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‘Liberation Day’: The fallout from Trump’s scorched earth economic protectionist policy

Donald Trump and his closest advisers have taken steps to circumvent the constraints upon the executive authority of president in pursuit of vaguely defined goals. Can they be stopped?

Claim by director of national intelligence Tulsi Gabbard made to look absurd during gruelling hearing

The Irish approach to foreign policy should not be to exaggerate our purity or indulge dictators, but neither should we parrot criticisms of our neutrality from miliary aligned states

The Oval Office 2025 has become a fascinating and volatile court, so the Taoiseach might expect one or two curveballs coming his way

President offers up shocks and promises, riddled with exaggerations and factual inaccuracies, during address to Congress

Some Americans see a golden age dawning under Donald Trump, others fear their democracy is dying

Three Republicans joined every Democrat in voting no as Hegseth is confirmed in a tie-break vote

Worldview: Ayn Rand’s articulation of a brutal, amoral ‘greed-is good’ philosophy embodies the spirit of the new administration

We don’t know what will emerge from Trump 2.0 but we do know what is dying – American liberalism

The billionaire businessman has managed to connect with millions of ordinary Americans in a way the Democrats cannot

US Senate confirmation hearings for Donald Trump’s proposed cabinet members began with the 44-year-old former Fox News television host

Trump will face significant logistical and legal limits to his stated aim of deporting a million migrants a year

Thirty-eight Republicans vote against package, hastily assembled after the president-elect and Elon Musk scuttled a prior bipartisan deal

Chamber hears a compelling grace note from departing figure of the old Republican Party

Thanksgiving pardon comes in advance of sentencing of president’s son for illegal possession of handgun and tax evasion

Democrats are eating a giant helping of crow since voters delivered a stunning victory for the Republican candidate

By elevating men accused of sexual misconduct to key roles, incoming US president Donald Trump has delivered a searing affront to women

Former Florida attorney general served as the top law enforcement officer of that state from 2011 to 2019

‘Not as bad as the Republicans’ failed as a strategy. Next time, Democrats should run someone from the party’s insurgent progressive wing

Controversial Florida congressman has supported some of Trump’s most controversial policies

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

With a supreme court majority sympathetic both to Republican policies and to a more expansive definition of presidential power, the new administration will have nearly all the tools it needs

Fears grow in US immigrant communities as president-elect says he has ‘no choice’ but to act on campaign pledge

Judge pauses Trump 2020 election subversion case

Wiles, a veteran of Florida politics and Trump’s campaign manager, is the mind behind his political success

US Election: Donald Trump's clean sweep of battleground states makes nonsense of knife-edge prediction

Lesson from the US election is that liberals must realise young men have problems too

Future trade between the US and EU could be affected by the imposition of tariffs imposed by the new US regime

It is no longer possible to batten down the hatches and think 'this too will pass'

Democrat says result must be accepted as Republican claims ‘magnificent victory’

Republicans exultant as Democratic Party left facing a crisis of identity following a comprehensive electoral defeat

US Election: In Washington, it was difficult to imagine what the same streets would have looked like had Harris won Trump

For almost a decade, he has loudly proclaimed a number of core policy goals. Now he has the opportunity to radically remake Washington

Majority in House of Representatives would produce full sweep of power in Congress

US election: Tariffs and corporation tax are key areas to watch when calculating risk to Irish economy of Republican presidential victory

US election: Control of the US House of Representatives remained unclear, with many of the most competitive races still uncalled

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

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

If polls are correct, it could take days to decide the next president, but a ‘blue wall’ surge could make the result obvious by 4am