Beau Biden: The abiding tragedy at the core of the US presidentJoe Biden is still grieving the loss of his eldest son. Had he survived, the political landscape may have taken a different turnSat Jun 08 2024 - 05:00
Molly and Tom Martens released from prison after killing Limerick man Jason Corbett in 2015US woman and her father were jailed last year for voluntary manslaughter of her husbandThu Jun 06 2024 - 21:10
Molly Martens is free to move on now, leaving behind a trail of nightmarish violenceOnce she completes release-supervision terms over the next 12 months, her period of parole closes. The legal aspect of the killing of Jason Corbett will be overThu Jun 06 2024 - 19:26
Molly and Tom Martens’ release: ‘I admire the Corbetts for their strength,’ says prosecutor who agreed plea dealKeith Duggan talks to North Carolina prosecutor Garry Frank, the man who agreed the plea deal with Molly and Thomas Martens that allows them to be released from prison on ThursdayThu Jun 06 2024 - 06:00
Family of Jason Corbett criticises ‘malevolent, cruel and vicious’ actions of Molly and Tom Martens on eve of prison releaseWife and father-in-law to be released from prison having served sentence for Jason Corbett’s voluntary manslaughterThu Jun 06 2024 - 00:31
Molly and Tom Martens, killers of Limerick man Jason Corbett, set for release from US jailsFather and daughter jailed for voluntary manslaughter of Limerick man set to be released from prison on ThursdayWed Jun 05 2024 - 06:00
Biden expresses love for son Hunter who faces difficult week in courtA previous plea deal, brokered last summer and believed to be settled, imploded in dramatic circumstancesMon Jun 03 2024 - 21:35
Robert De Niro’s raging at Trump outside courthouse was an extraordinary moment in American public lifeCourthouse cameo reminder of the hallucinatory strangeness of American public lifeSat Jun 01 2024 - 05:00
Trump to spend months telling us he is a defender of democracy and a champion against Biden corruptionUS president says ‘the American principle that no one is above the law was reaffirmed’Fri May 31 2024 - 20:20
Keith Duggan: Trump verdict is like ‘pouring gasoline on a fire that’s already burning’Any semblance of respect between Republicans and Democrats has completely disintegratedFri May 31 2024 - 06:27
Donald Trump found guilty on all counts in criminal hush money trialFormer US president convicted on 34 counts of falsifying business records to cover up payment to adult film star Stormy DanielsThu May 30 2024 - 23:57
Trump verdict a stunning end to a quintessentially New York legal taleNovember’s presidential election - and America itself - has entered uncharted territoryThu May 30 2024 - 23:55
Memorial Day at Arlington: A mood of hushed reunion and observanceA backwards glance at the hundreds and thousands of lives lost in military service to conflicts dating back to the civil warMon May 27 2024 - 21:19
Robert F Kennedy jnr’s election campaign: ‘I think he is going to be president Kennedy’ Despite brushes with conspiracy theories, along with Democratic Party and familial estrangement, JFK’s nephew’s White House run continues to gain tractionSun May 26 2024 - 17:17
Last laugh for Trump as Nikki Haley changes her primary coloursAnnouncement of intention to vote for Trump will stand as a betrayal of those who voted for her in Republican contestSun May 26 2024 - 05:00
Colm Tóibín on writing a sequel to Brooklyn: ‘I got a lot of inspiration from Domhnall Gleeson’s performance’The writer on finding the confidence to trace the journey of his character Eilis in follow-up novel Long IslandSat May 18 2024 - 06:00
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 otherSat May 18 2024 - 06:00
Barbara Kingsolver: ‘The first time I set foot in Ireland I felt so at home. Something about the language, the culture’The author and her daughter Lily Kingsolver have written an illustrated children’s book togetherSat May 11 2024 - 06:00
Biden’s Racine certainty fails to win broad acclaimAmericans care more about a decline in personal circumstances than a good story about job creationSat May 11 2024 - 05:00
Donald Trump trial: Stormy Daniels testimony pure gold for talkshow comedy turnsOne of the many peculiarities of former US president’s hush money trial is that it lurches from lurid tabloid headlines to fine details of invoices and accounting practicesFri May 10 2024 - 18:42
Trump’s week in court: Gasps and a pick-up in pace as Hope Hicks is calledFormer president’s adviser appears at the end of a week in which the prosecution attempts to construct a stage-set for its main contentionSat May 04 2024 - 05:00
Marjorie Taylor Greene sees red on Washington path of wrathThe most vocal and extreme of the hardline Trump Republicans has caused another stir by vowing to force a vote to oust House Speaker Mike JohnsonSat May 04 2024 - 05:00
A pro-Palestinian protest that began at Columbia University has taken hold in hundreds of US campusesAt the heart of the standoff is the tension between the right to peaceful protest and the disputed contention the college protests have an anti-Semitic intentTue Apr 30 2024 - 17:23
Not-so-shaggy dog tale may kill off Kristi Noem’s vice presidential hopesOn Friday, The Guardian ran extracts of memoir No Going Back which detailed her jaw-dropping attempts to control Cricket, a 14-month-old hunting dogMon Apr 29 2024 - 21:33
Former US prosecutor on the justice system: ‘When I see kids come into court in chains, I can’t help thinking of slavery’Debbie Hines’s Get Off My Neck lays bare the startling inequalities faced by black Americans in the US justice systemSat Apr 27 2024 - 06:00
