Obama summons BP chiefs to White HouseESTIMATES OF the amount of oil that has poured into the Gulf of Mexico since British Petroleum’s Deepwater Horizon rig exploded…Sat Jun 12 2010 - 01:00
Violence predicted as Americans turn from the southTHE UNSIGHTLY barrier surges up as you turn a corner, dwarfing the brightly painted houses, restaurants and little squares of…Wed Jun 09 2010 - 01:00
Oil spill is just latest US disaster caused by regulatory failuresAMERICA: Regulatory capture – the domination of US regulatory agencies by industries – is at heart of banking and oil spill …Sat May 29 2010 - 01:00
Mexican president's visit brings focus on immigrationA STATE visit by Felipe Calderón, the president of Mexico, to Washington has been dominated by the issues of illegal immigration…Thu May 20 2010 - 01:00
Hypocrisy on red carpet as Karzai pays a visitAMERICA: The president’s upbeat account of the Afghan war during Karzai’s visit to the US was jarringSat May 15 2010 - 01:00
Accused New York bomber chargedFAISAL SHAHZAD, a Pakistani-born US citizen, was charged yesterday afternoon with committing an act of terrorism and attempting…Wed May 05 2010 - 01:00
Arizona shoots itself in the foot by targeting illegal immigrantsAMERICA: Arizona has become the first US state to criminalise illegal immigration by defining it as trespassingSat May 01 2010 - 01:00
Wall Street's stock falls as Goldman put in the stocksANALYSIS: Goldman Sachs’s role in the global financial crisis is being exposed in the US Senate, writes LARA MARLOWEFri Apr 30 2010 - 01:00
Lucid and in-depth portrait of troubled countryBeware of Small States – Lebanon: Battle Ground of the Middle East By David Hirst Faber, 480pp, £20Wed Apr 07 2010 - 01:00
Wall Street's stock falls as Goldman put in the stocksANALYSIS: Goldman Sachs’s role in the global financial crisis is being exposed in the US Senate, writes LARA MARLOWEWed Mar 24 2010 - 00:00
Brief moment of truth in US-Israeli relations passes as row abatesAMERICA : The crisis over housing in east Jerusalem has shown the desperate need for consistency in US Middle East policySat Mar 20 2010 - 00:00
Irish visitors left giddy by Obama charmAs the Taoiseach noted, the president carries the burden of White House traditions very lightlyFri Mar 19 2010 - 00:00
Middle East dominates talks between Martin and ClintonFOREIGN AFFAIRS: WITH US-ISRAELI relations at their lowest point in 35 years, according to Michael Oren, Israel’s ambassador…Wed Mar 17 2010 - 00:00
Obama's healthcare reform enters do-or-die weekMAKE OR break. Do or die. Fight to the finishTue Mar 16 2010 - 00:00
Obama's enforcer Emanuel gets caught in the crossfireAMERICA: The White House chief of staff takes a no-holds-barred approach to politics, but his management skills are being questioned…Sat Mar 13 2010 - 00:00
Battle lines harden over Obama's healthcare BillAVERY SPARR’S small, flaxen-haired head hung over the placard that covered her as she sat in her strollerTue Mar 09 2010 - 00:00
Love affair with firearms won't be quelled by mere statisticsAMERICA: Cities and states that restrict gun ownership are seeing that prerogative threatened by the Supreme CourtSat Mar 06 2010 - 00:00
Obama urges a little 'soul-searching' on healthcareArguments based on damning health statistics are of limited use against Republican misrepresentationSat Feb 27 2010 - 00:00
US yields to Chinese pressure in low-key Dalai Lama meetingTHE US government deferred to Chinese sensitivities by receiving the Dalai Lama yesterday with the utmost discretion.Fri Feb 19 2010 - 00:00
Mind-boggling, awe-inspiring legacy of a bibliophile presidentFrom Thomas Jefferson’s original bequest of 6,000 books the Library of Congress has grown into a vast cultural institutionSat Dec 12 2009 - 00:00
Afghanistan to be focus in Obama's Oslo speechPRESIDENT BARACK Obama will walk to the podium in Oslo City Hall at noon Irish time today to accept the Nobel Peace PrizeThu Dec 10 2009 - 00:00
Senators disagree on strategy's prospectsTHE OBAMA administration presented its new Afghan war strategy on Capitol Hill yesterday, following the president’s announcement…Thu Dec 03 2009 - 00:00
White House gatecrashers claim they had inviteTHE SAGA of Michaele and Tareq Salahi, the White House gate-crashers, continued yesterday when the wannabe socialites made their…Wed Dec 02 2009 - 00:00
Obama boosts Afghan force"As Commander-in-Chief, I have determined that it is in our vital national interest to send an additional 30,000 US troops to…Wed Dec 02 2009 - 00:00
