Bernie Sanders might become a victim of his own successSuzanne Lynch: Political danger of moving far left is why some Democrats think centrist is bestFri Feb 22 2019 - 05:00
Roger Stone: Judge imposes gagging order on Trump allyOrder follows photograph posted to Stone’s Instagram account of judge with gun crosshairsThu Feb 21 2019 - 22:34
Trump raises prospect of easing sanctions on North KoreaUS president expects next week’s summit with Kim Jong-un to be ‘very successful’Wed Feb 20 2019 - 21:47
Bernie Sanders announces White House bid labelling Trump ‘racist, sexist’Vermont senator joins crowded field seeking Democratic nomination for president in 2020Tue Feb 19 2019 - 20:23
Kamala Harris: Democrat tells voters she can take on Trump in 2020The California senator travels to South Carolina to pitch for support ahead of primarySun Feb 17 2019 - 17:30
Trump’s national emergency declaration triggers legal actionTexas landowners file legal challenge as president cites immigration as threatSat Feb 16 2019 - 08:57
Harvey Weinstein sex charges: Court battle enters a new phaseThe former film mogul, facing a landmark trial, has recruited a tough new legal teamSat Feb 16 2019 - 05:59
Amazon New York move an unlikely victim of globalisationClash between capital and stagnating living standards of workers crystallisedSat Feb 16 2019 - 01:32
Parkland: A year after the school massacre, gun control is still laxAmerica Letter: Shooting's anniversary reminds that gun crime is a tragic US fact of lifeSat Feb 16 2019 - 01:00
Trump declares national emergency over border wallUS president outlines controversial move at event in White House Rose GardenFri Feb 15 2019 - 21:32
Trump’s latest political gamble will play well with his 2020 baseChallenge to president’s declaration of a national emergency likely to reach supreme courtFri Feb 15 2019 - 20:09
Trump to declare national emergency over wall funds, says White HouseWhite House says US president will sign bill to avoid second government shutdownThu Feb 14 2019 - 22:09
Barr confirmed as US attorney general in Senate voteTrump’s former campaign manager Paul Manafort found guilty of lying to prosecutorsThu Feb 14 2019 - 21:55
Amazon axes plans for New York HQ in big win for grassroots groupsAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez among figures opposing campus due to large tax breaksThu Feb 14 2019 - 20:27
US House of Representatives set to vote on Bill to avoid shutdownTrump says officials will look for ‘landmines’ in funding legislationWed Feb 13 2019 - 21:49
Trump ‘not happy’ with spending deal but plays down shutdown fearsSenior Republicans urge president to back deal that includes $1.3 billion for border wallTue Feb 12 2019 - 21:20
Deal reached ‘in principle’ in bid to avert new US shutdownAgreement over border wall funding, ICE detention must still be signed off by TrumpTue Feb 12 2019 - 06:31
Democratic congresswoman Ilhan Omar apologises for ‘anti-Semitic’ remarksMeanwhile, negotiations resume in last-ditch effort to avert a shutdown on FridayMon Feb 11 2019 - 20:51
Talks to avoid further US government shutdown stallDemocrats and Republicans divided over immigration policy and border wallSun Feb 10 2019 - 20:38
Jeff Bezos alleges ‘National Enquirer’ tried to blackmail him for ‘intimate’ photosAmazon founder and ‘Washington Post’ owner says AMI action is politically motivatedSat Feb 09 2019 - 05:00
Ireland and Belfast agreement secure US support ahead of BrexitAmerica Letter: The US losing the UK’s voice in the EU could be Ireland's opportunitySat Feb 09 2019 - 01:00
Democrats in Virginia rocked by blackface and sexual assault scandalsAttorney general Herring admits dressing in blackface as Fairfax sex scandal emergesThu Feb 07 2019 - 20:25
Brexit withdrawal agreement ‘allows us all to move on’, says CoveneyMinister urges change in UK approach as he stresses concerns about peace process during US visitThu Feb 07 2019 - 19:46
Brexit: UK told to uphold Belfast Agreement if it wants US tradeSenior figures from Congress stress the importance of maintaining soft BorderThu Feb 07 2019 - 07:05
Trump announces second summit with Kim Jong-unUS president and North Korean leader to meet in Vietnam on February 27th and 28thWed Feb 06 2019 - 21:23