Quashing of Harvey Weinstein’s rape conviction draws prompt parallels with Donald Trump trialJudge’s decision in Weinstein trial had abandoned Molineux ruling limiting testimony to complainants involved in case, while Trump’s trial judge has permitted jury to hear evidence of uncharged activitySat Apr 27 2024 - 05:00
US student protests: ‘You see a lot of hate on campus’In the sunshine, the pro-Palestine encampment in Columbia University looks like the luxury section of a music festival. But a read of the signs shows the intent is deadly seriousFri Apr 26 2024 - 10:46
After a constructive start, Trump yawns, sits back and surrenders controlIf Mar-a-Lago represents one extremity of interior decor, the courtroom on the 15th floor represents the other for the former presidentThu Apr 25 2024 - 22:19
Juror’s toothache bites into Trump hush money trialDefence counsel for former US president dismisses the 34 counts against his client as ‘really just pieces of paper’Tue Apr 23 2024 - 01:00
View from Capitol Hill: Bitterly divided parties conspire to pass foreign aid Bill but discord sizzles unabatedHouse speaker Mike Johnson fends off criticism and claims history will judge the funding decision wellSun Apr 21 2024 - 17:55
Salman Rushdie: ‘The first thing that comes into my mind each morning is: I don’t have my right eye’ Novelist explains why he chose not to talk to his would-be murderer, and what he discovered about himself when fatwa was issued against himSat Apr 20 2024 - 06:00
Kennedys endorse Biden despite Robert Kennedy jnr’s White House bidKerry Kennedy does her best to portray Joe Biden as someone in step with the values of her father and uncleSat Apr 20 2024 - 05:00
Trump on trial: A hellscape for former president of having no control over what’s happeningDonald Trump is a born communicator, but the gag order placed on him by judge Juan Merchan during this first criminal trial facing a former US president requires him to do, well, nothingFri Apr 19 2024 - 19:19
US comedy giant Conan O’Brien declares Ireland ‘quite the ride... for a ginger’Television: Irish-American presenter is very funny in the Irish episode of his travel show, especially when searching for BonoThu Apr 18 2024 - 18:49
McGrath eyes ‘very good’ budget as election nearsSpeaking in Washington, the Minister for Finance urged businesses with warehoused tax debt to engage with RevenueThu Apr 18 2024 - 06:45
Dublin fire brigade member charged with Boston rape further held on $100,000 cash bail orderProsecution tells Boston Municipal Court judge that it is not ready to proceed with scheduled probable cause hearing and is granted postponementTue Apr 16 2024 - 19:00
Trump makes history as New York ‘hush money’ criminal trial beginsFormer US president accused of falsifying records to cover up $130,000 payment to porn actor Stormy DanielsMon Apr 15 2024 - 23:29
Strange Manhattan homecoming for Trump, first former US president to face a criminal trialThe scene outside a New York City courthouse is a mad carnival of opinion and emotion as Trump faces his hush-money momentMon Apr 15 2024 - 20:05
Biden leads condemnation of Iran’s missile strikes on IsraelUS assures Israel of ‘ironclad commitment’ to security while Iran’s president warns ‘reckless behaviour’ will trigger further actionSun Apr 14 2024 - 21:36
Iran attack places spotlight on dithering in Washington over passing aid BillLatest flashpoint will indicate how much weight Netanyahu places on US president’s wordsSun Apr 14 2024 - 21:00
Trump on trial: what will happen in court today? Ex-president faces 34 charges of falsifying business documents around payment of ‘hush money’ to adult film actor Stormy DanielsSun Apr 14 2024 - 17:11
OJ Simpson might have got away with murder but he lost the one thing he craved the mostThrity years on, it is difficult to think of another event where so many themes and tensions of American life intersected – or, rather, collidedFri Apr 12 2024 - 11:37
Great American eclipse was, like, wooaahhhMillions of Americans - and their dogs - left dumbfounded by celestial showTue Apr 09 2024 - 06:27
Great American eclipse leaves millions in awe as darkness descendsTotal eclipse of the sun sweeps across parts of Mexico, the United States and Canada in path of totality 185km wideMon Apr 08 2024 - 21:51
Solar eclipse gives ‘middle-town America’ rare spot in the limelightErie, in Pennsylvania, has suffered economic decline in recent years but now finds itself preparing for an influx of visitors eager to witness an extraordinary phenomenonMon Apr 08 2024 - 06:00
Sarah McNally moved to New York, worked in a bar: A very Irish life, cut violently shortThe 41-year-old Longford woman’s death has resonated among the Irish in New York and at homeSat Apr 06 2024 - 06:00
Solar eclipse frenzy grips America as stargazers set out to heartland for glimpse of rare phenomenonAmericans are gearing up for a rare astronomical display that Nasa says will cause the daytime sky to darken ‘as if it were dusk or dawn’Sat Apr 06 2024 - 05:00
Biden’s approach to Israel has a newfound urgencyUS president may be reaching the end of what many Democrats see as a questionable patience towards Israel’s relentless onslaught on GazaFri Apr 05 2024 - 18:43
Trump compares his legal woes to Al Capone’s as he reruns 2020 defeat by Biden in WisconsinFormer Republican president’s hour-long address moves between rhapsodic promise and portrayal of himself as a fugitive forced to evade a corrupt systemWed Apr 03 2024 - 06:50
Donald Trump is Stephen King’s Bible salesman made fleshHorror author has sold 400 million books and has a remarkable knack for capturing aspects of the national moodSat Mar 30 2024 - 05:00
