The longest US government shutdown in history explained

About 25 per cent of federal agencies have been partially shut down by a lack of funding since December 22 after US president Donald Trump demanded $5.7 billion from Congress to build his long-promised wall on the US-Mexico border.

100 days of the Government

Political Editor of The Irish Times, Pat Leahy, reviews the beginning of Micheál Martin‘s second term as Taoiseach. Video: Dan Dennison


US and Ukraine sign minerals deal

US treasury secretary Scott Bessent announced the deal on X, saying it “signals the Trump Administration’s commitment to a free, sovereign, prosperous Ukraine."