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Bitcoin hits $80,000 for first time after Trump election win
US president elect has touted crypto assets in his campaign
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 should heed Adam Smith’s lesson on markets
The president-elect would do well to remember the role of ‘moral sentiments’
Can Trumponomics work? Partly yes. Ultimately no
In the end, the financial markets, now celebrating his victory, will push Trumpism towards bankruptcy
Trump victory hands hedge funds $1.2bn win from bet against renewables
Clean energy shares have tumbled on fears Republican president-elect will scrap subsidies and tax breaks
Kamala Harris: ‘As a courtroom prosecutor … I know Donald Trump’s type’
The Women’s Podcast with Róisín Ingle
Trump seemed rattled by his conviction. We should watch what he does next
If Trump keeps railing about himself in apocalyptic terms, it could give Biden an opportunity. And Biden badly needs an opportunity
Michael Cohen admits stealing from Trump’s company at hush money trial
Cohen, Trump’s former fixer, is the final and most important witness for prosecutors
A Great Disorder by Richard Slotkin: Ambitious mapping of America’s past to its present via myth
Mere deconstruction of national myths is insufficient. Slotkin points to the US’s New Deal and African-American civil rights movement as mythic mechanisms to potentially control America’s future
Trump lawyer request for mistrial over Stormy Daniels testimony in hush-money case denied by judge
Former US president allegedly paid $130,000 to adult film actor through his ex-lawyer less than two weeks before 2016 election
A second Donald Trump presidency would undermine global efforts to curb climate change
As we approach a critical point, the former president’s disdain for environmental concerns could affect the world beyond the US
Bernie Sanders: ‘We are taking on very powerful people who will fight us tooth and nail’
The US senator and left-wing firebrand on the war in Gaza, the rise of oligarchy and why, despite his support for Israel, Joe Biden is by far the preferable presidential candidate
Maureen Dowd: The ogre gorging on America
Haley did not say what needed to be said: Trump should not be president because he tried to overthrow the government
Frock and awe: Nikki Haley dress Donald Trump scorned sells out
One of Donald Trump’s latest jibes underlined that women in the public eye face exceptional criticism for what they choose to wear
Keith Duggan: How Trump triumphed with his peculiar mix of postmodern and Old Testament rhetoric
Republicans in Iowa are so frustrated with the world and the way things are that they are ready to facilitate the messianic return of the ‘outsider’ former president Donald Trump
Trump used ‘biggest microphone on the planet’ to tear E Jean Carroll’s name to shreds, court hears
Former president’s social media account posted barrage of criticism about judge and accuser during Tuesday’s proceedings
There’s a national anxiety in the US about the months ahead
Polls have consistently demonstrated that the series of legal indictments facing Donald Trump has done nothing to damage his popularity among the many millions who believe in him
Who is Nikki Haley, the Republican presidential candidate rising in the polls?
Former South Carolina governor is gaining support but still way behind Trump in the contest for the Republican nomination to run for the White House
What’s at stake in the civil fraud case against Donald Trump?
Former US president and his family business face trial in New York
Defiant Trump seeks to gain advantage by using mugshot in fundraising push
Former US president booked at Atlanta prison on charges of running criminal racket to overturn 2020 election
Donald Trump mugshot: Snapshot of the president who tested the contours of American governance
Trump’s mugshot likely to more deeply entrench support from those who back him
US in extraordinary position as Trump conviction would not bar him from presidency
If found guilty, the former president could face up to 20 years in prison on some of the charges
End Times: Elites, Counter-Elites and the Path of Political Disintegration review: Bleak vista for years ahead
Peter Turchin draws on Big Data and predictive models to make a sharp case about over-production of elites and how the US is on road to instability
Maureen Dowd: Jersey boy Chris Christie is a mean match for Donald Trump
Former governor is aiming to be at the Republican presidential candidates’ debate in August
Trump discusses secret ‘papers’ on Iran attack in newly-released recording
Recording aired by CNN appears to indicate former US president had a classified Pentagon document
What happens if Donald Trump faces trial as sitting president of the US?
A legal expert forecasts that Trump will ‘do his best to slow-walk’ the process under way against him
Maureen Dowd: We’re watching Donald Trump spiral down to his essence
Former president would not be in prison for sticking by his principles, he’d be inside because he has none
Trump held on to secret documents about nuclear programmes and military vulnerabilities, prosecutors claim
Former US president to appear in court in Miami facing 31 counts of violating Espionage Act through ‘wilful retention’ of classified records
Decision to indict Donald Trump will deepen political divisions in US
Former president and supporters openly allege justice system is being weaponised by Biden administration
Anticipated surge on US-Mexico border fails to materialise but situation still ‘fluid’
Number of people encountered by US authorities trying to cross border is down by half compared with last week before ending of ‘Title 42′ regulation
As if Trump isn’t bad enough, now the poor people of Doonbeg have to worry about LIV Golf
What did the fine folk of west Clare do to deserve the worst people in sport landing on their doorstep?
‘King has been dethroned’: Stormy Daniels speaks on Trump indictment
Former president should be ‘held accountable’, adult film star says in TV interview
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