The Democrats’ civil war over Israel is getting worse
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Micheál Martin thinks voters reward delivery. Simon Harris is not convinced
Micheál Martin is a ‘deliverist’ at heart; Harris, by contrast, does things, tells people about them, shows he is doing them – on repeat
‘It’s far worse than I actually thought’: Trump rounds on US journalists at awkward White House press dinner
His jokes meet stony silence at gathering rescheduled after gunman sparked panic at April event
Could Hunter Biden be the man to bring the family name back to the White House?
Few Americans have been pilloried as mercilessly as Joe Biden’s son over the past decade, but now there’s talk of him running for the White House
Higher occupancy levels doubles profits at Conrad Hotel
Owner Archer Hotel Capital recently secured permission to expand the Earlsfort Terrace property
Democrats remain split over their longstanding leniency towards Netanyahu
Party continues to grapple with leniency of Joe Biden’s administration towards Binyamin Netanyahu
Saudi Arabia to build nuclear reactors using US technology as part of new agreement
Deal does not include so-called Additional Protocol allowing United Nations atomic agency to carry out snap inspections
Out of time: the art of knowing when to step down from the top job
Only a few master one of the hardest career tricks of them all
Todd Blanche grilled over Epstein files and Trump’s tax immunity at Senate hearing
Trump’s former personal lawyer and his nominee for attorney general denies putting the US president’s interests first
New trail highlights Irish roots of nearly half of US presidents
Series of commemorative trees and interpretive panels will celebrate the historical connections between Ireland and leaders of the United States
As the US turns 250, we are at each other’s throats
We have tall ships, but also Freedom Trucks, coins featuring Trump’s face and an Indycar race
Trump’s moneymaking as president ‘completely unprecedented’
White House argues that since sons Eric Trump and Donald Trump jnr run the family business, there are no conflicts of interest
‘If it doesn’t work out, I’m blaming JD’: Vance faces political peril as Trump undercuts Iran talks
US vice-president’s bid to secure a rapid peace deal with Iran is being complicated by Donald Trump’s combative rhetoric
Three former presidents sat together to listen to Obama on Thursday. Trump was not invited
A speech the former president made at the library opened in his name in Chicago seems the one the US really needs to hear on July 4th
How Irish is Andy Burnham, the possible next British prime minister?
Ancestral links suggest Makerfield byelection winner is somewhere between Joe Biden and Tony Blair
Donald Trump too tired to have a go at ‘Sleepy Joe’
President’s mental and physical health under hawkish scrutiny as ‘third-term’ talk abates
‘He’s clearly not well’: Donald Trump’s erratic behaviour revives mental health debate
As the US president threatens to wipe out Iran and attacks the pope, some former allies and advisers are questioning whether he has grown increasingly unbalanced
Kamala Harris says she might run for president again in 2028
Former vice-president to Joe Biden lost popular vote and Electoral College to Donald Trump in 2024
Trump is stuck and looking for options – an Irish former US adviser warns this is risky
Tom Wright, who worked in the Biden administration, believes the president is in ‘a real bind’ in Iran
Zohran Mamdani has no opinion on a united Ireland. That matters more than you think
This is a story about two things: the changing nature of the left and the diminishing power of Irish America
A vintage Trump performance in America’s heartland: Electoral fraud, Obama-bashing, ‘Newscum’
With an eye on the midterm elections, the US president is trying to convince his voting base – and perhaps himself – that everything is still okay
‘I used to snort cocaine off of toilet seats’: The long, strange trip of Robert Kennedy Jr
From fringe protest candidate to Trump’s health secretary, RFK’s unlikely survival story is pure American surrealism
It’s ironic how it took a Corkman to teach UK’s Labour to sound like English patriots
It has been helpful for Ireland, too. But Morgan McSweeney’s reign could be coming to screeching halt
‘I want nice, thin blood’: Trump defends heavy aspirin use amid health questions
US president shrugs off questions on bruising and scrutiny over his fitness for office
‘Presidential Walk of Fame’ offers Trump’s skewed take on US history
Plaques portray an often inaccurate version of history that aligns with the US president’s worldview
Trump’s primetime address rings with frustration as he insists the golden age has already arrived
It may have occurred to him as he spoke, as well as to millions watching, that the US president has another three years left in office
The new US poverty line: $140,000
Claim by Wall Street portfolio manager that families need $140,000 income to function goes viral
