US Senate rejects witnesses in Trump impeachment trial

By a vote of 51-49, the Republican-controlled Senate has stopped Democrats' drive to hear testimony from witnesses and collect new evidence in US President Donald Trump's impeachment trial. Video: Reuters

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."