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George W Bush
Maureen Dowd: At Jimmy Carter’s funeral, Donald Trump was narcissist non grata
Here was Carter, the righteous, ascending to heaven, as Trump, the felonious, ascended again to the Oval Office
Jimmy Carter’s final miracle sees five living US presidents come together for poignant funeral
Barack Obama was seated beside Donald Trump with former vice-president Mike Pence just behind them
Trump tariff threats fail to rattle markets, but risks linger
Markets seemingly see threats of 25% tariffs on neighbours Mexico and Canada this as typical Trump bluster
The album that nearly finished U2: The story of How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb and its new ‘shadow’ LP
How to Re-Assemble an Atomic Bomb features 10 tracks from the recording sessions that made some of the band wonder if they’d have anything to release
Trump’s return is an opportunity to confront urgent questions about Europe’s future
Donald Trump's return as US president is a clarifying moment that should make European policymakers look again at the terms of the transatlantic relationship
Joe Biden understood the most important thing about the US’s decline
Donald Trump’s approach exudes pessimism about American power
Maureen Dowd: Trump appears rattled as Harris campaign gathers momentum
Donald Trump’s whole identity revolves around having higher numbers – even if they’re fake
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Ireland’s easy access to and close relationship with the most powerful nation on Earth remains a huge diplomatic asset
John Bruton’s blog is a treasure trove of wisdom, decency, good humour and the odd rebuke
Late Taoiseach wondered why the Irish reaction to a challenge to the consensus was to look for ulterior motives
George Bush showed little interest in Ireland but was focused on Iraq prior to 9/11
State papers: Election of new US president raised fears among Irish officials in 2001 that the White House shamrock ceremony would be scrapped
Lara Marlowe: Can Ukraine join Nato before the war ends?
Ukraine’s wish to join the alliance is at the top of the agenda at the Nato summit in Vilnius next week, but there’s no clear consensus on how Nato should respond
Why are US presidents so drawn to Ireland?
The visits are acts of political theatre with American audiences clearly in mind with the blueprint established by Kennedy
Washington’s victory in Iraq did not liberate but imprisoned the country in warfare
Two decades after the US war on Iraq began, the disastrous consequences of the conflict are still being felt
A Stranger in Your Own City, and Taking Sides: hard-hitting Middle East journalism memoirs
Lara Marlowe on notable new works by Ghaith Abdul-Ahad and Sherine Tadros
‘Iraq is now a teenage country’: Artists under pressure in Iraq
After decades of Iraq’s creative sector being held back, the country is ready to set out its own narrative. Three artists explain how they see their role
Jiang Zemin obituary: shrewd political manipulator
Re-asserted Chinese Communist party authority in the wake of Tiananmen Square before completing the dismantling of Maoist China
Freudian slip-road – Frank McNally on ‘Ballyduff’, Percy French, and George Bush’s Lady Macbeth moment
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Martin Wolf: Boris Johnson must embrace the Brexit he made
The row over Northern Ireland risks a deeper decline in UK trade in response to threats of violence from a tiny minority
The Irish Times view on changes afoot in US abortion law: a legal-political earthquake
The court’s attack on the implied rights doctrine, and the ease with which it appears ready to abandon precedent, could potentially endanger legal protection for rights ranging from same-sex marriage to contraception
Guantanamo Bay inmate sent home to Algeria after nearly 20 years
Sufyian Barhoumi was captured in Pakistan and taken to US base in Cuba in 2002
Joe Biden expected to announce another big release of US oil reserves
White House due to step up efforts to contain crude prices amid high inflation
Putin the invader: How did he get to this point?
