Joe Biden

Postponement follows numerous attempts to delay case after US president-elect was convicted on 34 felonies earlier this year

In New York, state court judge preparing to rule on whether Trump’s hush-money conviction should be thrown out

President-elect sometimes lashes out without following up – but not always

Former Speaker says if president ended his bid sooner, Democratic Party could have held primary

Keith Duggan: On travels around the country I heard the same thing from so many people – that they were struggling to make ends meet

US election shows voters still demand that a woman candidate must be without fault

As State Department Spokesperson, it is Matthew Miller’s job to communicate to the media the administration’s position in relation to Israel’s mass murder of Palestinians in Gaza

The US president-elect showed himself in awe of the power of Hurricane Helene - but did not dare to consider why that September storm was so destructive

US president in Rose Garden speech directs words at fellow Democrats, who on Tuesday saw candidate Kamala Harris defeated and their representatives lose control of Senate

Defeated candidate commits to a peaceful transition of power

US election: In 2016, Donald Trump relied on staff who did not share his aims. Now, he will return to the presidency with loyal staff members who have a clear agenda

Americans going to polls in one of closest presidential contests in recent history with eyes on swing states

For weeks, aggregate polling has depicted a race that has become indecipherably close in seven battleground states which both parties have strong chance of winning

Polling experts and campaigns in the dark as to whether Harris or Trump will be sworn in as 47th president

The EU’s dependency on the US for security could weaken its hand in any confrontation over trade and tariffs

US presidential election has seen the most poisonous campaign in living memory. As election day looms, the national mood is anxious

US president's accomplishments in office continue to make themselves heard even amid US election campaigning

The prevailing credo is that the voter is always right, even when the voter is egregiously misguided

Republican candidate Trump climbs into passenger seat of garbage truck in Wisconsin to bring attention to remarks by Joe Biden

Former president refused to concede defeat in 2020 and there are signs he could do it again

Vendors and attendees at National Barrel Horse Association event in Georgia say inflation needs to be brought down

Republicans seize on comment reminiscent of Hillary Clinton’s reference to ‘deplorables’ backing Trump in 2016

Republicans have jumped on the US president’s latest gaffe. The White House says he was misinterpreted

As symbolic locations go, Harris could not have made a more pointed choice to offer what was billed as her closing message of this extraordinary election campaign

The Trump White House imposed travel sanctions on court staff, while his successor Joe Biden adopted a policy of ‘selective co-operation’

Early voters in Georgia’s DeKalb and Forsyth areas come down firmly on either side of America’s political divide

In a key maginal state, the disaffection of some 300,000 residents like prominent lawyer Soujoud Hamade could well tilt the electoral balance in Donald Trump’s favour

Visit by US defence secretary to meet Zelenskiy focused on assisting Kyiv as Russia slowly makes gains in east of country

US president in Germany to hold talks with Olaf Scholz, Emmanuel Macron and Keir Starmer

Critics saw the strange spectacle as evidence of his cognitive decline. To me, it felt like witnessing a politician who has done away with the pretence of politics

Rare use of B-2 bombers in attack on ‘weapons facilities’ could serve as warning to Iran

‘It is a tight race. It is a margin-of-error race’ but ‘the choice is clear’ – Harris

Republicans have regained traction and the Democrats are worried as US election nears

Whether Kamala Harris or Donald Trump wins the presidency in November, Ireland will not be much of a priority

White House says it is ‘deeply concerned’ by reports of the IDF firing on UN troops

Why is the International Criminal Court taking nearly five months to respond to the request for Netanyahu’s arrest warrant when it took just three weeks to grant one for Putin?

Despite its position as Israel’s closest ally, the US still appears unwilling or unable to exert meaningful pressure for restraint

Taoiseach says ‘Israel will have to be judged on what it does and not what it says’ amid ‘concerning’ loss of civilian life

It’s not hard to suspect that both Binyamin Netanyahu and Vladimir Putin are holding out for a Trump re-election

Taoiseach says he ‘made clear the position of the Irish people’ on Gaza to US president