Trump’s big, beautiful Bill could be the Republicans’ undoing in mid-term elections
The passage of the Bill leads to massive, ugly tax cuts for American aristocrats
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My wise 100-year-old friend Frances: ‘I used to pursue people who didn’t like me. I don’t have to do that any more’
Frances Ballantyne, an Irish-American who was 94 when we became friends in New York, rubbed shoulders with Kathy Bates, James Baldwin and local wiseguys, but these were mere side notes in a rich life
Democrats react with fury as Trump’s Bill passes
Critics on the left and the right have taken issue with the effects the Bill will have on the US’s already considerable national debt
These five factors are how Zohran Mamdani took New York by storm
He managed to motivate tens of thousands of canvassers to knock on more than a million doors
Trump’s F-bomb: The US didn’t faint when the president swore on live TV. How unexpectedly unprissy of it
The United States’ official puritanism sits uneasily with a wider nation that can be more creatively profane than any other in the Anglosphere
Trump’s perfectly landed swear word was his best performance yet
Politicians like Holly Cairns or Keir Starmer could meet the threat of the populist right with a lighter tone and a joke or two
Zohran Mamdani stuns sweltering New York to win Democratic mayoral primary
Socialist candidate (33) upsets Andrew Cuomo with clever campaign promising rent control
This man could be just what the American left needs
Socialist challenger has come from nowhere to rival Andrew Cuomo in New York’s mayoral race
This is the moment when we find out just how mad a king Donald is
The former opponent of forever wars in the Middle East is debating dropping bombs there without military provocation against the US
Vance Luther Boelter: Manhunt under way for suspect of Minnesota Democrats shooting
Vance Luther Boelter (57) identified as suspect who allegedly killed Democrat and her husband
US state politician and husband killed in ‘targeted’ attacks on two Democrats
Authorities are searching for an assailant who officials say was impersonating a police officer and shot at officers
Democratic senator Alex Padilla forcibly removed from homeland security press conference
California senator handcuffed after attempting to ask Kristi Noem a question
I gave my friends hats which said ‘Make America Hate Again’. That’s what Trump is trying to do
I find it hard to understand how public opinion in America is not revolted by events such as the $200 million ‘gift’ of a jumbo jet that will become the president’s private property
Donald Trump ‘not interested’ in talking to Elon Musk
White House said earlier that a call had been scheduled between the feuding US president and Tesla chief
Who is Michael Kelley, the man questioned over the murder of Michael Gaine?
The former US soldier denies any role in the killing and dismemberment of the Co Kerry farmer
Did the media fail to do its job covering Joe Biden’s decline?
The ill health of US presidents has been kept from journalists on a number of occasions
Joe Biden’s reputation was ruined in the morning, revived in the afternoon. It won’t last
News of Biden‘s cancer diagnosis brings temporary civility amid fallout from new book on Democrats’ inaction over his cognitive decline
Donald Trump leans left in bid to revive flagging poll numbers
US president’s proposed pharma price cuts and tax increases for the rich echo policies of progressive Democrats
What do WhatsApp and Signal tell us about the future of media?
Individualised experiences are supplanting the traditional mass media approach
The new White House influencer briefings are a terrible look
These propaganda dissemination sessions are more suited to Pyongyang
Donald Trump’s approval rating in the US is way down, and no one knows what he’s going to do next
As he reaches the 100th day of his second term, President Trump can point to few policy successes
Wrongly deported Kilmar Abrego Garcia caught up in one of US’s key ideological flashpoints
Mistakenly deported to his native El Salvador, Abrego Garcia remains in prison while Republicans and Democrats argue over what the case says about where the US is going under Donald Trump
Man arrested over arson attack on residence of Pennsylvania governor Josh Shapiro
Cody Balmer (38) allegedly slipped over a fence carrying incendiary devices and evaded state troopers for long enough to start fire
Tariff war a major self-inflicted wound for the United States
Warning signs that this was where American was headed have been there since the days of the Tea Party and Glenn Beck
Trump tariffs: On Wednesday, it was liberation. On Thursday, golf
‘Liberation Day’: The fallout from Trump’s scorched earth economic protectionist policy
The people vs Elon Musk: billionaire transforms Wisconsin court contest
State election has become most expensive judicial race in US history as Tesla boss spends unprecedented amount
DUP to put ‘marker down’ at Executive against Irish language signs at Belfast’s Grand Central Station
DUP leader Gavin Robinson says installation of signage is ‘clearly a controversial matter’
Self-inflicted security breach by Trump officials opens up line of attack for Democrats
Claim by director of national intelligence Tulsi Gabbard made to look absurd during gruelling hearing
Nobody should be mocked or lampooned for decrying the consequences of the new arms race
The Irish approach to foreign policy should not be to exaggerate our purity or indulge dictators, but neither should we parrot criticisms of our neutrality from miliary aligned states
What experts expect to happen when Micheál Martin meets Donald Trump this week
The Oval Office 2025 has become a fascinating and volatile court, so the Taoiseach might expect one or two curveballs coming his way
Trump says ‘golden age of America has only just begun’ in speech riddled with exaggerations and inaccuracies
President offers up shocks and promises, riddled with exaggerations and factual inaccuracies, during address to Congress
America is suffering from an epidemic of mass cowardice
The US is not yet a fascist society, but acting as if it is risks becoming a self-fulfilling prophecy
Chris Murphy emerges as a clear voice for Democrats countering Trump
Senator is staging a loud and constant resistance as his party struggles to respond to the US president
While Democrats sleep, Donald Trump is tearing up America’s rule book
Edward Luce: They say always pick your battles. Yet Democrats seem to overlook that they are in a full-blown war
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