In a Word...Ancestry
Ireland has proved adept at forging friendships with influential people based on family heritage
Richard Nixon
Charm offensive: The close personal encounters with charmers that leave us uneasy
We know charm is routinely weaponised in politics, business and personal relationships. Still, we’re not always immune to charming people, and maybe we don’t want to be
US airlines’ demand to be allowed to land at Dublin threatened Aer Lingus and west of Ireland, Lynch told Nixon
Washington put pressure on government in early 1970s to stop forcing passenger planes from US to land at Shannon
Jeff Bezos has made a sacrificial offering of the Washington Post. A once-great newspaper is dying in darkness
The paper’s billionaire owner has said its opinion pages will in future support and defend ‘two pillars: personal liberties and free markets’
The sap rises and barriers go up as China prepares for the year’s biggest political event
Analysts around the world will watch the Two Sessions closely for information about the country’s policy direction
Ireland’s priceless moon rock from Apollo landing was destroyed in a fire
US gifted second piece of moon rock after final moon mission, which is now in National Museum
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
George Stephanopoulos: ‘You can only have constructive debates if people are determined to engage in good faith’
Clinton-era White House adviser talks about his history of the White House Situation Room and his fear that Americans of opposing political camps have stopped listening to each other
Henry Kissinger, global US foreign policy figure, dies at 100
Former secretary of state to Richard Nixon became one of the most controversial and prominent figures of US foreign policy
John Carter Cash on his parents: ‘Their relationship was a shambles. But they learned to love each other again’
Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash’s son has revisited their relationship to help chronicle his father’s life in lyrics
Biden and Xi to meet in San Francisco but relations expected to remain rocky
Washington likely to press for restoration of contacts between US and Chinese military leaders and to urge Beijing to stop the flow of fentanyl
Deep Throat’s Watergate garage is up the road from me, and they want to knock it down
Site could be demolished as part of new development project 51 years after the Watergate burglary
Management 101: don’t drain a reservoir to find your phone
Lapses in judgment and lack of integrity fly in the face of the most basic expectations of what it means to be a leader
What is Roe v Wade and how does it affect abortion rights in the US?
US supreme court looks set to overturn the landmark ruling that legalised abortion
Giant panda celebrations a reminder of better times in US-China relations
America Letter: First arrival of the popular bears in Washington came in the wake of Nixon’s groundbreaking visit to Beijing in 1972
Biden and his wife paid $150,000 in federal taxes last year
US president and Jill Biden reportered earnings of $610,702
Red Rocket film review: Hilarious, unsettling portrait of a tarnished American dream
Frayed lives and unnerving relationships are vividly brought to life in Sean Baker’s latest
When the UN gets its facts wrong, as it did with my Ukraine story
Vigilante ‘fake news’ watchdogs roamed the internet demanding people delete my story
America’s self-reproach for China’s rise is unwarranted
This pretence of humility is actually the most fantastical claim of omnipotence
Capitol riot: Steve Bannon surrenders to FBI on criminal charges
Former Trump adviser accused of stonewalling inquiry into January 6th attack
Colin Powell obituary: Respected military leader criticised for role in Iraq War
General who became first black US secretary of state made faulty claims about Hussein’s weapons
Public invited to take a rare peek inside the US embassy in Dublin
Much-loved but fortified building will be part of Open House this year
California’s financial success defies its political dysfunction
As with the wider country, the state’s economy survives growing issues of governance
‘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
What the parable of Obamacare teaches Republicans
US Politics: There is no future for the GOP as a small-government crusade
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
Maureen Dowd: It was the Cheneys who taught Trump how to lie
Liz Cheney has sacrificed herself to call out the former president – but she has a lot to answer for
Former US vice-president Walter Mondale dies aged 93
‘One of our nation’s most dedicated patriots and public servants’: Biden leads tributes
Watergate mastermind G Gordon Liddy dies aged 90
Liddy helped orchestrate the crime that began unravelling Richard Nixon’s presidency
Irish contribution to Ali-Frazier bout that brought the planet shuddering to a halt
America at Large: Monday is 50th anniversary of first Muhammad Ali-Joe Frazier bout
Maureen Dowd: Many on the left don’t understand what a reporter is
Trump era skewed the understanding of journalists as impartial watchdogs
US Republicans are in for a vicious and open-ended struggle
US Politics: Republican moderates probably won’t prevail in battle for party’s soul
Trump’s Capitol offence has brought ruin to him and his repellent family
Maureen Dowd: What happened in Washington on Wednesday was a heartbreaking disgrace
This was a bad year for the US – but let’s focus on the positives
US Politics: The events of 2020 showed the quiet resilience of the US system
The Crown, season 4: Gillian Anderson takes up the Margaret Thatcher challenge
She is the latest of many actors to wrestle with the blue suit and tortured vowels
Joe Biden faces an impossible job to unify America
President-elect’s aim is almost childlike in its innocence in a deeply partisan nation
‘I can’t stop crying’: joyful celebrations erupt in US as Joe Biden beats Trump
Expressions of joy and happiness break out across America after Pennsylvania went to Biden, handing him the presidency
‘I never expected my vote to end up in a Supreme Court challenge’
My first ever vote is likely headed into in the hands of America’s newest Supreme Court Judge, Amy Coney Barret, writes Zana Zee Keough
Fintan O’Toole: Defeat for Donald Trump will shape our world
What is at stake when the US votes on Tuesday? Almost everything
US pop culture has struggled to come to terms with Trumpism
The angry pop culture of the Nixon years is better than that of the Trump era
Suzanne Lynch’s US election diary: All eyes on the midwest battlegrounds
Trump and Biden take to the states of Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota
US election: Candidates to hold events in key rust-belt swing states
Trump’s wife Melania joins him on campaign trail in Florida as he calls former staffer ‘scum’
US election: Money makes electoral world go round as candidates spend big
Propelling Biden and Trump are donations small and large as dollars buy access and clout
Suzanne Lynch’s US Election Diary: Trump campaigns relentlessly in bid to close polling gap
Obama, Bon Jovi and Cher add some razzmatazz to the Biden campaign
US election: The swing states that will decide the race to the White House
Polls suggest that Joe Biden is on track but many are wary after 2016’s shock result
Suzanne Lynch’s US Election Diary: Voters queue up amid worrying sign for Trump in key state
New poll puts Joe Biden seven points ahead of Donald Trump in Georgia
Republicans urge Trump to disavow neo-fascists after debate comments
US Wrap: President launches xenophobic attack on Ilhan Omar at Minnesota rally
Biden portrays Trump as tax dodger after president’s records published
New York Times reported Trump paid no income tax for many of the last 20 years
‘Minnesota needs Trump’: President sees rural path to election victory
State encapsulates demographic, social divides driving political polarisation in the US
Poll puts Democrats ahead in some key races for Senate seats
Republicans becoming increasingly concerned they could lose their majority in the Senate
Britain plays the madman and leaves Europe rattled
Europe Letter: UK’s reputation diminished as EU capitals digest declaration to break law
Johnson ‘adopting Trumpian madman’ approach to Brexit negotiations
Former Irish ambassador to EU says UK’s position is increasingly difficult to gauge
Donald Trump succeeds in dragging Biden to the wrong fight
US Politics: With focus on law-and-order subtleties, Biden cannot focus on the Covid disaster
Trump’s four-year reign has been gutting for science, US scientists say
Dismantling of protections ‘is making it harder for future administrations to use science’
Crosswords & Puzzles
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
Stardust
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
Common Ground
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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