Biden’s legacy will be tarnished by his vanity and stubbornness
The outgoing US president will also be remembered for disastrous foreign policy choices, including his refusal to curb the excesses of Israel
Jimmy Carter
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 went to Mass in Waterford in 1995 - a sign of a deep faith that was often overlooked
It is impossible to understand the former US president without taking seriously his faith, which underpinned his whole life, both public and private
The Sequoia, like Jimmy Carter, redolent of a very different era
While the grand old former presidential yacht is bound for a maritime museum, it felt like Washington was saying goodbye to a political epoch as well as a unique president this week
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
Washington bade Jimmy Carter a merciless goodbye but this week, the city is finally saying farewell
The body of the steadfast outsider, ferried on a horse drawn caisson to the steps of the Capitol, where he lies in state until Thursday morning
Jimmy Carter’s six-day state funeral begins with motorcade through Georgia
The 39th president of the US will be buried near his home in Plains, Georgia, beside his late wife Rosalynn Carter
‘It doesn’t seem real’: Residents of Jimmy Carter’s hometown celebrate a life well lived
Plains, Georgia, is a speck of a community tied to the 39th US president for the better part of a century
The Irish Times view on the death of Jimmy Carter: America mourns a bygone era
A former president who embodied the old school virtues of integrity and public service has died as a new divisive politics holds sway
Joe Biden leads tributes to Jimmy Carter following ex-president’s death aged 100
State funeral scheduled for Jaunary 9th, at which Biden will deliver a eulogy
Jimmy Carter’s Irish intervention facilitated the enormous involvement of his successors
Previous US presidents had not been prepared to risk relations with UK by involvement in Northern Ireland but Carter did not accept that position
Higgins praises Jimmy Carter’s lifelong push for human rights as ‘almost unique’ among US presidents
Tributes paid to longest-surviving president, with Taoiseach Simon Harris praising work in Middle East
Jimmy Carter’s decision to bring US into North peace process ‘was enormous breakthrough’
Ex-Irish diplomat credits former US president with bringing balance to Irish-British relations through change in approach
Jimmy Carter obituary: Former US president was unwavering champion of civil rights and a peace broker in the Middle East
An outsider in national politics, Carter surprised observers by winning the 1976 Democratic presidential nomination and narrowly defeating incumbent Republican president Gerald Ford
Former US president Jimmy Carter dies at 100
Jimmy Carter, who was elected president in 1976, served only a single term
Leo Varadkar could learn something from Jimmy Carter about how to retire
The afterlives of political leaders are often greater measures of their character than their times in office are. It’s hard to let go - just watch former leaders who lack the grace to dial down the wise-after-the-event pronouncements
Former US president Jimmy Carter celebrates 100th birthday
Concert planned in Plains, Georgia, where Nobel Peace Prize winner has lived most of his life
Stock markets don’t love Donald Trump
Trump ranks below Obama, Clinton and other Democrat presidents in a large group seen as having little impact on markets
Haley cometh: Republican presidential candidate hopes to benefit from Trump chaos theory
As the Iowa caucuses draw near, Nikki Haley believes she can become that most elusive of things: a unifying national political figure
Former US first lady Rosalynn Carter dies aged 96
Carter played a prominent role in her husband Jimmy Carter’s administration and was a tireless activist for mental health
Rosalynn Carter, wife of Jimmy Carter, joins husband in hospice care
Former first lady had been diagnosed with dementia in May
Joe Biden says his Catholicism a ‘private matter’ but it is a big part of his political ideology
Visits to Sanctuary of Our Lady of Knock and speech at St Muredach’s Cathedral in Ballina show importance of faith to US president
Irish America has always had our back
Diaspora links have stood test of time and Irish Americans remain rightly proud of role they played in Belfast Agreement
Biden might be proud to be Irish but don’t expect him to get sucked into Stormont stand-off
The Irish-American framework is now built around broader international problems
Maureen Dowd: Carter’s exemplary life a rebuke to Maga America
Former president has always been a positive force for peace and co-operation both at home and abroad
Sequence of primaries deciding who runs for president ripe for reform
America Letter: Concerns early states to vote not sufficiently diverse in demographics
Bono receives major US award for work tackling poverty, injustice
U2 singer awarded Fulbright Prize for International Understanding
Thinking Anew – ‘I will fear no evil, for you are with me’
God’s promise is a way through trouble rather than a way to avoid it
Biden blames Trump for Capitol riot and warns of threat from autocracy
Ex-president Jimmy Carter says he fears for right to free and fair elections in US
Desmond Tutu: Cape Town turns purple in tribute to peacemaker
Table Mountain and town hall lit up in honour of South Africa’s moral conscience
Fintan O’Toole: Humans are just apes who burn stuff. Now we must put out the fire
Cop26 delegates have the power to create a turning point in the evolution of our species
Action on climate is effective, just look at acid rain and the ozone layer
Stuart Mathieson: International efforts can have an effect within our lifetimes
Biden’s signature reforms jeopardised by Democratic infighting
Threat of revolt delays key vote on $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure package
It’s no time to die for Daniel Craig the actor. How to have a post-Bond career
There has long been a myth that the role of James Bond swallows careers whole
Former IOC president Jacques Rogge dies at 79
He took over in 2001 when the organisation was still reeling from an ethics scandal
‘We share everything’: Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter reflect on 75 years of marriage
At 96 and 93, they say never going to bed angry is key to sustaining a relationship
Maureen Dowd: Aliens, show yourself. Beam down! Time to serve man
With an intelligence report imminent, not since the 1950s has the capital been so riveted by the possibility of aliens hovering
Maureen Dowd: Biden brings Jimmy Carter in from the cold
96-year-old former president has been snubbed by his Demoratic successors – until now
Former US vice-president Walter Mondale dies aged 93
‘One of our nation’s most dedicated patriots and public servants’: Biden leads tributes
The US must be pragmatic when picking its allies
US Politics: Building an alliance that can stand up to China involves hard choices
Watergate mastermind G Gordon Liddy dies aged 90
Liddy helped orchestrate the crime that began unravelling Richard Nixon’s presidency
Maureen Dowd: Joe Biden should stop appeasing Republicans
US president’s self-restraint is refreshing – but he is free to say whatever he damn well pleases
Fatah and Hamas to fall short of majority in Palestinian elections, poll shows
Parties could be forced into uneasy coalition, with Fatah fractured by two defectors
Palestinian elections confirmed for later this year amid frustration with ruling parties
Votes aim to inject democratic legitimacy into discredited leadership as support wanes
How the Democrats scientific approach lost them US’s industrial heartland
Push for environmental regulations has alienated voters in the American Midwest
George Clooney: ‘I’d kill for some loneliness right now’
The actor-director on his new film, Covid-19 and why he’s not allowed to ride a motorcycle
US election: Trump and Biden trade blows in less chaotic presidential debate
Coronavirus to the fore as more civil exchanges highlight policy differences
US election: Joe Biden and Donald Trump clash in chaotic presidential debate
Candidates struggle to make substantive points amid repeated interruptions
Barack Obama makes stirring case for voting reform in US
Former president calls for expanded early voting and national holiday during Lewis eulogy
Americans should not count on a quiet life under Joe Biden
US Politics: Democratic candidate could be the most radical US president in decades
US civil rights pioneer and congressman John Lewis dies aged 80
Lewis’s personal history paralleled that of the civil rights movement from Selma to George Floyd
US democracy is heading towards the mother of all stress tests
Edward Luce: High risk that Trump and Biden could dispute result of November election
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