Trump floats 25% tariffs on US car, drug, chip imports
Overnight comments are most detailed yet in specifying other sectors to be hit and would mark a dramatic widening of trade war
Trump presidency
The Irish Times view on Trump’s tariffs: Ireland must address the economic threat
The Government cannot control what Trump will do, but it has a large agenda at home and what is happening must be a wake-up call to get on with it
Robert F Kennedy jnr marks an undeniable crossing point in American political life
The Kennedy saga has become so embedded in the American subconscious that it can never end
European leaders left in stunned silence as JD Vance harangues them over approach to far right
Munich Security Conference had expected to hear Trump’s plans for ending the war in Ukraine
Writer Omar El Akkad: ‘There have been so few bright spots in terms of ... national or institutional moral compass. Ireland has been a rare exception’
The US-based Egyptian-Canadian’s new book reads as a break-up letter with a West that has seen a derailment of normalcy
Here’s why Ireland is on Donald Trump’s tariffs hit list, as sweeping new measures announced
The US president promises to shake up the international trade system, with potentially big implications for Ireland
US Senate confirms Robert F Kennedy jnr as secretary of health
Kennedy, a vaccine critic, confirmed by 52-48 vote, overcoming resistance from medical establishment
Unelected Musk holds court in Trump’s Oval Office as he defends efficiency drive
Musk, accompanied by son X, seeks to present the work of Doge as good common sense as Trump stays largely silent
Trump’s pause on foreign bribery laws places US department of justice case into Digicel in limbo
Digicel said in November that it had made a voluntary disclosure to the US department of justice of information ‘relating to possible violations of the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act’
No justification for tariffs on steel imports, European Commission says
Taoiseach Micheál Martin says he has ‘full confidence’ in EU response to Trump tariffs
What’s behind Donald Trump’s Gaza takeover plan?
In the News podcast: President said US should seize control of Gaza and displace entire Palestinian population
Trump says tariffs on EU will ‘definitely happen’ but UK could avoid them
US president sparks fears of trade war with sweeping tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China
US-Canada relations turn icy: ‘Without this subsidy, Canada ceases to exist’
The Canadian response – the imposition of 25 per cent tariffs on the $30 billion on imports originating in the US, is effective immediately
‘Dumbest trade war in history’: US reacts to Trump’s tariffs
‘This isn’t the world we live in, or one that we should want to live in,’ says Wall Street Journal
Donald Trump’s trade war is real and will have big implications for Ireland
Now that we know that Trump’s tariff threats are not just bluster, it is clear that risks lie ahead of the Irish economy
Bitcoin extends advance after Fed meeting
Fed chair Jerome Powell’s measured comments on crypto regulation also lift digital asset
Melania Trump’s new official portrait: She looks ready to school the country
Melania Trump first lady photograph
Trump says he could reach trade deal with China after ‘friendly’ talks with Xi
US president heading to hurricane-battered western North Carolina and wildfire-ravaged Los Angeles on Friday in first trip of second term
The new history of January 6th, 2021: From extremist attack to ‘day of love’
Donald Trump’s presidential victory and smothering rhetoric have recast the events of that infamous day
‘Very minor incidents’: Trump defends January 6th pardons in first interview since inauguration
US president claimed rioters suffered unduly harsh prison conditions and repeated false allegation that 2020 election was rigged
Donald Trump pardons Ross Ulbricht, creator of Silk Road drug marketplace
President fulfills promise made repeatedly on campaign trail as he courted contributions from the crypto industry
Ireland on alert as Trump pulls US out of global tax deal
Move sets up potential stand-off on tax between US and EU
In pictures: Melania and Ivanka Trump go for glamour at Donald Trump’s inauguration balls
Melania Trump was dressed in a white gown with dramatic black pattern, while Ivanka Trump went for Givenchy Haute Couture
‘You sound sexy’ – Caitríona Perry brushes off Kid Rock’s flirtation on live TV
Former RTÉ anchor was interviewing musician on BBC as part of Donald Trump inauguration coverage
‘Mob wife at a funeral’: Melania Trump brings note of fashion menace to inauguration
New president’s wife chose to wear a dark, high-necked coat and a boater hat to celebrate her husband’s second inauguration
Donald Trump meme coin tanks after wife Melania also launches token
Cryptocurrencies have made significant gains since Donald Trump’s election victory
Irish tech boss Eoghan McCabe donates $200,000 to Trump campaigns
US filings show Intercom cofounder contributed to Republican Party fundraisers in May 2024
Why is Donald Trump glaring in his inauguration portrait?
The eerie image of a scowling president-elect does not scream celebration, more startling drama
Donald Trump inauguration: All you need to know from Irish time schedule to the biggest moment
Heads of state and governments are not traditionally invited to the US presidential inauguration day, but Trump has notably invited several foreign leaders
Investors are betting on Trump not keeping his promises. We’d better hope they’re right
The bluster would be designed to appeal to the wider electorate; the reality would keep the Dow Jones average heading higher, or so the theory goes
The United States needs the world more than it thinks, and that’s no bad thing
The flaw in the Maga rhetoric about how the United States is going to do this and that to its foes is that the US is the largest debtor the world has seen at any time in human history
Will Robert F Kennedy jnr ‘go wild’ on health issues in the US and how will this play out?
Dr Muiris Houston: Rocky times ahead for US healthcare, with several flagged changes set to have global repercussions
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
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