Despite his attacks on the ‘fake news media’, Trump remains an avid, old-school news junkie
Second coming has swept a torrent of new doubts and insecurities through newsrooms
Irish couple’s End Sepsis scheme marks first White House event dedicated to informing US public on disease
Orlaith and Ciaran Staunton founded programme following death of their son Rory in 2012, days after contracting the illness
‘This is not easy for me’: FBI director resigns before Donald Trump takes office
Christopher Wray steps down, clearing the way for president-elect Donald Trump’s intended replacement Kash Patel
Charges dropped against US teen arrested in Kansas City over killing of Irish chef Shaun Brady
Irish man was shot several times outside his restaurant last August
Luigi Mangione: Manhattan murder manhunt ends in everyday American fashion at McDonald’s
Ivy League graduate (26) is arrested in the Pennsylvania railroad town of Altoona over the shooting of United Healthcare chief executive Brian Thompson
Former US presidential hopeful Mitt Romney exits Senate with reminder of political principles
Chamber hears a compelling grace note from departing figure of the old Republican Party
Bearing thrifts: Elon Musk targets Washington waste with his ‘naughty and nice list’
Richest man in the world meets politicians on Capitol Hill to discuss his plans to trim some $2 trillion from federal government spending
‘Inordinately unqualified’: Trump’s US defence secretary nominee battles allegations of sexual assault, harassment and drunken behaviour
Former Fox host Pete Hegseth’s professional record and private life have been heavily scrutinised
Is Donald Trump chasing Ireland’s corporate tax boom?
It may be a little self-serving for Irish voices to be squawking about the potential threat to corporate tax take, but the worry is real
With 49 days left in office, Joe Biden pardons ‘selectively, and unfairly’ prosecuted son Hunter
Thanksgiving pardon comes in advance of sentencing of president’s son for illegal possession of handgun and tax evasion
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
Sinn Féin’s US political arm raises €366,000 in latest fundraising drive
Major building companies and subcontractors in New York and New Jersey among biggest donors to Friends of Sinn Féin
In Dallas, X marks the mundane spot that became an inflection point of US history
The JFK assassination site remains preserved as if in a time warp, as polarisation and heightened political tensions are again to the fore in the United States
The week in US politics: Gaetz fiasco shows Trump he won’t get everything his way
Trump's initial nominee for AG withdraws following further controversy, while his pick for defence secretary Pete Hegseth counters allegation of sexual assault