Trump delights Republicans with State of the Union speechUS president attacks ‘partisan investigations’ and Democrats as he appeals for unityWed Feb 06 2019 - 20:20
Coveney arrives in Washington amid Brexit concernsTánaiste for talks with senior Trump administration officials and Congress membersWed Feb 06 2019 - 20:13
State of the Union: Trump calls for end of ‘decades of political stalemate’US president announces second North Korea summit and reiterates demands for border wallWed Feb 06 2019 - 06:40
Government rejects new May appeal to reopen withdrawal agreementBritish prime minister says during Belfast visit promise to avoid hard border is ‘unshakeable’Wed Feb 06 2019 - 00:30
Irish man wanted for sex offences to be extradited from USNew York court rules man sought over almost 400 incidents will not be released on bailTue Feb 05 2019 - 22:41
US investigators subpoena Limerick tech firm for Trump informationStripe asked for documents as part of larger investigation into president’s inaugurationTue Feb 05 2019 - 20:20
‘This alarms us,’ key Irish-Americans write to May, Varadkar on BrexitGroup, including five former US ambassadors, concerned Belfast Agreement could be jeapordisedTue Feb 05 2019 - 18:02
Trump set to focus on immigration in State of the Union speechFears US president could declare national emergency to secure funding for border wallMon Feb 04 2019 - 21:27
Nicola Sturgeon backs Irish Government on backstop stance‘To leave this successful developing market place makes no economic sense whatsoever,’ Scottish first minister saysMon Feb 04 2019 - 19:51
US governor Ralph Northam refuses to resign after racist photograph surfacesDemocrat claims he was not in picture a day after apologising for the hurt it causedSun Feb 03 2019 - 21:00
A Starbucks president? Former CEO is ruffling Democratic feathersAmerica Letter: Democrats fear Howard Schultz would split the anti-Trump voteSat Feb 02 2019 - 01:00
US plan to end nuclear treaty with Russia sparks new arms race fearsCritics note that suspension will leave US free to begin developing its own weaponsSat Feb 02 2019 - 01:00
‘My brother wouldn’t harm anyone,’ sister of man facing 387 sex assault charges tells courtUS judge to rule next week on whether to extradite man accused of rape at GAA groundFri Feb 01 2019 - 22:21
Trump again threatens to declare emergency over wall fundsUS president says meetings with Democrats on border issue are ‘waste of time’Fri Feb 01 2019 - 20:10
Lifting of US sanctions on Aughinish brings relief and controversyDemocrats query Trump’s connection to the Russian owner of Shannon alumina plantFri Feb 01 2019 - 05:35
Donald Trump hails ‘tremendous’ progress with Kim Jong-unUS president hints at details of North Korea summit, after criticising intelligence agenciesThu Jan 31 2019 - 21:43
Donald Trump hits out at ‘naive’ US intelligence chiefsCriticism comes a day after senior officials contradicted the president about IranWed Jan 30 2019 - 21:09
Coveney to discuss Brexit with powerful figures in WashingtonIrish-American caucus opposition to hard border has implications for UK trade dealsWed Jan 30 2019 - 20:06
Resolution opposing hard Irish Border introduced in US CongressGrowing concern among Irish-Americans on Capitol Hill about the direction of BrexitTue Jan 29 2019 - 23:18
Stone pleads not guilty to charges from Mueller investigationUS intelligence chiefs contradict Trump on North Korea and Islamic StateTue Jan 29 2019 - 21:38
US imposes sanctions on Venezuela’s state-owned oil firmTrump administration hopes sanctions pressure Nicolás Maduro to step downTue Jan 29 2019 - 07:00
Trump threatens to close government again if wall not fundedFederal agencies reopen for three weeks after 35 days shut, as bipartisan negotiations startMon Jan 28 2019 - 21:57
US waives sanctions on Russian owner of Aughinish AluminaIreland had argued that sanctions would adversely affect global aluminium marketsSun Jan 27 2019 - 23:36
US-UK ‘special relationship’ may still have to deal with Irish-American lobbySpectre of Brexit raises new challenges for Britain’s relationship with United StatesSat Jan 26 2019 - 12:43
The boy, the Native American and the truth behind a viral videoAn online clip leads to much fury in the US, followed by a full-blown collective mea culpaSat Jan 26 2019 - 06:00
