With 49 days left in office, Joe Biden pardons ‘selectively, and unfairly’ prosecuted son Hunter
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Democratic Party
My brother is doing the Trump dance
Democrats are eating a giant helping of crow since voters delivered a stunning victory for the Republican candidate
Democrats sift through the debris of a presidential season that went horribly wrong
Party is at an impasse: no obvious presidential candidate for 2028 and a dread knowledge that it has been outwitted by a more streetwise and cynical Trump-engineered Republican campaign. Again
Trump win has liberal Americans looking at move to Ireland
Irish property websites report big uptick in traffic from US in wake of Trump victory
If Democrats want to win the next US election, they should listen to Bernie Sanders
‘Not as bad as the Republicans’ failed as a strategy. Next time, Democrats should run someone from the party’s insurgent progressive wing
Democratic Party can win in 2028 if it accepts three difficult truths
Bidenomics policies must be curbed, the party has to be anti-woke, and it must accept that voters don’t care about democracy
Maureen Dowd: Democrats and the case of mistaken identity politics
More people voted for Trump, even though many didn’t like him, because they liked Democratic Party less
US election: ‘Humility is important’: Soul-searching Democrats begin their long postmortem
Governor’s Whitmer, Shapiro, Newsom and Beshear seen to be ‘warming up’ for tilt at reanimating devastated organisation
America’s system of checks and balances will be severely tested by Trump’s presidency
With a supreme court majority sympathetic both to Republican policies and to a more expansive definition of presidential power, the new administration will have nearly all the tools it needs
Trump takes wrecking ball to pollsters
US Election: Donald Trump's clean sweep of battleground states makes nonsense of knife-edge prediction
Young, aggrieved men may not have won the election for Trump, but he knows how to speak to them
Lesson from the US election is that liberals must realise young men have problems too
Donald Trump’s openly authoritarian instincts are about to be unleashed
It is no longer possible to batten down the hatches and think 'this too will pass'
US election results: Kamala Harris concedes after Donald Trump elected 47th US president
Democrat says result must be accepted as Republican claims ‘magnificent victory’
Donald Trump returns to power and thrusts America into the unknown
Republicans exultant as Democratic Party left facing a crisis of identity following a comprehensive electoral defeat
Kamala Harris’s election night party looked perfect – until it wasn’t
US Election: In Washington, it was difficult to imagine what the same streets would have looked like had Harris won Trump
Republicans take control of US Senate and fight to keep House majority
Majority in House of Representatives would produce full sweep of power in Congress
Republicans seize control of US Senate after flipping Democratic seats
US election: Control of the US House of Representatives remained unclear, with many of the most competitive races still uncalled
US election: Poll tracker latest as Trump and Harris deliver their final plea for votes
Americans going to polls in one of closest presidential contests in recent history with eyes on swing states
US election: Polling experts and campaign veterans in the dark as America decides between Trump and Harris
Polling experts and campaigns in the dark as to whether Harris or Trump will be sworn in as 47th president
US election results: Irish time when the winner could become obvious and guide to following the night
If polls are correct, it could take days to decide the next president, but a ‘blue wall’ surge could make the result obvious by 4am
For Kamala Harris, wooing anti-Trump Republicans might work. But then what?
US Election: Often, those who crossover are celebrated more than those who were ever thus. There’s a huge degree of humility required
‘Welcome to life’: Arizona constable responsible for evictions attempts to practise justice and mercy
US election context: Amid a stark housing crisis, about 7,000 eviction orders are served every month in Maricopa County - affecting all kinds of people
Kamala Harris and Donald Trump’s flawed strategies explain why neither holds a clear lead
Trump failed to rebrand after the assassination attempt. Harris remained a status quo candidate
Harris vs Trump: America teeters on a knife edge ahead of an extraordinary election
US presidential election has seen the most poisonous campaign in living memory. As election day looms, the national mood is anxious
The Irish Times view on the US election: America’s malaise
Trump’s criminality, venality, misogyny, xenophobia and psychological instability render him unfit for any office
Abortion on the ballot paper in US election as Trump and Harris fiercely contest the issue
Two tragic cases in Georgia sparked debate about maternal mortality in the US, particularly among black women
Donald Trump says he will protect women whether they ‘like it or not’
Republican candidate Trump climbs into passenger seat of garbage truck in Wisconsin to bring attention to remarks by Joe Biden
How Trump allies could challenge US presidential election result
Former president refused to concede defeat in 2020 and there are signs he could do it again
Did Biden call Trump supporters ‘garbage’? And did he damage Harris’s election chances?
Republicans have jumped on the US president’s latest gaffe. The White House says he was misinterpreted
Harris warns of ‘petty tyrant’ at site where Trump delivered notorious January 6th rallying cry
As symbolic locations go, Harris could not have made a more pointed choice to offer what was billed as her closing message of this extraordinary election campaign
US election: Battle between CNN and Fox becomes more treacherous with the emergence of new media like Joe Rogan’s podcast
US election: Fox’s pro-Trump slant is often jaw-dropping while CNN is frequently accused of an equally obvious pro-Democrat bias
The genius of Donald Trump’s McDonald’s stunt
Discrediting his moments of rhetorical or aesthetic flair as the work of nasty impulses ensures the Democrats will never learn from them
Bittersweet edge in Wisconsin as Barack Obama shows old magic in bid to bolster Blue Wall
US Election: The former president is touring crucial heartland states as he tries to boost Kamala Harris’s campaign - and reclaim his own accomplishments from Donald Trump
US election: ‘It is going to be a close race… We feel this incredible responsibility to get it right’
Irish-American congressman Dan Kildee is about to end his long political career. But first he will try to persuade Michigan voters to side with Kamala Harris in the presidential election
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