Republican Rand Paul withdraws opposition after assurances over foreign policy approach

The Irish born academic and former US ambassador to the UN on how she became one of the most powerful women in American foreign affairs, her thoughts on the current president and how her roots are firmly in Ireland

The route to instilling more of an ethical compass in finance is by putting it through a prism of art and literature, argues new book by Harvard professor

Former communications director is a 1989 graduate of the Ivy League law school

‘Where I grew up and the neighbourhood I’m from, we’re front-stabbers’

US president accuses sacked FBI director of lying under oath in testimony to Congress

US president-elect rewards loyalty by naming early supporters to top administration roles

Businessman loses application in case over TDs’ statements on his banking affairs

Profile: Virginia senator covers key gaps in Democratic presidential candidate’s ticket

Diplomacy, clear focus and long-term view help forge agreement and ambition

Antonin Scalia: March 11th, 1936 - February 13th, 2016

Tsai Ing-wen expected to unseat President Ma Ying-jeou in Saturday’s election

The tech boom in Silicon Valley is luring away entrepreneurs seeking to strike it even richer

‘Chinese human rights defenders are facing the most severe crackdown since the Tiananmen massacre in 1989’

Tackling racial inequality in the criminal justice system has seen Bryan Stevenson praised as a ‘young Mandela’

Law from 1969 could be used to tackle issue, says Harvard Law School professor

Volunteer who killed Trayvon Martin charged with assault on his girlfriend

Social media brings legal discussion to a much wider audience

Joe Kennedy III is the teetotal young pretender who seems the clan member most likely to follow in his great-uncle’s footsteps

Legal education: Taking the passivity out of lectures