Last laugh for Trump as Nikki Haley changes her primary coloursAnnouncement of intention to vote for Trump will stand as a betrayal of those who voted for her in Republican contestSun May 26 2024 - 05:00
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 otherSat May 18 2024 - 06:00
Colm Tóibín on writing a sequel to Brooklyn: ‘I got a lot of inspiration from Domhnall Gleeson’s performance’The writer on finding the confidence to trace the journey of his character Eilis in follow-up novel Long IslandSat May 18 2024 - 06:00
Barbara Kingsolver: ‘The first time I set foot in Ireland I felt so at home. Something about the language, the culture’The author and her daughter Lily Kingsolver have written an illustrated children’s book togetherSat May 11 2024 - 06:00
Biden’s Racine certainty fails to win broad acclaimAmericans care more about a decline in personal circumstances than a good story about job creationSat May 11 2024 - 05:00
Donald Trump trial: Stormy Daniels testimony pure gold for talkshow comedy turnsOne of the many peculiarities of former US president’s hush money trial is that it lurches from lurid tabloid headlines to fine details of invoices and accounting practicesFri May 10 2024 - 18:42
Marjorie Taylor Greene sees red on Washington path of wrathThe most vocal and extreme of the hardline Trump Republicans has caused another stir by vowing to force a vote to oust House Speaker Mike JohnsonSat May 04 2024 - 05:00
Trump’s week in court: Gasps and a pick-up in pace as Hope Hicks is calledFormer president’s adviser appears at the end of a week in which the prosecution attempts to construct a stage-set for its main contentionSat May 04 2024 - 05:00
A pro-Palestinian protest that began at Columbia University has taken hold in hundreds of US campusesAt the heart of the standoff is the tension between the right to peaceful protest and the disputed contention the college protests have an anti-Semitic intentTue Apr 30 2024 - 17:23
Not-so-shaggy dog tale may kill off Kristi Noem’s vice presidential hopesOn Friday, The Guardian ran extracts of memoir No Going Back which detailed her jaw-dropping attempts to control Cricket, a 14-month-old hunting dogMon Apr 29 2024 - 21:33
Former US prosecutor on the justice system: ‘When I see kids come into court in chains, I can’t help thinking of slavery’Debbie Hines’s Get Off My Neck lays bare the startling inequalities faced by black Americans in the US justice systemSat Apr 27 2024 - 06:00
Quashing of Harvey Weinstein’s rape conviction draws prompt parallels with Donald Trump trialJudge’s decision in Weinstein trial had abandoned Molineux ruling limiting testimony to complainants involved in case, while Trump’s trial judge has permitted jury to hear evidence of uncharged activitySat Apr 27 2024 - 05:00
US student protests: ‘You see a lot of hate on campus’In the sunshine, the pro-Palestine encampment in Columbia University looks like the luxury section of a music festival. But a read of the signs shows the intent is deadly seriousFri Apr 26 2024 - 10:46
After a constructive start, Trump yawns, sits back and surrenders controlIf Mar-a-Lago represents one extremity of interior decor, the courtroom on the 15th floor represents the other for the former presidentThu Apr 25 2024 - 22:19
Juror’s toothache bites into Trump hush money trialDefence counsel for former US president dismisses the 34 counts against his client as ‘really just pieces of paper’Tue Apr 23 2024 - 01:00
View from Capitol Hill: Bitterly divided parties conspire to pass foreign aid Bill but discord sizzles unabatedHouse speaker Mike Johnson fends off criticism and claims history will judge the funding decision wellSun Apr 21 2024 - 17:55
Salman Rushdie: ‘The first thing that comes into my mind each morning is: I don’t have my right eye’ Novelist explains why he chose not to talk to his would-be murderer, and what he discovered about himself when fatwa was issued against himSat Apr 20 2024 - 06:00
Kennedys endorse Biden despite Robert Kennedy jnr’s White House bidKerry Kennedy does her best to portray Joe Biden as someone in step with the values of her father and uncleSat Apr 20 2024 - 05:00
Trump on trial: A hellscape for former president of having no control over what’s happeningDonald Trump is a born communicator, but the gag order placed on him by judge Juan Merchan during this first criminal trial facing a former US president requires him to do, well, nothingFri Apr 19 2024 - 19:19
US comedy giant Conan O’Brien declares Ireland ‘quite the ride... for a ginger’Television: Irish-American presenter is very funny in the Irish episode of his travel show, especially when searching for BonoThu Apr 18 2024 - 18:49
McGrath eyes ‘very good’ budget as election nearsSpeaking in Washington, the Minister for Finance urged businesses with warehoused tax debt to engage with RevenueThu Apr 18 2024 - 06:45
Dublin fire brigade member charged with Boston rape further held on $100,000 cash bail orderProsecution tells Boston Municipal Court judge that it is not ready to proceed with scheduled probable cause hearing and is granted postponementTue Apr 16 2024 - 19:00
Trump makes history as New York ‘hush money’ criminal trial beginsFormer US president accused of falsifying records to cover up $130,000 payment to porn actor Stormy DanielsMon Apr 15 2024 - 23:29
Strange Manhattan homecoming for Trump, first former US president to face a criminal trialThe scene outside a New York City courthouse is a mad carnival of opinion and emotion as Trump faces his hush-money momentMon Apr 15 2024 - 20:05
