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Joe Biden set for tough talks with ‘worthy adversary’ Vladimir Putin
American president says US will ‘respond in kind’ if Russia continues with cyberactivities
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Egyptian president eager to limit disruptive debacle as flow of goods totally halted
Republicans need to remember that Donald Trump broke through for a reason
US politics: If there is a future for the US right after Trump, it will have to resemble Ike’s benign statism
A history of secrecy when it comes to presidential illness
Trump is the latest in a long line of American presidents to suffer ill health in office
Bittersweet surrender – Frank McNally on the Irishwoman airbrushed out of a wartime victory portrait
Will there be a new cold war? Only if the US public want one
Leaders must show that China, which poses no conventional threat, has to be countered
Maureen Flavin, the Mayo weather woman who made D-Day work
Her forecast of clement weather on June 6th 1944 helped to secure victory for the Allies
Janan Ganesh: The big Chinese elephant in the UK-US honeymoon suite
US Politics: The British right cannot court Trump while keeping China as a mistress
For Trump to succeed, he must fail on immigration
Populists do not live and die on their record – they live on a sense of rolling crisis
It’s Dixie, not heaven: Alternative guide to Augusta National
Whiff of racism never far away from a club with a distinctly southern heritage
Why all US capitalists should vote Democrat in 2020
US Politics: Americans must embrace ‘socialism’ to ensure survival of capitalism
Fintan O’Toole: Trump has raised public tolerance for sexual sleaze
Ironically the president gave Jeff Bezos the courage to defy the National Inquirer
US consensus on troop withdrawal dangerously interventionist
US Politics: Opposition to Trump’s plan to exit Afghanistan smacks of ‘horror of retreat’
Xi Jinping’s power play leads from dusty caves to China supremacy
The Chinese president channels early struggles into ascent to leadership
Fellowship scheme aims to promote peace in North
Eisenhower Fellowships to assemble a group of 14 Irish fellows to travel to the US
Trump’s war on Obamacare has backfired on Republicans
US Politics: President’s unforced error is helping Democrats in midterm elections
America at Large: Trump goes to Lou for fitness and health advice
A history with steroids does not disqualify ‘The Incredible Hulk’ from serving on Trump council
Atoms for Peace or Weapons of Mass Destruction?
When Carnsore Point was proposed as the site for Ireland’s first nuclear power plant
US intervention in Middle East has a long, difficult history
Current effort to oust Assad follows many failed attempts to topple him
Melania Trump to miss Enda Kenny’s White House visit
US first lady will not attend St Patrick’s Day shamrock ceremony with Donald Trump
Donald Trump loves sport, but does sport love Donald Trump?
The US president sees some good hombres and bad hombres even in the sports world
Presidential inaugurations: from top hats to fears of assassination
Patrick Freyne looks at how US presidents have been sworn in across the centuries
On 75th anniversary, US veterans recall Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour
30 survivors honoured at reception in LA before heading to Honolulu to mark anniversary
Close but no cigar: How America failed to kill Fidel Castro
From toxic pens to poisoned milkshake, security men calculate 634 failed murder plots
You’re hired! Trump’s mixed messages on rumoured cabinet picks
Republican mulling a mix of insiders and outsiders for top administration positions
Obama and Trump leave insults behind in awkward first encounter
President and successor show a unified front as they begin formal handover of power
A beautiful bald dome beats a hairy head any day. I should know
‘The comb-over is a testament to man’s inexhaustible capacity for self-delusion’
Melania Trump: Donald Trump was ‘egged on’ into ‘boy talk’
Republican’s wife jokes in interview that she has two boys at home: her son and husband
Donald Trump chases women’s vote in North Carolina
Businessman embarks on fresh push to close historic poll deficit with key Republican bloc
Road to Rio: A rare glimpse of the human frailty behind Olympic dreams
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TV review: Portillo’s predictable train of thought, and a wild ride to the US presidency
Michael Portillo is chasing his Brit-centric idea of the US, while Cal Saville’s plan for taking the Oval Office is all slogan and no substance
Ted Cruz hits a dead end in Indiana
Trump adds midwest to his victories putting him in pole position to face Clinton
Donald Trump set for Republican nomination as Cruz drops out
Resounding Indiana victory turns focus to November presidential election and Hillary Clinton
Cubans hope for end of blockade on back of Obama visit
Longing for access to cheaper food hitched to national goodwill towards US president
Obama nominates moderate judge to US supreme court
President sets up battle with Republicans as he names US appeals judge Merrick Garland
After Paris, Republicans ratchet up anti-immigrant rhetoric
The language of Republican candidates shows how far to the right the party has swung
Cuba and US no longer ‘prisoners of history’
John Kerry witnesses US flag being raised at embassy in Havana after 54 years
Kerry presides over raising of flag at US embassy in Cuba
Symbolic event takes place eight months after Havana and Washington agreed new ties
US and Cuba to reopen embassies after 54-year diplomatic hiatus
Hailing ‘historic step’, Obama to send John Kerry to raise US flag in Havana this summer
Diets low on saturated fats do not curb heart disease, says US heart expert
The bad reputation for saturated fats was created in 1952 on the back of a study that examined evidence from six countries
Dallas Now: Trying to Forget
Tourists still gawp at the grassy knoll, but today’s city is an entirely different place to the Dallas of 1963
First chancellor Konrad Adenauer the father of modern German politics
Adenauer wanted a rebuilt Germany to strive for European unity and reconciliation
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