Woods withdraws from own golf tournamentWORLD CHAMPION golfer Tiger Woods has withdrawn from his own golf tournament, citing injuries from a car crash near his Florida…Tue Dec 01 2009 - 00:00
Portraits paint picture of an office both mocked and covetedAMERICA : A National Portrait Gallery exhibition gives some colourful insights into US vice-presidentsSat Nov 28 2009 - 00:00
Obama consoles families of Fort Hood victims in WashingtonPRESIDENT BARACK Obama and the first lady, Michelle Obama, yesterday consoled families and attended a memorial service at Fort…Wed Nov 11 2009 - 00:00
Are the winds of change really blowing for Obama?As the first anniversary of Obama’s election approaches, the US is in wait-and-see mode, with the euphoria surrounding his victory…Sat Oct 31 2009 - 00:00
US court to consider claim for ownership of 'Titanic' artefactsNEARLY A century after the Titanic sank on her maiden voyage across the Atlantic, the ocean liner will be the subject of four…Tue Oct 27 2009 - 00:00
New resting place for mass grave immigrants in New YorkIN THE mid-19th century, newly arrived Irish immigrants wandered Staten Island, penniless and disoriented, scrounging for food…Mon Oct 19 2009 - 01:00
Gubernatorial polls will be test of Obama's popularityAMERICA : The stakes are national for elections in Virginia and New Jersey – even if the politics is localSat Oct 17 2009 - 01:00
Obama choice in Afghan war 'to define presidency'THE US war in Afghanistan begins its ninth year today and is almost certain to break the 10-year record of Vietnam as America…Wed Oct 07 2009 - 01:00
In PittsburghObama seems likely to obtain the support he sought for Washington’s economic agenda, writes LARA MARLOWESat Sept 26 2009 - 01:00
From football pitch to political battlefield to pastures newAMERICA: THE MOST important instinct for the owner of a football team is knowing how to pick a winnerSat Sept 26 2009 - 01:00
Getting inside track on Potus, Flotus, VPotus and ScotusAMERICA : From Latinate acronyms to the healthcare debate, Washington’s political lexicon is a colourful oneSat Sept 19 2009 - 01:00
President sets out to motivate children despite partisan rowTHE LATEST furore surrounding the Obama presidency appeared to have subsided yesterday after the US leader delivered televised…Wed Sept 09 2009 - 01:00
An Irishwoman's DiaryEVERY TIME the late 18th- early 19th- century Japanese artist Hokusai moved, he walked out of his house, set it alight and burned…Tue Sept 08 2009 - 01:00
US workers seek payback on Labor DayObama today addresses unions who see Labor Day as a chance to lobby for healthcare reformMon Sept 07 2009 - 01:00
Son's tribute sums up man who inspired great actsFOR ALL his eloquence, not even President Barack Obama could match the emotional impact of Teddy Kennedy junior’s remembrance…Mon Aug 31 2009 - 01:00
An Irishwoman's DiaryWhen Frank Aiken was Ireland’s minister for external affairs in the 1960s he pushed a resolution to stop nuclear weapons proliferation…Mon Jul 13 2009 - 01:00
Hassan family appeals to Iraqis for help in finding sister's bodyTHE FAMILY of Margaret Hassan, the Irishwoman kidnapped and murdered in Iraq in October/November 2004, are appealing to Iraqi…Tue Jun 02 2009 - 01:00
An Irishwoman's DiaryLIKE MUCH OF his life, William Butler Yeats’s fascination with French culture “was in a sense channelled through” his love for…Tue Jun 02 2009 - 01:00
Kandinsky's colourful lifeWassily Kandinsky is credited with having created the world's first abstract paintingSat May 09 2009 - 01:00
Caught in the sweep of historyHISTORY : Americans in Paris: Life and Death under Nazi Occupation 1940-44 By Charles Glass Harper Press, 524pp. £20Sat May 02 2009 - 01:00
An Irishwoman's DiaryIT WAS ONE of those eerie moments when an intimation of what could happen hovers over, as when animals feel tremors before an…Fri May 01 2009 - 01:00
Obama plays hard to get as Sarkozy seeks a private rendezvousPARIS LETTER: France’s leader seems to hero-worship the new US president but so far, his ardour appears to be unrequitedMon Mar 30 2009 - 01:00
Sarkozy pledges to protect those most hurt by crisisFRENCH PRESIDENT Nicolas Sarkozy delivered an hour-long pep talk to his compatriots last night, exhorting France to “take the…Wed Mar 25 2009 - 00:00
France to settle with victims of early nuclear testsTHE TIME has come “for France to be true to its conscience”, defence minister Hervé Morin said, explaining his decision to compensate…Wed Mar 25 2009 - 00:00
How Gen Petraeus transformed US foreign policy in IraqBOOK OF THE DAY: LAURA MARLOWE reviews The Gamble: General Petraeus and the untold story of the American surge in Iraq, 2006…Mon Mar 23 2009 - 00:00
