Maureen Dowd: Trump appears rattled as Harris campaign gathers momentum
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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’
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Homegrown by Jeffrey Toobin: Timothy McVeigh’s cautionary tale
Examining the life and logic of the Oklahoma bomber
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’
Biden warns a second Trump presidency will threaten democracy
‘There is something dangerous happening in America,’ US president says
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’
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
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
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
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
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
Defiant Trump seeks to gain advantage by using mugshot in fundraising push
Former US president booked at Atlanta prison on charges of running criminal racket to overturn 2020 election
Trump to appear at Atlanta jail over charges stemming from 2020 election loss
Trump’s jailhouse visit comes after Republican presidential nomination rivals met in Milwaukee for debate
Donald Trump pledges to release ‘irrefutable’ proof of election fraud ahead of Georgia court appearance
Former president charged over attempts to overturn 2020 election result in southern state - his fourth criminal indictment
Who are the Trump allies charged in the Georgia election scheme?
Advisers and associates face criminal charges alsonside former president
Trump charges: What happens next?
In separate New York case, Trump was not handcuffed or photographed
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