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US president tells supporters communism is ‘the enemy of July 4th, 1776′ during Mount Rushmore address

We have tall ships, but also Freedom Trucks, coins featuring Trump’s face and an Indycar race

The story of the American Revolution was mostly written by White Anglo-Saxon Protestants, who downplayed the role of Scots-Irish and Irish

US president expected to visit Doonbeg golf course in Co Clare and possibly play in pro-am event on day before Irish Open

While the constitution may have been the creed, money was America’s sacrament

Celebrate the Fourth of July with these two eminently simple dishes, including a no-bake dessert

Unalienable right to life, liberty and the pursuit of cryptocurrency

Inside Politics podcast with Hugh Linehan

Ireland’s 52.7% surge in exports of goods to US skews figures with only four other EU states reporting increases last year

An open letter by American Chamber of Commerce Ireland president Mark Cockerill

World Cup 2026: TV malfunction brings confusion and delayed delight in Paraguay

Mauricio Pochettino has to plan for game against Belgium without talisman Folarin Balogun after controversial sending off

White House argues that since sons Eric Trump and Donald Trump jnr run the family business, there are no conflicts of interest

Civilian suffering must be mourned wherever it occurs

Intergovernmental bargaining makes up much of the EU’s activity

Judges block president’s executive order that banned citizenship for babies of undocumented immigrants born on US soil

Coalition parties dream of income tax cuts while most economists predict shades of financial Armageddon

Non-inclusion of US fundraising body in party’s annual accounts ‘difficult to understand’, says DCU professor

Cuts are due to expire at end of July, with Taoiseach and Tánaiste saying there will be no ‘cliff edge’

Tech shares rebound ‌on Wall Street after last week’s sell-off

David McKean’s ancestor Thomas McKean was one of eight signatories of Irish descent to sign the document

Lebanon’s parliament speaker casts doubt on US-brokered agreement with Israel aimed at halting parallel conflict

Donald Trump had previously vowed to end mail-in voting before November’s congressional elections

Justices fail to over-rule the president from firing a regulator in a separate decision

At the kickoff to the nation’s 250th birthday celebrations, attendees were asked if they knew ‘Jesus loves you’

Washington’s Gulf allies have lost faith in US security guarantee, offering Iran an advantage as it asserts its control over Strait of Hormuz

Government reports 1,450 dead from the quakes as it faces growing criticism over response

Irish diplomats will take up role during EU presidency, initially operating from German embassy in Tehran

Israeli statement said tunnel contained hundreds ⁠of weapons and launchers

Tehran says strikes were retaliation for US attacks as interim peace deal shows signs of collapse

Tipperary native Thomas O’Brien emigrated to the US before joining the army and was identified through modern DNA analysis

Investors seem more concerned about companies getting caught than the corrupt acts themselves

Berlin wants to loosen the shackles on the BND as part of a Europe-wide drive to reduce dependence on US intelligence

US military said its attacks were response to an Iranian drone strike on a ship in the Strait ⁠of Hormuz

The right back was unknown even to some of his team-mates when first called up to the US squad a year ago; but he is certainly making a name for himself now

Chance remark on love by a D-Day veteran sparked fairytale late chapter in Hollywood performer’s life

Hibernian Greenspan-ism was embraced from the Galway tent to the Central Bank’s bulletins, and celebrated as Ireland became increasingly indebted

Exciting early goals and fond farewells as whittling-down ramps up

On the eve of its 250th birthday, America and the world order it created are in crisis

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