Joe Biden’s reputation was ruined in the morning, revived in the afternoon. It won’t last
News of Biden‘s cancer diagnosis brings temporary civility amid fallout from new book on Democrats’ inaction over his cognitive decline
Democratic Party
Donald Trump leans left in bid to revive flagging poll numbers
US president’s proposed pharma price cuts and tax increases for the rich echo policies of progressive Democrats
What do WhatsApp and Signal tell us about the future of media?
Individualised experiences are supplanting the traditional mass media approach
The new White House influencer briefings are a terrible look
These propaganda dissemination sessions are more suited to Pyongyang
Donald Trump’s approval rating in the US is way down, and no one knows what he’s going to do next
As he reaches the 100th day of his second term, President Trump can point to few policy successes
Wrongly deported Kilmar Abrego Garcia caught up in one of US’s key ideological flashpoints
Mistakenly deported to his native El Salvador, Abrego Garcia remains in prison while Republicans and Democrats argue over what the case says about where the US is going under Donald Trump
Man arrested over arson attack on residence of Pennsylvania governor Josh Shapiro
Cody Balmer (38) allegedly slipped over a fence carrying incendiary devices and evaded state troopers for long enough to start fire
Tariff war a major self-inflicted wound for the United States
Warning signs that this was where American was headed have been there since the days of the Tea Party and Glenn Beck
Trump tariffs: On Wednesday, it was liberation. On Thursday, golf
‘Liberation Day’: The fallout from Trump’s scorched earth economic protectionist policy
The people vs Elon Musk: billionaire transforms Wisconsin court contest
State election has become most expensive judicial race in US history as Tesla boss spends unprecedented amount
DUP to put ‘marker down’ at Executive against Irish language signs at Belfast’s Grand Central Station
DUP leader Gavin Robinson says installation of signage is ‘clearly a controversial matter’
Self-inflicted security breach by Trump officials opens up line of attack for Democrats
Claim by director of national intelligence Tulsi Gabbard made to look absurd during gruelling hearing
Nobody should be mocked or lampooned for decrying the consequences of the new arms race
The Irish approach to foreign policy should not be to exaggerate our purity or indulge dictators, but neither should we parrot criticisms of our neutrality from miliary aligned states
What experts expect to happen when Micheál Martin meets Donald Trump this week
The Oval Office 2025 has become a fascinating and volatile court, so the Taoiseach might expect one or two curveballs coming his way
Trump says ‘golden age of America has only just begun’ in speech riddled with exaggerations and inaccuracies
President offers up shocks and promises, riddled with exaggerations and factual inaccuracies, during address to Congress
America is suffering from an epidemic of mass cowardice
The US is not yet a fascist society, but acting as if it is risks becoming a self-fulfilling prophecy
Chris Murphy emerges as a clear voice for Democrats countering Trump
Senator is staging a loud and constant resistance as his party struggles to respond to the US president
While Democrats sleep, Donald Trump is tearing up America’s rule book
Edward Luce: They say always pick your battles. Yet Democrats seem to overlook that they are in a full-blown war
Gavin Newsom’s small victory over Donald Trump provides chink of light for Democrats
Governor of California faces down US president in confrontation that speaks volumes for chasm between ruling and opposition parties
Controversial Trump pick Hegseth narrowly confirmed as US defense secretary
Three Republicans joined every Democrat in voting no as Hegseth is confirmed in a tie-break vote
Trump inauguration: This is America now. Let the show begin
We don’t know what will emerge from Trump 2.0 but we do know what is dying – American liberalism
Trump is like the boy who got everything he wished for. What will he do with it?
The billionaire businessman has managed to connect with millions of ordinary Americans in a way the Democrats cannot
Sparks fly as US defence secretary nominee Pete Hegseth soldiers on before Senate committee
US Senate confirmation hearings for Donald Trump’s proposed cabinet members began with the 44-year-old former Fox News television host
Jimmy Carter went to Mass in Waterford in 1995 - a sign of a deep faith that was often overlooked
It is impossible to understand the former US president without taking seriously his faith, which underpinned his whole life, both public and private
Bill Clinton released from hospital after being treated for flu
Former president will be home for Christmas after being admitted with fever
‘American men are a lot more self-centred. In Ireland they’re a lot easier to talk to. They’re very flirtatious’
Nadine Scully moved to Dublin from Seattle in 2017
Former US presidential hopeful Mitt Romney exits Senate with reminder of political principles
Chamber hears a compelling grace note from departing figure of the old Republican Party
With 49 days left in office, Joe Biden pardons ‘selectively, and unfairly’ prosecuted son Hunter
Thanksgiving pardon comes in advance of sentencing of president’s son for illegal possession of handgun and tax evasion
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
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