Roe v Wade: Republicans block US Bill to protect abortion access
Democrats fall short of 60 votes needed to explicitly bar a wide array of restrictions
Ketanji Brown Jackson’s US supreme court confirmation hearings to begin
Nominee could become first black woman in court’s history but process may be contentious
Apple-Man, Biden’s ‘dead’ plan and the very best of Brexit
Planet Business: Wordle-buying New York Times mops up subscribers
Biden vows to replace Breyer with black woman on US supreme court
President hails retiring judge as ‘model public servant’ and will choose successor by March
Biden’s domestic agenda stalls as pressure mounts one year into office
Major infrastructure plan has passed but voting rights and social reforms are in limbo
Maureen Dowd: Joe Biden better Build Better or he won’t be Back
US president was elected to be Not Trump ... he has overpromised and underdelivered
US public’s desire for revolution is a figment of Democrats’ imagination
US Politics: Most people want a return to pre-pandemic normality, not drastic change
Crucial week for Biden as voting reform moves intensify
Michelle Obama spearheads campaign to register a million new voters in the US
Maureen Dowd: Trigger warning – it’s my brother’s turn again
‘The American people are growing tired of the role of government in their lives. They are sick of lockdowns and masks for Covid’
David McWilliams: How has Biden’s grip on power become so fragile?
The president’s social-spending deal might yet be made but the political difficulties cannot be overstated
Ireland to support French EU presidency on 15% corporate tax rate
KPMG tax partner says Paschal Donohoe may be able to limit effect on Irish businesses
The Irish Times view on Joe Biden’s domestic troubles: The threat of defeat
US president has little choice but to persist with the Build Back Better Bill
Biden faces hard choices to save key domestic goals
Rejection of Build Back Better plan by Manchin poses dilemma for Democrats
Biden’s domestic plan suffers huge blow as Manchin says he will reject spending Bill
White House says it will seek to move ahead on €1.75tn Bill next year regardless
Maureen Dowd: Once more unto the breach for Britain and France
Hundred Years’ War still raging in the French and British Embassies in D.C.
US House passes Biden’s $1.75tn social spending plans
Harris first woman to hold presidential power as Biden undergoes colonoscopy
Cop26: Are big business’s net-zero plans even credible?
Emission-cutting proposals do not force commerce to rectify actions imminently
Maureen Dowd: Wokeness derails the Democrats
As the party focuses on the wrong things, many still wonder if Biden is up to the job
Democrats feel the heat after crushing defeat in Virginia governor’s race
Tuesday’s elections paint distressing picture for Biden ahead of next year’s midterms
The Irish Times view on Joe Biden’s troubles: a president who needs some wins
Biden and the Democrats have a genuine battle on their hands against resurgent Republicans
Kathy Sheridan: Protesting works as we reach peak climate anxiety
Public pressure has already resulted in substantial levels of movement
Manchin’s lingering ‘concerns’ on $1.75tn spending package deal blow to Biden
Senator’s latest intervention a setback for US president’s agenda, including climate plans
Biden’s strongest weapon is Donald Trump
While failing to deliver on promises for US, incumbent president still beats predecessor
Democrat moderates bury proposed US billionaires tax
Parental leave plan also in the balance but targeted corporate tax plan has more support
Joe Biden’s trouble? He overestimated the clamour for change
US Politics: President was elected for narrow purposes – retire Trump and give Americans a breather
Biden fights to salvage ambitious climate agenda ahead of Cop26
Kamala Harris tells lawmakers US ‘cannot afford to be patient’ in reducing carbon emissions
Pelosi says Democrats ‘pretty much there’ on $2 trillion social spending Bill
Treasury secretary Janet Yellen says she anticipates no problems in funding the Bill
Democrats weigh up carbon tax as key Biden climate proposal looks doomed
Many Democrats outraged after senator Joe Manchin moves to kill clean electricity plan
America needs political waverers like Sinema and Manchin
US Politics: For both senators, the basis of their opposition matters less than the fact of it
Biden urges Democrats to overcome divisions on spending Bills
US president visits Congress to discuss infrastructure legisation and vows to ‘get it done’
Biden’s signature reforms jeopardised by Democratic infighting
Threat of revolt delays key vote on $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure package
Fight between Democratic wings threatens to scupper Biden’s agenda
Standoff over $1tn instrastructure Bill and £3.5tn policy plan sows alarm in party
Democrats tax plan falls short of Biden ambition
US president’s proposal for 28% corporate tax rate seen as undeliverable by moderate Democrats
Maureen Dowd: Goldfish memory America keeps circling bowl
Afghanistan horror exemplifies climate-damaged, rights-opposing land of dread
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
US companies would face stiffer penalties for shifting profits under new plan
Higher levies could come into force next year
Democrats’ pursuit of $3.5tn budget package complicates infrastructure win
Business interests fear considering Bills together could doom roads and bridges deal
Why Joe Biden is such an elusive target for his critics
US Politics: The president is acting out that US paradox – the fuddy-duddy reformer
Federal employees in US will have to show proof of vaccination
US Wrap: New rules announced as Biden urges unvaccinated to get jab to curb virus
Maureen Dowd: Bernie Sanders is a man on a mission
Vermont senator’s bond with Joe Biden could have profound effect on the lives of Americans
Biden agrees $1tn infrastructure package with senators
Plan covers projects in clean energy, power grid upgrade and public transportation
Maureen Dowd, a Pulitzer-winning Beltway socialite with a caustic eye
Grande Dame of DC Dowd to give insight to Biden’s America and the politics-obsessed town
Republican senators vow to block voting rights Bill
Democrats boosted by senator Joe Manchin’s proposed slimmed-down version of Bill
Immigration issue gives Kamala Harris her first real hiccup as VP
Comments following meeting with Guatemalan leader expose muddy messaging
Janan Ganesh: The US’s vaunted turn to the left is plainly stalling
The Democratic right may be out of favour – but it has a decisive say in running the country
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
Biden pushes for compromise amid hostility to $2.3tn infrastructure plan
GOP increasingly suspicious of president’s proposal in face of poor employment figures
Kamala Harris calls on Congress to act on changing gun laws
US Wrap: Vice-president says legislation will have more impact than executive orders
House of Representatives expected to approve Biden’s massive stimulus package
Congressional approval of plan would mark a significant achievement for president
Biden on brink of passing historic $1.9tn boost to US economy
Democrat-controlled House of Representatives poised to follow US Senate and support stimulus bill
Maureen Dowd: Many on the left don’t understand what a reporter is
Trump era skewed the understanding of journalists as impartial watchdogs
US supply chain review ordered as Biden seeks to prevent shortages
Domestic production vulnerabilities to be assessed in move deemed rebuke to China
US flags to be flown at half mast to mark 500,000 Covid deaths
Biden attacks Trump over his handling of the pandemic and closures of small businesses
Fintan O’Toole: Biden can make America great again only by making it green
Donald Trump boasted of not having started a war. But he did: a war on nature
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