Donald Trump plans laser system in space to destroy nuclear weapons
US president orders work on defence shield going beyond Ronald Reagan’s ‘Star Wars’ programme that could trigger nuclear arms race
Ronald Reagan
Michael D Higgins, the wily old leftie, has always been a supreme politician
His genius is to lull you into thinking he’s harmless
Dismayed by pop culture’s shift towards Trump? Then you might be one of the people to blame
Progressive principles held an iron grip on big-budget US entertainment in Donald Trump’s first term as US president. Did that serve those principles well?
Donald Trump’s inauguration moved indoors as freezing temperatures forecast in Washington DC
Dangerously cold temperatures forecast to hit the nation’s capital on Monday would make traditional outdoor ceremony unsafe
Jimmy Carter obituary: Former US president was unwavering champion of civil rights and a peace broker in the Middle East
An outsider in national politics, Carter surprised observers by winning the 1976 Democratic presidential nomination and narrowly defeating incumbent Republican president Gerald Ford
Google boggles minds as it says quantum chip ‘lends credence’ to the existence of a multiverse
Planet Business: Ancient Rome auction update, the Murdoch ‘Succession memo’ and people/muppets who have rung the New York Stock Exchange’s opening bell
Maureen Dowd: Trump appears rattled as Harris campaign gathers momentum
Donald Trump’s whole identity revolves around having higher numbers – even if they’re fake
Panel: US leaders who were killed or survived assassination attempts
Attempted killing of former president Donald Trump is the latest in a line of incidents in which US leaders have been targeted by gunmen
Donkey stunts, new public toilets and a crystal elephant: Remembering Ronald Reagan’s visit to Ballyporeen 40 years on
‘There was a woman in charge of the Secret Service, and that was a big surprise to members of the local council here: they had never had a female boss'
George Stephanopoulos: ‘You can only have constructive debates if people are determined to engage in good faith’
Clinton-era White House adviser talks about his history of the White House Situation Room and his fear that Americans of opposing political camps have stopped listening to each other
Stock markets don’t love Donald Trump
Trump ranks below Obama, Clinton and other Democrat presidents in a large group seen as having little impact on markets
Mr Varadkar goes to Washington: Is the Taoiseach’s St Patrick’s Day trip to the US really worth it?
Ireland’s easy access to and close relationship with the most powerful nation on Earth remains a huge diplomatic asset
Birchers by Matthew Dallek: Compelling history of the American far-right group
Author errs when tracing ‘Bircher inheritance’ in trying too hard to draw a direct line from Birchers to Trump
Boy, they sure don’t like Joe Biden down here in Texas
Tip2Top: On Peter Murtagh’s journey up the Americas, he ponders how a president of such reforming zeal as Lyndon B Johnson could emerge from such a place
Why are US presidents so drawn to Ireland?
The visits are acts of political theatre with American audiences clearly in mind with the blueprint established by Kennedy
Biden visit marks end of era as passing time has thinned out Irish-American blood
US president identifies as Irish in America but he visits Ireland as an American, a foreigner, albeit one with close ties of affection
Paschal Donohoe on The Big Con: not so much an argument as an attack on consulting industry
Mariana Mazzucato and Rosie Collington attack all too readily an industry they present as a confidence trick whereby states and other actors outsource their decision-making
UK suffers a full-scale policy zombie apocalypse
Paul Krugman: ‘Trickle-down’ notion that cutting taxes on the rich will create an economic miracle is a classic example of a walking-dead idea
Guitar in hand, Ronald Reagan’s would-be assassin set for unconditional release
John Hinckley jnr to be freed from all restrictions four decades after he attempted to kill US president
No consensus about the ultimate destination of good souls
Some creeds favour green fields, others a citadel, while more expect a vast city
‘Siren call of nativism’ won’t reverse globalisation, says former Canadian PM
Brian Mulroney blames Ceta trade deal debacle on Brexit
The Irish Times view on the British Labour Party: Keir Starmer’s gamble
If the opposition leader’s promise to resign if fined by police pays off, he will have done much, but not yet enough, to make his party electable
Fintan O’Toole: The political centre cannot hold – we need a new consensus
If Macron is re-elected, it will be less because of what he is than what he is not: a crypto-fascist
Ketanji Brown Jackson’s US supreme court confirmation hearings to begin
Nominee could become first black woman in court’s history but process may be contentious
Germany berated for inaction by Zelenskiy in Bundestag address
Ukrainian president calls on country to match words with more decisive deeds
Alan Shatter: West must call Putin’s bluff and impose no-fly zone over Ukraine
World’s democracies cannot give arms and aid and then just watch the slaughter
Head to head in the engine room: Tadhg Beirne v Maro Itoje
Munster secondrow is Ireland’s version of Itoje - England’s consummate team player
Maureen Dowd: Zelenskiy and Trump – two performers, one hero
Trump tried to overturn US democracy, Zelenskiy tried to save Ukrainian democracy
Ketanji Brown Jackson is nominated to become first black woman on US supreme court
Biden fulfills campaign promise in ‘historic’ nomination to country’s highest court
Vast leak exposes how Credit Suisse served strongmen and spies
Bank held hundreds of millions of dollars for heads of state, intelligence officials and human rights abusers
As inflation bites across the US, low-paid workers feel the squeeze
Louisiana is the second poorest state in the union and has no local minimum wage rate
Ciarán Murphy: I’m willing to pay more to stream a match than buy a ticket
Ballyhaunis is now, sensationally, home to the largest sports air dome in the world
Drop the needle, it’s the 1970s on screen – again
Decade of brown carpets and complicated hair lives on in a long line of retro movies
David McWilliams: How has Biden’s grip on power become so fragile?
The president’s social-spending deal might yet be made but the political difficulties cannot be overstated
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