Donald Trump is changing America in ways that will reverberate long after he is dead
The US president is a once-in-a-lifetime master manipulator of the unseen energies that sway the electorate
Kamala Harris
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Samantha Barry: ‘There’s not a moment where I’m not representing Glamour. I don’t get to switch it off’
As global executive editor of Glamour, the Cork woman is one of the best known media people in the United States
Donald Trump’s lawyers file paperwork requesting dismissal of hush-money case
Move comes after US president-elect’s conviction on 34 counts of falsifying business records in May but prior to sentencing
Podcast giant Joe Rogan may have played key role in US elections
Donald Trump profitably chatted to influential figure with broad church audience just days before the vote when Kamala Harris failed to seize the opportunity
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
‘Eggonomic’ record: will food prices affect how people vote?
‘Eggflation’ here hasn’t been as stark as in the US, where the Republicans’ focus on it helped Trump win votes. But the cost of groceries could still have an impact on Friday’s election
Donald Trump: protector of women — or predators?
By elevating men accused of sexual misconduct to key roles, incoming US president Donald Trump has delivered a searing affront to women
Trump names TV doctor Mehmet Oz as Medicare, Medicaid chief
Oz was an informal health adviser to Trump during Covid-19, when he promoted the use of hydroxychloroquine, an anti-malaria drug that was not approved to treat the coronavirus
Are celebrities preparing Donald Trump takedown speeches ahead of awards season? Don’t bet on it
Ignore the right-wing blowhards: awards ceremonies are rarely as politically partisan as they like to pretend
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
How Trump’s election sent Bitcoin soaring again
Technological solutions to the problem of too much government is something that appeals to appeals to both Bitcoin advocates and Trump supporters. Both want to use AI and blockchain to leave messy problems like death, taxes and climate change behind
Trump hush-money judge delays ruling on whether to throw out conviction on presidential immunity grounds
Postponement follows numerous attempts to delay case after US president-elect was convicted on 34 felonies earlier this year
Arizona attorney general says she won’t drop Trump fake electors case
In New York, state court judge preparing to rule on whether Trump’s hush-money conviction should be thrown out
As Trump returns to power, adversaries fear a wave of revenge
President-elect sometimes lashes out without following up – but not always
At rallies for Trump and Harris, it was hard to know who was less authentic
Trump promises money in your pocket. To supporters in worn-out shoes and old jackets, that mattered. Harris spoke about ‘joy’, but you cannot tell people how to feel
Democrats play the blame game as the good news keeps rolling in for Republicans
Trump on track to retain control of the House and of Congress
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
Ireland’s €54bn exposure to Trump’s tariff plan
Data suggests we have an outsized exposure to any potential trade war between Brussels and Washington
Trump wins Arizona, sweeping all seven battleground states
US election: president-elect wins 312 Electoral College votes to Kamala Harris’s 226
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
Nancy Pelosi says Biden’s slow exit in presidential race blew Democrats’ chances
Former Speaker says if president ended his bid sooner, Democratic Party could have held primary
Why did Donald Trump win the US election? From travelling around the country, it’s clear why his message resonated with voters
Keith Duggan: On travels around the country I heard the same thing from so many people – that they were struggling to make ends meet
Thanks a bunch, America. Love, women everywhere
US election shows voters still demand that a woman candidate must be without fault
Joe Biden urges Americans to ‘bring down’ temperature, says there will be peaceful transition to Trump
US president in Rose Garden speech directs words at fellow Democrats, who on Tuesday saw candidate Kamala Harris defeated and their representatives lose control of Senate
Harris concedes election but says she will ‘not concede the fight’
Defeated candidate commits to a peaceful transition of power
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
10 takeaways from the night Donald Trump marched back to the White House
US democracy will again be put to the test, and its government will veer sharply to the right
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