Biden leads condemnation of Iran’s missile strikes on IsraelUS assures Israel of ‘ironclad commitment’ to security while Iran’s president warns ‘reckless behaviour’ will trigger further actionSun Apr 14 2024 - 21:36
Iran attack places spotlight on dithering in Washington over passing aid BillLatest flashpoint will indicate how much weight Netanyahu places on US president’s wordsSun Apr 14 2024 - 21:00
Trump on trial: what will happen in court today? Ex-president faces 34 charges of falsifying business documents around payment of ‘hush money’ to adult film actor Stormy DanielsSun Apr 14 2024 - 17:11
OJ Simpson might have got away with murder but he lost the one thing he craved the mostThrity years on, it is difficult to think of another event where so many themes and tensions of American life intersected – or, rather, collidedFri Apr 12 2024 - 11:37
Great American eclipse was, like, wooaahhhMillions of Americans - and their dogs - left dumbfounded by celestial showTue Apr 09 2024 - 06:27
Great American eclipse leaves millions in awe as darkness descendsTotal eclipse of the sun sweeps across parts of Mexico, the United States and Canada in path of totality 185km wideMon Apr 08 2024 - 21:51
Solar eclipse gives ‘middle-town America’ rare spot in the limelightErie, in Pennsylvania, has suffered economic decline in recent years but now finds itself preparing for an influx of visitors eager to witness an extraordinary phenomenonMon Apr 08 2024 - 06:00
Sarah McNally moved to New York, worked in a bar: A very Irish life, cut violently shortThe 41-year-old Longford woman’s death has resonated among the Irish in New York and at homeSat Apr 06 2024 - 06:00
Solar eclipse frenzy grips America as stargazers set out to heartland for glimpse of rare phenomenonAmericans are gearing up for a rare astronomical display that Nasa says will cause the daytime sky to darken ‘as if it were dusk or dawn’Sat Apr 06 2024 - 05:00
Biden’s approach to Israel has a newfound urgencyUS president may be reaching the end of what many Democrats see as a questionable patience towards Israel’s relentless onslaught on GazaFri Apr 05 2024 - 18:43
Trump compares his legal woes to Al Capone’s as he reruns 2020 defeat by Biden in WisconsinFormer Republican president’s hour-long address moves between rhapsodic promise and portrayal of himself as a fugitive forced to evade a corrupt systemWed Apr 03 2024 - 06:50
Donald Trump is Stephen King’s Bible salesman made fleshHorror author has sold 400 million books and has a remarkable knack for capturing aspects of the national moodSat Mar 30 2024 - 05:00
Baltimore bridge became world famous from the moment it ceased to existFrancis Scott Key bridge suddenly ceased to be a city backdrop when it was struck by a cargo ship. As the shock recedes, questions are being askedFri Mar 29 2024 - 18:10
Baltimore bridge collapse: Recovery operation as six missing presumed dead, police sayMayday call issued by ship before it struck Scott Key Bridge enabled officials to stop traffic at both sidesWed Mar 27 2024 - 08:44
Robert Kennedy’s vice-presidential pick will broaden his appeal in race to White HouseCalifornia lawyer Nicole Shanahan, ex-wife of Google co-founder Sergei Brin, announced as independent candidate’s running mate in US eWed Mar 27 2024 - 05:00
Whatever happened to Kamala Harris? ‘They have kept her away from public appearances’Whatever about Harris’s gifts as a communicator it is undeniable that she is at present a more cogent and powerful orator than either Biden or TrumpSat Mar 23 2024 - 06:00
Disappearing dollar has been a vital part of the American experience It is surprising to see the art form of grubby day-to-day commerce evaporate so quicklySat Mar 23 2024 - 05:23
Trump’s image and vanity suffer blow as civil fraud case puts him in a $464m bond bindDonald Trump's lawyers say securing a bond for the full amount in the judgment is a ‘practical impossibility’Wed Mar 20 2024 - 08:50
Taoiseach raises need for bombs to stop in Gaza, as central part of shamrock ceremony speech with US president Leo Varadkar moves Joe Biden to tears when he quotes the president’s late son, Beau BidenSun Mar 17 2024 - 20:57
Washington witnesses nation-building at the National BuildingBrightness and sincere optimism of Michelle O’Neill and Emma Little-Pengelly was a jolting invitation to look towards the futureSat Mar 16 2024 - 05:00
US working towards Ramadan ceasefire in Gaza, Biden tells Taoiseach Disclosure comes during meeting in Oval Office amid increasing signs that US administration support for Israel’s war in Gaza is waningFri Mar 15 2024 - 21:01
How do we Irish get away with the annual jamboree in Washington? It seemed like Varadkar was in the room at the moment that signalled the limitations of White House patience towards IsraelFri Mar 15 2024 - 20:49
Harris and Varadkar toast US-Irish ties with glass of fresh orange juice and a smileTaoiseach begins series of high-profile events in Washington with Kamala Harris breakfastFri Mar 15 2024 - 16:09
Biden agrees with Varadkar on need for ceasefire in Gaza and two-state solutionUS president and Taoiseach meet in the Oval Office of White House to discuss the wars in Gaza and UkraineFri Mar 15 2024 - 15:43
Chuck Schumer’s speech on Israel puts focus on Biden administration’s approach to GazaThe Senate majority leader claimed that Binyamin Netanyahu has ‘lost his way’Thu Mar 14 2024 - 21:18
Taoiseach insists he will not dilute Government’s criticism of Israel during US tripVaradkar pledges to maintain pressure over Gaza when meeting US president and Congressional leadersThu Mar 14 2024 - 15:53