Soon the West will have to consider how the Russian president can be offered an off-ramp
Xi unlikely to ditch ‘best friend’ Putin despite Ukraine pressure
China’s reluctance to criticise Moscow’s aggression stands in stark contrast to global condemnation and isolation of the Kremlin
Lara Marlowe: Negotiations masked Putin’s plan to invade Ukraine
Near impunity over previous incursions emboldened Russian leader
Moscow’s tried and tested Georgia strategy now tailored for Ukraine
Western powers appear unable to thwart Putin’s strategy to reassert Russian influence
Even butterflies are casualties in Texas battle over border controls
Conservation centre on Rio Grande forced to close after online attacks by conspiracy theorists
Former US Senate majority leader Harry Reid dies at 82
‘A crucial, pivotal figure in the development of his beloved home state’
America’s self-reproach for China’s rise is unwarranted
This pretence of humility is actually the most fantastical claim of omnipotence
‘A war hero and patriot’: US leaders react to the death of Bob Dole
Second World War vet and former US presidential candidate Bob Dole dies aged 98
Adam McKay: ‘An Oscar? How the f**k did that happen?’
Oscar-winning filmaker Adam McKay has a new film about the end of the world
US Republicans can still throw their advantage away
US Politics: Biden’s work could yet bear fruit against a party that refuses to purge extremists
John Chilcot obituary: British civil servant who played key role in NI peace process
Celebrated public servant was also known for his penetrating inquiry into Iraq War
Maureen Dowd: Pity Colin Powell broke his own rules to enable Iraq invasion
He could have been president, but his tragedy is that he walked a path he knew to be wrong
Life with Robert Fisk: I realised I would not be at peace until I wrote this book
In a new memoir, journalist Lara Marlowe recalls the life she shared with her former husband
Colin Powell’s death sparks complex array of blame and praise
Former US secretary of state’s role in US invasion of Iraq led to fatalities and misery
Former US secretary of state Colin Powell dies of Covid complications
Tributes paid to retired four-star general who helped build case for 2003 invasion of Iraq
Maureen Dowd: The US supreme court versus reality
‘Consider the things the court brought down on us by pre-emptively purloining victory for George W Bush’
Janan Ganesh: Biden’s French snub a warning to Europe
US willing to bruise France, and upset much of Europe over Afghan exit, as its priority is China
Maureen Dowd: Manning up, letting us down
Tragedy of 9/11 was followed by blunders from men seized by hyper-masculinity
‘Unbearable sorrow’: US commemorates 20th anniversary of 9/11
‘That’s genuine heroism,’ says Biden of the passengers and crew on Flight 93
Twenty years after 9/11, US feels embarrassed, despondent, torn
New York Letter: The attacks united Americans, briefly, in a way that is long since gone
America on the verge of isolationism? Expect another small war quite soon
US Politics: It takes superhuman discipline to possess awesome power without using it
Maureen Dowd: Goldfish memory America keeps circling bowl
Afghanistan horror exemplifies climate-damaged, rights-opposing land of dread
Fintan O’Toole: The deepest wounds of 9/11 are those the US inflicted on itself
By dividing the world into bad guys and good guys, the US did bin Laden’s work
Biden lambasts US supreme court decision on Texas anti-abortion law
Court votes 5-4 to allow state law prohibiting vast majority of abortions to stand
Joe Biden’s America is confused – and so is the world
US Politics: President’s Afghan pullout fulfilled one promise and broke another
Maureen Dowd: WB Yeats’s ‘rough beast’ takes over Afghanistan
Joe Biden did the right thing getting America out of there. But he did it badly
Taliban victory sparks concerns al-Qaeda could regroup in Afghanistan
Intelligence officials fear Afghanistan could once more become a magnet for extremists
Afghanistan and the tragic verdict on post-9/11 America
US Politics: Rarely have so many lives and so much cash been spent on so little
Fall of Afghanistan the fruits of years of US miscalculations
Taliban’s success was signalled by Pentagon but Joe Biden was long determined to withdraw
Grammy-winning folk singer Nanci Griffith dies aged 68
Celebrated ‘folkabilly’ artist from Texas came of age in 1970s Austin folk scene
UK hopes to reset relationship with Germany after forever misjudging Merkel
Johnson will hope to reopen the Northern Ireland protocol with her successor
US repatriation of Guantanamo inmate spurs hopes facility could close
Transfer of Moroccan national by Biden administration a first since Trump era pause
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