Trump hits the road again with a rally caught between past battles and future anxieties
US president relives old battles and old glories on low-wattage return to the road in Pennsylvania
Donald Trump attacked Joe Biden for being too old. Now his critics say the same about him
Trump uses bullying and personal attacks on his enemies - but we should be wary of the impulse to do the same
Trump says he plans to cancel most of Joe Biden’s executive orders
US president threatens predecessor with perjury charge if he claims to have been involved in autopen process
China’s tech giants take AI model training offshore to tap Nvidia chips
Alibaba and ByteDance shift development to south-east Asia to sidestep US curbs
Donald Trump at 79: slowing pace and shorter days highlight realities of ageing in office
US president has long used his energy as a political strength, but that image is becoming harder to sustain
Donald Trump and JD Vance not invited to funeral of Dick Cheney
Biden and Bush were in attendance for Republican’s service, along with all other living former US vice-presidents
The Irish Times view on US elections: signs of life for Democrats
Wins arrive at the close of a bleak year defined by self-doubt and internal recriminations
US government debt burden on track to overtake Italy’s, IMF figures show
Washington to become more indebted than European nations known for fragile public finances for first time this century
‘I am not done’: Kamala Harris suggests she may run for US president again
Former vice-president dismisses placing her as an outsider to win a place on Democratic White House ticket for 2028
‘He was aware’: Ex-Biden press secretary mounts lonely defence of former president
Karine Jean-Pierre’s comments while publicising a memoir puts her at odds with Maga and many in the liberal media
Joe Biden receiving radiation and hormone therapy to treat prostate cancer
Former US president left office in January after he dropped his bid for re-election six months earlier
Ireland faces a stark choice in the face of the threat from Russia
Catherine Connolly’s horror at the remilitarisation of Europe is understandable, but she has taken the wrong lesson from the history of the 1930s
Should Harris have told Biden not to run? ‘Perhaps,’ she writes in new book
Former vice-president accuses his White House aides of helping fuel negative narratives and failing to defend her against right-wing attacks
US employment growth through March revised sharply lower
Revision roughly halves 1.8m job growth figure previously estimated for the period from March 2024 to March 2025
Aidan Greene: ‘I never wanted to be a stammering advocate but by being a stand-up comedian I’ve inadvertently become one’
Cavan comic Aidan Greene’s advice to fellow stammerers is that you need to learn nobody cares about your stammer as much as you do
Trump ally Jeanine Pirro confirmed as top federal prosecutor for Washington DC
Former Fox News host publicly supported baseless claims that Trump lost first presidency because of fraud
Trump orders firing of US jobs official after dismal employment report
Latest update showed US economy created only 73,000 jobs last month, with May and June data also revised sharply down
How a Chinese border town keeps Russia’s economy afloat
The flow of goods in Manzhouli, China’s main border crossing with Russia, underscores close ties between the countries, complicating Beijing’s relationship with Europe
Former police officer sentenced to 33 months for violating civil rights of Breonna Taylor
US president Donald Trump’s justice department had asked Kentucky judge to imprison Brett Hankison for just a day over role in fatal raid
Deep House: The Gayest Love Story Ever Told by Jeremy Atherton Lin – How bigotry was moved off the statute books
The author intersperses an account of the evolution of gay rights in the US with the story of his own early love affair
Israeli military operations in Gaza ‘well over the top’, ex-CIA chief says
An evaluation by Ireland of its security, defence and intelligence needs ‘makes sense’, says John Brennan
Trump’s perfectly landed swear word was his best performance yet
Politicians like Holly Cairns or Keir Starmer could meet the threat of the populist right with a lighter tone and a joke or two
This man could be just what the American left needs
Socialist challenger has come from nowhere to rival Andrew Cuomo in New York’s mayoral race
Juneteenth celebrations offer another lesson in stark difference between Donald Trump and Joe Biden
America letter: While the former president commemorated end of slavery in US, his successor moaned about federal holidays
Genocide in Gaza: three new books take stock
Genocide in Gaza: Israel’s Long War on Palestine by Avi Shlaim; Catastrophe: Nakba II by Fintan Drury; and The Gaza Catastrophe: The Genocide in World-Historical Perspective by Gilbert Achcar
Killiney WhatsApp chats ablaze again with a new debate about goats
Plus Joe Biden causes concern, who runs Ireland and did Leopold Bloom shoot JFK?
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