
Will Donald be Trump? Four things to watch for in first TV debateRepublican nominee’s love of insults might not prove seemly for Hillary Clinton face-offMon Sept 26 2016 - 01:00
Flanagan calls for more coordinated response to migrant crisisMinister makes pitch for security council seat in address to UN assembly in New YorkSat Sept 24 2016 - 19:24
Honouring the Rocky Mountain Irishmen of ColoradoAmerica Letter: Cloud City’s forgotten migratory miners to be commemorated at lastSat Sept 24 2016 - 01:00
Trump’s Irish voters: ‘I support him with my nose held’Six Irish-born US residents explain why they will vote for the billionaire businessman and reality TV star, despite his anti-immigrant rhetoricFri Sept 23 2016 - 11:04
Hillary Clinton turns to comedy to win back millennialsDemocrat’s support among young voters, a key part of the Obama coalition, has slumpedThu Sept 22 2016 - 17:55
Fatal police shootings in North Carolina and Oklahoma spark outrageDeaths of black men in Charlotte and Tulsa renew heated debate on use of police forceThu Sept 22 2016 - 06:55
Donald Trump attacks Washington Post report of charity misuseRepublican rejects report he used $258,000 from his charity to settle business disputesWed Sept 21 2016 - 21:26
Bono says Donald Trump could ‘destroy’ AmericaU2 front man says Republican is ‘potentially the worst idea that ever happened to US’Wed Sept 21 2016 - 13:29
Two refugees speak at UN as Unicef Ireland youth ambassadorsPupils living happily in the Irish midlands wanted to tell their stories in New YorkWed Sept 21 2016 - 01:00
State will meet refugee target, says Charlie FlanaganMinister reiterates commitment to taking in 4,000 people fleeing Middle East warWed Sept 21 2016 - 01:00
Frances Fitzgerald regrets ‘slow start’ on migrant resettlementTánaiste says 870 people will be resettled in Ireland by the end of the yearTue Sept 20 2016 - 01:00
New York bomb suspect detained after shootoutNaturalised Afghan citizen Ahmad Khan Rahami (28) arrested in New JerseyMon Sept 19 2016 - 21:35
UN migrant summit: Search is on for a global solutionMeeting of 193 UN member states in New York will address global refugee crisisSun Sept 18 2016 - 23:00
New York police search for motive behind Manhattan blastPipe bomb goes off in New Jersey and nine people stabbed in Minnesota in US attacksSun Sept 18 2016 - 21:19
Urgent search for bomber after 29 injured in New York blastAll injured released from hospital; pressure cooker bomb found near blast site examinedSun Sept 18 2016 - 18:19
Hipsters and hillbillies clash as Donald Trump callsRepublican fleshes out his pledges with economic plan to convince his electoral baseSat Sept 17 2016 - 01:00
Trump finally admits Obama was born in USRepublican acknowledges president was born in US and offers new Clinton falsehoodFri Sept 16 2016 - 21:37
Donald Trump calls his political rallies ‘a form of exercise’Clinton returns to campaign trail after three days off with speech on family leaveFri Sept 16 2016 - 01:00
Hillary Clinton ‘greedy’, Donald Trump ‘a national disgrace’, says Colin PowellFormer secretary of state opens up on candidates in hacked emails ‘linked to Russian intelligence’Thu Sept 15 2016 - 19:52
Donald Trump chases women’s vote in North CarolinaBusinessman embarks on fresh push to close historic poll deficit with key Republican blocThu Sept 15 2016 - 12:18