The Irish Times view on Trump’s State of the Union address: art of the low bar
Republicans will fret about the yawning gap between presidential rhetoric and voter sentiment
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Donald Trump hails US economy, rounds on Democrats in longest state of the union address
President’s speech lasting one hour and 48 minutes sought to reinvigorate supporters in Republican heartland states
Trump set to proclaim first year in office a success in lengthy state of the union address
Speech to Congress comes amid public discontent over US president’s handling of immigration and economy
Irish exporters have no choice but to trade through tariff uncertainty, Ibec says
Latest ruling narrows potential paths US government has to achieve trade aims, employers’ group says
European Parliament pauses work ratifying EU-US tariff deal
Government looking for ‘absolute clarity’ on fresh US tariff developments, says McEntee
US supreme court has struck down Trump tariffs. What happens now?
Trump announced on Saturday that he will increase the rate of a new global tariff to 15 per cent
Trump announces new 10% global tariff, as he criticises US supreme court members over ruling
Court ruling striking down tariffs jeopardises key power in delivering White House economic plan
US supreme court strikes down Trump tariffs
In a 6-3 ruling, top US court upholds a lower court’s decision that the Republican president’s use of this 1977 law exceeded his authority
US supreme court not to issue ruling on Trump’s tariffs
Challenge marks a major test of presidential powers
Donald Trump expected to impose new levies if US supreme court strikes down tariffs
US administration has other ways to hit trading partners with duties
The Haves and Have-Yachts. Dispatches on the Ultrarich: How Trump exploited mass-manipulation to stoke culture wars
Evan Osnos shows how social media is at the core of Republicans’ drive to destroy human empathy with maximum misinformation and minimum civil discourse
The Most Powerful Court in the World by Stuart Banner: More than US legal analysis, it’s an excellent history
A consideration of the US supreme court decisions, the lives of its justices and an analysis of its influences
US supreme court lets Trump revoke ‘parole’ status for migrants
Hundreds of thousands of Venezuelan, Cuban, Haitian and Nicaraguan migrants affected by court decision
US supreme court allows Trump administration to revoke Venezuelan migrant protections
Judges grant department of homeland security request to end temporary protected status
US supreme court allows Donald Trump to use centuries-old law for deportations
Ruling lifts freeze on removal of alleged gang members in victory for White House
No limits? Why the United States could be on the verge of a constitutional crisis
Donald Trump and his closest advisers have taken steps to circumvent the constraints upon the executive authority of president in pursuit of vaguely defined goals. Can they be stopped?
The Irish Times view on the US president-elect: Trump redux, Trump unbound
For almost a decade, he has loudly proclaimed a number of core policy goals. Now he has the opportunity to radically remake Washington
Biden proposes sweeping reforms to US supreme court in wake of Trump immunity decision
Term limits and binding code of conduct for justices called for by US president in measures unlikely to get through divided Congress
US Supreme Court has sanctioned making homelessness illegal
Worldview: Rough sleeping and urban decay are some of the largest drivers of reactionary politics in the US
Prosecutors agree to Trump request to postpone ‘hush money’ sentencing
Legal team says supreme court ruling on presidential immunity calls conviction into question
Scranton Joe, the perpetual scrapper, intends to go nowhere
Biden’s rebuke of US supreme court decision bears little resemblance to haunted figure from presidential debate
US presidential immunity ruling: ‘With fear for our democracy, I dissent’, supreme court judge says
Legal decision makes it almost certain Trump will not face criminal proceedings ahead of the election, and if he wins he can get all federal charges against him dropped
US supreme court rules Donald Trump entitled to degree of immunity from criminal prosecution
Court decides ‘former presidents are entitled to absolute immunity from official acts but not from unofficial acts’
US Supreme Court to decide legality of Tennessee ban on gender-affirming care for minors
Republican-led states have passed numerous measures in recent years targeting medications or surgical interventions for adolescents
US supreme court accused of becoming a law unto itself
Revelations involving judges Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas have left them open to charges of corruption and venality
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
US supreme court wrestles with limits of presidential immunity in Trump appeal
Arguments suggest matter may be sent back to lower courts, which would further delay trial on election interference
Donald Trump urges US supreme court to dismiss charge that he plotted to overturn 2020 election
'A denial of criminal immunity would incapacitate every future president with de facto blackmail and extortion while in office,’ lawyers argue
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
US supreme court to decide if Donald Trump can be kept off 2024 presidential ballots
Court will hear former US president’s appeal of Colorado ruling
Former US supreme court justice Sandra Day O’Connor dies aged 93
First woman on the supreme court steered American law for much of her 25-year tenure
The Last Politician; and Why We’re Polarised: Joe Biden takes on US anti-democracy forces
Foer’s study of Biden is highly readable and fast-paced; while Klein has written one of the best books about identity politics
US supreme court’s Clarence Thomas details trips paid for by billionaire
Conservative justice said one trip was made amid security concerns following leaked abortion ruling draft
US supreme court pauses opioid settlement with Sacklers’ Purdue Pharma
Government opposes move to let members of Sackler family take advantage of legal protections meant for debtors in financial distress, not for billionaires
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