US Capitol riot

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

Fri Jan 17 2025 - 14:05

Special counsel report says there was sufficient evidence to convict Trump in election case

Jack Smith says president-elect engaged in criminal effort to hold on to power

Tue Jan 14 2025 - 07:12

‘We must never forget’: Quiet dignity of ceremony to certify Trump’s win contrasts with Capitol riot of four years ago

US politicians gathered to participate in ritual to register the return of electoral college votes and Donald Trump’s victory in November

Tue Jan 07 2025 - 12:17

US Congress certifies Trump election victory on anniversary of Capitol riot

President-elect says he plans to pardon some of those charged with taking part in assault on Capitol on January 6th, 2021

Mon Jan 06 2025 - 19:01

Trump’s win part of an audacious legal strategy that could allow him to evade accountability for charges

Legal proceedings that were meant to hold the former president and now president-elect to account seemed only to strengthen his support

Thu Nov 07 2024 - 16:33

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

Sun Aug 11 2024 - 15:34

American charged with fleeing to Ireland to avoid imprisonment for January 6th Capitol riot crimes

Paul Kovacik came to Dublin to claim international protection but ‘left again when he got homesick’

Fri Jul 26 2024 - 06:34

Look at the USA: A Diary of War and Home: Truth of photos fuels human sorrow

Peter van Agtmael’s unsettling photographs portray the misery and horror of violent conflict

Sat Jul 20 2024 - 00:00

Former Trump adviser Steve Bannon surrenders to prison after conviction for contempt of Congress

Right-wing firebrand calls himself a ‘political prisoner’ prosecuted by US justice department seeking to silence Trump’s Maga movement

Mon Jul 01 2024 - 20:12

Maureen Dowd: Verdict is in on the US supreme court – it’s corrupt and rotten

US supreme court now in the hands of a cabal of religious and far-right zealots

Sun Jun 09 2024 - 14:49

Steve Bannon must report to prison to start contempt sentence by July 1st, judge says

Long-time ally of Donald Trump, convicted in 2022 of two counts of contempt of US Congress, to spend four months imprisoned

Thu Jun 06 2024 - 19:05

Donald Trump: The other legal cases hanging over the former US president

There are three more challenges looming for the Republican after his indictment today

Fri May 31 2024 - 10:56

America Last: The Right’s Century-long Romance with Foreign Dictators: excavation of US fascism

Jacob Heilbrunn’s exploration of the history of US authoritarianism makes it clear the re-election of Trump would turbo-charge the forces of fascism

Wed May 22 2024 - 05:00

Man who broke into Nancy Pelosi’s house and beat husband with hammer imprisoned for 30 years

Conspiracy theorist David DePape entered home of former US House of Representative speaker with plans to kidnap her

Fri May 17 2024 - 19:35

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

Sat May 11 2024 - 05:01

Trump victory ‘can’t happen, won’t happen’, Nancy Pelosi tells journalists during Dublin visit

Former speaker of US House of Representatives said she was ‘very excited’ about ‘long overdue’ restoration of Northern Ireland executive

Mon Apr 22 2024 - 18:55

Trump predicts end of US democracy and ‘bloodbath’ if he loses 2024 election

Republican candidate pays tribute to supporters in jail for rioting at US Capitol on January 6th

Sun Mar 17 2024 - 07:51

The Irish Times view on Super Tuesday: an inevitable, unpopular contest

Between them, Biden and Trump are the two least popular major party candidates in US history

Wed Mar 06 2024 - 20:30

Mitch McConnell to step down as Senate Republican leader in November

Senator (82) froze up twice last year while speaking in public, raising questions about ability to carry out role

Wed Feb 28 2024 - 18:18

Trump asks US supreme court to intervene as he presses immunity bid

Prosecutors argued Trump acted as a candidate when pressuring officials to overturn 2020 election and called on supporters to march on US Capitol

Mon Feb 12 2024 - 22:00

The unbottling of a law used against the prospect of a second Trump presidency

Nine supreme court justices must decide whether the Colorado supreme court erred in excluding Trump from its Republican primary ballot

Sat Feb 10 2024 - 05:48

US supreme court justices appear sceptical of case for removing Trump from ballot as landmark appeal gets under way

Donald Trump appealed to court on December ruling to disqualify him from Colorado’s primary ballot under constitutional amendment

Thu Feb 08 2024 - 20:21

The US supreme court is unlikely to stop Trump running again. Here’s why

Stand by for some elegant intellectual gymnastics to ensure that the former president is on the ballot

Sat Jan 13 2024 - 05:30

Klete Keller - the Olympic champion who got out of his depth, and into Trump’s ideology, when swimming stopped

Dave Hannigan: Keller was sentenced this week for his role in the US Capital riot of January 2021

Wed Dec 06 2023 - 19:42

Why do people keep voting for climate change deniers?

The rise of Mike Johnson to US House Speaker is a disturbing development as the world lurches towards existential crisis

Thu Nov 30 2023 - 06:00

Homegrown by Jeffrey Toobin: Timothy McVeigh’s cautionary tale

Examining the life and logic of the Oklahoma bomber

Fri Oct 27 2023 - 05:00

Steve Bannon stokes chaos in the Republican Party and fires up his far-right base

Former Trump adviser uses his War Room podcast to prop up and egg on GOP rebels and throw red meat to his Maga followers, known as ‘the posse’

Sun Oct 08 2023 - 12:11

Biden warns a second Trump presidency will threaten democracy

‘There is something dangerous happening in America,’ US president says

Fri Sept 29 2023 - 06:52

Defunding FBI would be ‘catastrophic’, says US attorney general

Merrick Garland warns move would leave US ‘naked’ to everything from ‘influence of the Chinese Communist Party’ to ‘domestic violent extremists’

Wed Sept 20 2023 - 20:05

Some involved in Trump cases could face financial ruin even if acquitted as legal costs soar

Giuliani fundraiser at former president’s club on Thursday night could generate more than $1m

Fri Sept 08 2023 - 16:00

Former Trump White House aide Peter Navarro convicted of contempt of US Congress

Former trade adviser ‘chose allegiance to former president over compliance with subpoena’ to give evidence in January 6th investigation

Thu Sept 07 2023 - 23:47

Rinos and their hunters: Texas row highlights party divisions

In a state where Democrats barely feature, the colourful impeachment of Ken Paxton has given rise to a turf war among GOP supporters

Wed Sept 06 2023 - 18:17

Former Proud Boys leader sentenced to 22 years for role in US Capitol attack

Enrique Tarrio convicted of charges, including seditious conspiracy, for role in planning storming of the Capitol

Wed Sept 06 2023 - 09:14

US Capitol riots: Proud Boys leader given 18-year sentence for January 6th attack

Ethan Nordean received the 18-year sentence for crimes that included seditious conspiracy, committed when thousands of Trump supporters overran the Capitol building

Fri Sept 01 2023 - 15:35